These are the outlines for discursive lessons on The Handmaid’s Tale. This is for part of the Component 2 from Edexcel A Level in English Literature. There are some whole lessons as well as teaching for the A Level writing.

This lesson is the second in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson allows for independent learning as students will research the context of their chosen texts. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This lesson is the third in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson revolves around understanding characters and how they are developed. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This lesson is the sixth in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson follows on from Lesson 5 teaching more ‘shiny sentences’ to improve the use of complex sentences, grammar, punctuation and language techniques. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This lesson is the fifth in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson teaches different types of sentences that can be included in creative writing and is twinned with Lesson 6. They are building up to a long piece of writing. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This lesson is the first in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson begins by analysing the content of the first page and explaining what information it may give you. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.

This is a lesson based around the poem ‘Echo’ with a retrieval quiz at the beginning for other papers. This is for Edexcel English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This is a lesson based around the poem ‘Remember’ with a retrieval quiz at the beginning for other papers. This is for Edexcel English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This resource is a lesson for the poem ‘A Birthda’. It includes analysis on different aspects of the poem as well as a retrieval quiz at the beginning of the lesson. This is for Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This is a lesson for Eat Me from the Edexcel A Level English Literature. It is taken from the Poems of the Decade Anthology. It is one lesson of a unit of work.

This is a lesson based around the poem ‘May’ with a retrieval quiz at the beginning for other papers. This is for Edexcel English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This resource is a lesson for the poem ‘The World’. It includes analysis on different aspects of the poem as well as a retrieval quiz at the beginning of the lesson. This is for Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Rossetti.

This resource provides full lessons for the poems below. They are loosely defined as being within the ‘conflict’, ‘society’ or ‘power’ theme groups. The lessons have been developed to support student progression towards independent interpretation, using gradual release of responsibility. THis will helpfully support students in analysing unseen poetry. It is for the Edexcel English Literature A Level Component 3. ‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage ‘The Deliverer’ by Tishani Doshi ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig ‘A Minor Role’ by U A Fanthorpe ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver ‘Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford ‘Out of the Bag’ by Seamus Heaney ‘On Her Blindness’ by Adam Thorpe ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion

This is a lesson for The Deliverer from the Edexcel A Level English Literature. It is taken from the Poems of the Decade Anthology. It is one lesson of a unit of work.

This is a lesson for Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass from the Edexcel A Level English Literature. It is taken from the Poems of the Decade Anthology. It is two lessons of a unit of work.

This is a complete response to AQA English Language Paper 1 from November 2020. It is not a model answer. Please look at my shop to see other example responses.

This lesson is the fourth in a sequence of lessons designed for at home learning with lower KS3 students. It revolves at first around analysing and comprehending a reading text of your choice before moving on to writing. It is primarily designed for Year 7 & 8 students, but could be used with lower Year 9 students if necessary. This lesson begins by thinking about the setting of their own text and ends with some creative writing. There is also a self assessment task at the end. There are success criteria and models included in every lesson.