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A Head of English, Examiner my resources span 26 years of teaching.

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A Head of English, Examiner my resources span 26 years of teaching.
A Streetcar Named Desire - essay plan on the theme of masculinity
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A Streetcar Named Desire - essay plan on the theme of masculinity

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The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas. Suitable for any A level spec, the essay plan follows the structure of the following key ideas: Aggression and physical dominance - manifested in violence, in order to subjugate the women and preserve his authority. Male pride/ego Sexual desire - manifested in animalistic behaviour, suggesting masculine sexuality is base and primal
A Streetcar Named Desire - essay plan: Love
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A Streetcar Named Desire - essay plan: Love

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Suitable for any A level spec, the slides cover the theme of Love and are structured to cover the following ideas: Love is unbalanced and dependent Lust/sex is expressed in place of love Self-preservation is more important than love Available as both a pdf or powerpoint
Unseen Poetry Love Through the Ages 7 paired poems with questions AQA
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Unseen Poetry Love Through the Ages 7 paired poems with questions AQA

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All you need to teach a unit on unseen poetry. I have put this presentation together which includes AQA spec A type questions for the new syllabus Love Through the Ages Unseen Poetry. However, the tasks would work for any A Level unseen poetry work. I have tried to cover a range of literary periods and include brief bios on poets and key words to prompt students with each poem.
Key Stage 2 & 3 Prose study The Land of Neverendings
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Key Stage 2 & 3 Prose study The Land of Neverendings

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This is a brilliant book covering lots of thoughtful issues around friendship, grief and it is also utterly magical and enchanting. This unit of work contains over 170 slides covering comprehension skills, reading implicit meaning, punctuation, report writing, descriptive writing, speech writing to name a few. It was used for year 8 students but could be used for top primary as well as early secondary. Lots of consolidated work here, fun and enough to keep students busy for at least a term.
Key Stage 3 Poetry full unit
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Key Stage 3 Poetry full unit

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Everything you need to teach a detailed unit of poetry at Key Stage 3. Texts range from Beowulf to contemporary poetry from today: covering War poems, Ballads, sonnets, Romantic…this is a really comprehensive unit with sections on caesura, enjambement, plosives, etc…
Women in 'A View from the Bridge'
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Women in 'A View from the Bridge'

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Very detailed slides on Miller’s presentation of both Catherine and Beatrice in ‘A View from the Bridge’. These were written to teach the iGCSE coursework essay but would be suitable for any GCSE - Note, there are not any references to context in these slides as the iGCSE coursework did not require it but all of the quotations and ideas are there.
Eduqas Poetry anthology: detailed comparative lessons
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Eduqas Poetry anthology: detailed comparative lessons

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Everything you need for covering the teaching of the Eduqas poetry: this first presentation has lessons on Heaney, Wordsworth (comparing them on childhood) then Valentine and Cozy Apologia (comparing them on relationships - finally adding on Manhunt as a bridge between relationships and the next collection I do will look at the war/conflict poems. The slides cover questions on the poems, detailed analysis of the poems, plus modelled essay structures, plus essay charts and assessment titles. Slides include highlighted annotations and links to relevant videos. 65 slides
Dorian Gray and Dracula essay planning. Explore the gothic elements in both texts.
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Dorian Gray and Dracula essay planning. Explore the gothic elements in both texts.

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Support your students preparing for the Edexcel spec comparing Dracula and Dorian Gray — exploring how both writers present gothic elements in their texts. This has paragraph planning sheets on the following and includes quotations, analysis and context prompts. Settings: portrait/mirror/poisonous book/ crucifix/ animals/ Windows: Faustian bargain Violence: Secrets: Influence: mesmeric/psychic in its suggested power.
Jane Eyre close analysis
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Jane Eyre close analysis

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Exemplar answers. A worksheet for students to grade and a powerpoint with gradually improving paragraphs to show how detailed answers may be developed. Other examples of close analysis and an essay on the Red Room for critical reading. These resources are suitable for both the new GCSE courses and A Level.
Eduqas Poetry anthology GCSE Blake Rossetti Byron Dharker plus assessments
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Eduqas Poetry anthology GCSE Blake Rossetti Byron Dharker plus assessments

