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A Head of English, Examiner my resources span 26 years of teaching.
Jane Eyre - background, analysis and assessment
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Jane Eyre - background, analysis and assessment

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A background presentation on Bronte, a contexts presentation, close analysis and chapter by chapter close textual analysis throughout the central Thornfield chapters plus other helpful banded answers
Lord of the Flies: conflict essay lesson developing overview and zooming in
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Lord of the Flies: conflict essay lesson developing overview and zooming in

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This is a pack of material I put together for an Ofsted lesson which received an outstanding/1. The objective is to develop the students' ability to both provide an overview and to zoom in on the detail. The structure of the lesson is provided as well as all the materials. Particularly helpful is an essay grid to help students word their responses which I have found invaluable for other texts.
Dorian Gray complete unit A level
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Dorian Gray complete unit A level

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A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in the first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters. Some lessons also include essay frameworks. This was written for the Edexcel new spec but is generic enough for any A level course.
Whale Rider essay plans
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Whale Rider essay plans

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Essay plans with quotations and analysis for iGCSE English Literature Whale Rider looking at themes of: the significance of nature, masculinity, modernity versus tradtion, the Maori culture, and the relationship between Koro and nature
Dorian Gray and Dracula essay plans
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Dorian Gray and Dracula essay plans

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Support your students with this bundle of essay plans comparing both Dracula and Dorian Gray. These presentations cover the essays areas of: concealment, supernatural settings, good and evil and gothic elements. Some plans have skeleton outlines for students to fill in and others have both skeleton outlines and the teacher ideas to support further.
A Christmas Carol essay plans (5 plans with quotations)
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A Christmas Carol essay plans (5 plans with quotations)

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Detailed essay questions, including passages for analysis with key quotations, analysis and links to context highlighted in yellow - some plans with written paragraphs as a model. Essay topics covered include: how Scrooge changes throughout the novel poverty community transformation supernatural
An Inspector Calls Revision Flashcards
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An Inspector Calls Revision Flashcards

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This is a set of 6 revision flashcards on all the central characters of this play. They are organised in a format that provides not just key quotations but paragraph suggestions so that students are learning essay plans as well as quotations. They should cover all you need for these key characters.
Eduqas Anthology of Poetry bundle of lessons
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Eduqas Anthology of Poetry bundle of lessons

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Everything you need to teach the Eduqas poetry anthology. These lessons are grouped together according to theme such as war, love, hardship, growing up and include close analysis of each poem, with detailed annotations on mood, language and structure and also contexts. There are also essay plans for both single poems and comparative essays.
Dracula and Dorian Gray comparative essay plans Edexcel
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Dracula and Dorian Gray comparative essay plans Edexcel

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This is a collection of comparative essay plans which I put together for the teaching of Edexcel A level spec. They cover deviant sexuality, heroes and villains, violence, doubles, fear and threat and power. I have another bundle with further plans. