Initially written as guideline examples for AS English Literature (Cambridge syllabus) students, but could be adapted for other key stages and examining bodies. 3 separate, full-length essays. Useful also for teachers considering Ted Hughes' other poems and coming to an understanding of some of the themes and language devices in the poem.

Written for Year 10 students preparing for iGCSE CIE English Literature coursework. This lesson explores the poem 'Belfast Confetti' in a very engaging and interactive manner. It involves links to video stimulus, group annotation, reading aloud activities to encourage reflection on rhythm and pace and questions. The lesson is very active and is part of a SOW on conflict poetry for coursework; please see my other resources for these. I am a new seller and would very much appreciate any feedback!

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on a revisit to chapter 6 and asks students to consolidate their understanding of setting, paying particular attention to the novel's portrayal of ThrushCross Grange. The lesson includes close language analysis of chapter 6, questions for discussion/response and a starter based around the connotations of names.

Planned for the poem from the ‘Poems Deep and Dangerous’ Cambridge iGCSE anthology. PPT with instructions, blank copies of the poems and fun and interactive worksheets and activities are all included. I am a new contributor and would really appreciate any feedback and reviews you could give. Thank you!

Written for Year 10 students preparing for iGCSE CIE English Literature Coursework. This lesson explores what 'conflict' is and how students perceive it. It involves lots of group discussion, individual contemplation and stimulation from pictures and poems as a starting point for student understanding on the theme. The lesson is very active and leads onto lessons which each focus on different conflict poems; please see my other resources for these. I am a new seller and would very much appreciate any feedback!

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on chapter 7 and different forms of love. It includes links to several music videos about love and asks students to consider different forms. It then extends this with questions to ask students to consider Cathy and Heathcliff's love and how this manifests itself in the novel.

Designed as an Introductory lesson for Cambridge A2 specification for ‘Wuthering Heights’, this lesson is general enough to be used as an introduction to any gothic text and can easily be adapted for KS4. The lesson comes with links to music and clips, stations and questions to prompt and guide students and worksheets.

A lesson which revisits and revises all the punctuation marks and their uses. Includes fun and interactive activities for each. A great stand-alone, revision, or cover lesson which can be adapted for a wide range of students.

Written for Year 10 students preparing for iGCSE CIE English Literature coursework. This lesson explores the poem 'Out of the Blue' in a very engaging and interactive manner. It involves links to video stimulus, alphabetical starter and detailed questions. The lesson is part of a SOW on conflict poetry for coursework; please see my other resources for these. I am a new seller and would very much appreciate any feedback!

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses around chapter 2 of the novel and Lockwood as a narrator. The lesson includes close language analysis, the role and function of narrators in prose and seminar style questioning.

This lesson was designed for the Cambridge iGCSE specification but could easily be adapted for other stages and syllabuses. The lesson is an introduction to Willer Cather's 'My Antonia' and focuses on the context of the novel, including Westward Expansion, the Frontier, the American Dream and immigration. The lesson is interactive in discussion with several sound and video clips and also includes differentiation.

Planned for the poem from the ‘Poems Deep and Dangerous’ Cambridge iGCSE anthology. PPT with instructions, blank copies of the poems and fun and interactive worksheets and activities are all included. I am a new contributor and would really appreciate any feedback and reviews you could give. Thank you!

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on the opening chapters of the novel, paying particular attention to narrative structure and points of view (using creative writing and other extracts from novels as a way into this discussion). The lesson then moves onto Lockwood's impression of himself as romantic hero and ends with reading of chapter 4. A clip of Indiana Jones is included to demonstrate conventions of the heroic.

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on chapters 13 and 14 as well as taking in an in-depth look at representations of female madness, the institution of Victorian marriage and power dynamics and female representations. The lesson includes an essay question, videos and a discussion of key symbols and motifs.

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on chapters 32-34 of the novel, considering the use of pathetic fallacy, weather as signifier of events and using literature and language devices to break down close language analysis. The lesson resources include video clips, creative writing starter tasks, discussion questions, active device learning, worksheets and key extracts.

Planned for Cambridge A-level students but could easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on chapter 8 as well as taking in an in-depth look at representations of the female gothic. The lesson uses interactive learning, discussion, video clips, questions and extract annotation for consolidation.

Planned for the poem from the ‘Poems Deep and Dangerous’ Cambridge iGCSE anthology. PPT with instructions, blank copies of the poems and fun and interactive worksheets and activities are all included. I am a new contributor and would really appreciate any feedback and reviews you could give. Thank you!

3 example A-level essays for Liz Lochhead poems based on the Cambridge International A-level syllabus. Includes 'Hafiz on Danforth Avenue', 'The Teachers' and 'Midsummer Night'; poems which my students found more difficult to write about. Could easily be adapted for other key stages and syllabuses.

A lesson planned for the introduction of the novel and the opening chapters. The lesson considers the pioneer lifestyle, American expansion and attitudes towards immigrants and key quotation analysis. The full PPT includes the whole lesson with video, art links, objectives, discussion questions and worksheets - all fully resourced and explained in notes for the teacher. Planned for Cambridge iGCSE, but could be adapted for other syllabuses and age groups. Please see my other lessons for the same novel.

Resources which are very useful at revision either at A-level or GCSE, including statements on each character by different critics and an extensive list of key quotes for different characters. Please leave feedback if you can; I’m a new seller.