Useful example essay on Macbeth’s role as a gothic protagonist. Excellent for high achievers to annotate with success criteria or use as a model.

Cards of useful quotations for Wuthering Heights. Can be printed and laminated to be turned into key rings or used as flashcards.

Key vocabulary and technique questions focused around 10 key extracts from the novel. Great as a homework task to encourage discussion in lessons. To differentiate teachers can allow students a choice of key questions.

Useful example essays to stretch more able students. Clear overview ppts for lessons on the genre of comedy and on the performance history of the play.

A collection of pre-reading homework tasks for Key Stage 3 students based on short key passages from the novel. Each worksheet has a summary task, a vocabulary task and a more challenging question on Boyne’s techniques. Useful to set as pre-reading to be marked/ discussed in lesson time.

A booklet of passages from Of Mice and Men with targeted vocabulary, quotation and analysis questions. Excellent as pre-reading homework to ensure deep understanding of the key moments in the text. Included is also a differentiated version aimed at EAL students with more of a vocabulary focus and extensions for the most able readers. Ideal as GCSE preparation for new challenging specifications.

A collection of 5 different example essays written on Carter’s The Bloody Chamber.

An independent enquiry into the history of the gothic genre on film. Aimed at A Level literature students, but would work well with able GCSE students as preparation for 19th century gothic texts. Films can all be found on Youtube- links in the ppt.

A set of short summary slides for key media studies theories: Audience Theories- Jenkins, Hall, Gerbner, Bandura, Shirky, Hesmondhalgh, Two-step flow, hypodermic needle, Uses & gratifications, Livingston & Lunt, Curran & Seaton, Language Theories- Strauss, Barthes, Todorov, Propp, Neale Representation Theories- Hall, hooks, Mulvey, Butler, Gauntlett, Gilroy, Van Zoonen Postmodern Theories-Postmodern elements, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Jameson. Ecology Theories- McLuhan, Postman, Ong Can be printed double sided to use as flashcards for student revision. Accessible to a range of students with questions to apply to set texts and case studies to encourage student application of theories too.