This handout gives three extracts from Gothic fiction: ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Dracula’ and ‘Great Expectations’. I used this with a Year 9 group who did a mini-essay on how Dickens creates mood in the final extract, and I am also planning to ask them to use two of the extracts, alongside a non-fiction extract, to synthesise ‘What is Gothic fiction’?

Created by students, each slide gives key points and quotes exploring a theme in Doctor Faustus. Themes include magic and the supernatural, blood, salvation, good vs evil, social status.

This is a one-page tip sheet for students to give them pointers on how to revise for GCSE Literature. Includes things such as learning quotes, going back over classwork, making essay plans, being familiar with Assessment Objectives.

Two extracts from ‘The Bourne Identity’ , each with a ‘How does the writer create tension’ question, and an accompanying Powerpoint to help students annotate and look for devices.

A sheet to introduce reading a bar chart and practising GCSE style find and locate questions, explain, and text purpose.

Created using a school template for use with my Year 10 class to reflect upon what they have learned across lessons that week.

A handout with the story of Theseus and the minotaur, with some questions aimed at Year 7 students using P.E.E (point, evidence, explain), and a handout with an extract from ‘The Hunger Games’ called ‘The Reaping’ so that students can discuss how Suzanne Collins used Theseus and the minotaur to inspire her novel. You could then ask them to adapt other myths into a modern context as a creative writing task.

I used this with a MAT Year 7 group who had been looking at extracts from Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island throughout the term. As a group oracy task, they had to read the film pitches for both stories and then discuss which one to invest in, imagining they worked for a film production company. They really enjoyed the task and it allowed them to use a wide vocabulary when discussing the advantages of each story.

I am using Podbean to post revision podcasts for my GCSE Literature class; it is free to use and free to download. Topics include: -Racism, prejudice and justice Character essays with Scout as a worked example How to plan an essay Religion Boo Radley Context Chapter summaries [https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/] https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/

I have published a few podcasts to help students revise ‘Doctor Faustus’: Marlowe and the original story: https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/faustus-lesson-part-1-original-legend-and-marlowe/ The Reformation and religious context: https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/faustus-lesson-part-2-the-reformation/ Greek tragedy: https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/e/faustus-lesson-part-3-greek-tragedy/ These are on my channel https://sophietoovey.podbean.com - students can download them for free.

I’m preparing to teach North and South for the first time and creating podcasts and study vlogs which hopefully students will find useful. The podcast series has chapter-by-chapter commentaries and a few topical podcasts about the Victorian era and Margaret as a subversive heroine. https://sophietoovey.podbean.com/ The study vlog starts by looking at Patsy Stoneman’s feminist reading of the novel, looking at the intersection of class and gender. I’ve also uploaded a document about the Victorian crisis of faith (to accompany the podcast) and a compilation of past paper questions with mark scheme comments from the chief examiner.

Study vlogs working through ‘Of Mice and Men’ for GCSE English Literature.

Study vlogs to help students work through the novel for WJEC English Literature GCSE.

Study vlogs looking at ‘The Great Gatsby’ to support A level students studying English Literature.

This study vlog works through a strategy for how to read a poem to give students tools for independent study. It uses Owen Sheers’ poem ‘The Hill Fort’ as a model example.

A study vlog looking at the moral of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ which students may be studying for GCSE English Literature.

Study vlogs looking at different aspects of GCSE English Language, helping students to revise. Can also support remote learning.

This study vlog models how to annotate a poem, using Owen Sheers ‘Y Gaer’ and ‘The Hill Fort’

Can be used for reflection on the learning of a unit, and also for ongoing skills-based reflection for writing, reading, oracy and attitude to learning.

A Powerpoint to give tools for students to revise for an extract response in any novel or text. Suits GCSE/ AS Level English Lit. I have also made a Study Vlog video to go with this.