This lesson explores the power of word choices poets make. It begins by looking at The Red Wheelbarrow, using pictures to demonstrate the significance of seemingly trivial words. The lesson then moves on to Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, with a creative task used so that students can experience the power word choices can have. It concludes with a reflective task, analysing their own writing and Duffy’s.

Lesson guiding students through comprehension and analysis skills suitable for KS3 tests. This resource includes model paragraphs to demonstrate the higher level skills required for top answers.

A revision lesson including a quotation game that should provoke thoughts about potential arguments students can make about key characters and themes from Othello, followed by a task linking specific ideas from the Edexcel critical anthology to their ideas.

This resource contains two lessons: A comprehension lesson, based on the initial description of Miss Havisham. This lesson includes a section on interpreting question words, comprehension questions with a mark scheme and model paragraph, followed by a plenary. Building on the previous lesson, a creative writing focused session, in which students describe an unusual sight. These lessons have been designed for KS3, but could be applied to other key stage groups.

This lesson is designed for teaching prior to students reading/watching The History Boys. It introduces the students to the question of why we value certain writers, before students respond to some of Larkin’s poems. This lesson ends with a discussion which links these poems to the dilemma of how we (the audience) should respond to characters like Hector.

This is a detailed essay on Gerald Croft for An Inspector Calls. It discusses how he is presented throughout the whole play, considering how his character develops and why he is presented in such a way. Although it is not a model GCSE response, it will be useful for students (and teachers) looking to broaden their ideas about Gerald.

This lesson uses ideas from a range of critics to support discussion about the ending of King Lear, before students plan and respond to an exam style question.

A lesson designed to cover key analytical ideas for this poem, including analysis of language, form and structure, whilst also prompting students to consider key contextual ideas. There is an exam style task at the end of this lesson, aimed at IGCSE students.

This lesson explore London by Blake in detail. As well as including key contextual details, this lesson includes analytical tasks for students to complete as well as detailed annotation for important ideas in the poem. There is also a practice essay question included as a part of this lesson. It has been designed for the AQA literature GCSE specification, but includes ideas which would be suitable for students working at a higher level as well.

This lesson gives details about the context for this poem, before getting students to focus on developing arguments concerning key issues raised within the poem. There is an OCR A Level exam style task at the end of this resource.

This assembly starts with the premise that watching the news on TV is no longer necessary, before considering the importance of thinking critically about ideas being reported. There is an accompanying PowerPoint with some relevant images to support this talk. It is aimed at KS3 students, but could be suitable for KS4 and older KS2 students.

This is a model exam paper for English Language Paper 1 Section A. It includes a story written specifically with this exam in mind, as well as questions that are written in the standard format for this paper.

This is an argument, targeted at secondary school students, written for the purpose of a school assembly. The aim is to get students to think critically about how they see the world. Although designed for KS4, it would be suitable for older and younger yeargroups within a secondary school.

This lesson gets students to focus on the detail of picture prompts that the exam board will provide, before giving them guidance on how to structure their writing (model response included). They then write their own pieces responding to an exam style task.

This is an English Language Paper 1 exam, using an extract from Mrs Dalloway by VIrginia Woolf. The extract deals with Septimus, who is suffering from shell-shock, and has been chosen partly to support students’ understanding of the psychological issues caused by PTSD (relevant for students of Remains from the Power and Conflict unit of poetry).

Practice exam paper on violence in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.