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49 slides to take you through these four poems with a scaffolded structure for writing both the a) and b) essays. This resource should help students to phrase the comparative element and also to include the context. Success criteria included for students to peer assess. All videos and poetry annotations included. This should cover a couple of weeks work if you are taking them through the assessment in class in order to teach them how to approach it.
Who wants to be a millionaire commas review game (number 2)
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Who wants to be a millionaire commas review game (number 2)

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This is the second in a series of Who Wants to be a Millionaire commas review. This quiz deals with the following comma types: When the group of words begins with who, which, whose or whom and isn’t essential to the sentence. When the first word of the group of words ends in ed or ing. when the group of words is used as a description of something already mentioned in the sentence.
Who wants to be a millionaire commas review
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Who wants to be a millionaire commas review

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This is the first in a series of commas quizes in the style of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’. This first one deals with the following commas types: To separate items in a list In a term of address Yes, no, please or thank you as part of a spoken answer To separate question tags from the rest of a sentence
Othello - 'Men' looking at two AQA spec A titles: male authority in relationships and marriage
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Othello - 'Men' looking at two AQA spec A titles: male authority in relationships and marriage

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This includes both a pdf and a powerpoint version covering the two titles as follows: Typically, texts present men as the authority figures in relationships’. In the light of this view, how does Shakespeare present husbands and wives in this extract and elsewhere in the play? Act 3 scene 3 lines 294 -323 AND ‘Typically, texts about husbands and wives present marriage from a male point of view.’ In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Othello and Desdemona in this extract and elsewhere in the play. (This is Act 3 scene 3 Line 235 -278) This includes the passages from the text and two detailed slides of notes with quotations gathered from the play.
Eduqas Poetry anthology lessons on 9 of the anthology poems including context, analysis & assessment
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Eduqas Poetry anthology lessons on 9 of the anthology poems including context, analysis & assessment

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Everything you need to teach the following poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology for GCSE: Sonnet 43, She Walks in Beauty, London, Living Space, As Imperceptibly as Grief, Afternoons, Hawk Roosting, Ozymandias, To Autumn. This presentation includes 87 slides and covers both the context of each poem and a close anlaysis of each poem. There is also a sample exam question with scaffolded support on power in Living Space and London.
Mortal Engines complete unit for teaching late key stage 2 or key stage 3
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Mortal Engines complete unit for teaching late key stage 2 or key stage 3

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This is a complete unit on the engaging text of ‘Mortal Engines’ for late primary or early secondary students. There are 260 slides here which is ideal for online learning with tasks and sample student answers to refer to. Students are encouraged to do both creative writing tasks, grammar and spelling tasks throughout and alongside the close reading of the book. Characterisation, setting, report writing, diary writing, letter writing, close analysis, writing a guide for the hunting ground, writing a scapheap challenge for making the Jenny Haniver…just some of the tasks. There is a lot of work here and should keep a class busy for at least six weeks, covering a great variety of English skills and targets.
Travel Writing complete unit
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Travel Writing complete unit

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Everything you need for teaching travel writing. 90 slides that should take a class a month to complete - maybe longer, depending on your group. A comprehensive unit which builds all the necessary non-fiction skills for students approaching the new GCSE courses. Both modern and early 20th century travel writing texts are included. This unit covers traditional travel writing, complaints, comedy, journalism, television and online forums.This was written for year 9 but could slot in at any point in Key Stage 3. Writers included: Shackleton, Callahan, Palin, Bryson, Ffyona Campbell, Tony Hawks, and more. Includes 90 slides Students will analyse in detail how humour is created, critique the use of persuasive language to engage consumers, write creatively, imaginatively and produce complaint reviews.
Lord of the Flies compared to Coral Island
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Lord of the Flies compared to Coral Island

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Ever wondered what the significance of Coral Island was to Lord of the Flies? I made myself read it and put together this presentation which takes you through all the connections. It was a painful but fascinating read and provides useful context for the class as Golding clearly drew on this little book and satirised its contents.
Narrative writing - openings and generating ideas
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Narrative writing - openings and generating ideas

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This is a very detailed scheme which should last a few weeks. It includes lots of creative writing ideas and exercises to encourage students with the narrative writing task. Although separate presentations will cover other aspects in more details such as character, plot, structure, this presentation covers creating conflict, ensuring your character grips the reader and exercising restraint with regards to the opening gambit of the plot. I also teach the AFA in Creative Writing and have taught the A level in this subject so have included lots of exercises for the budding writer.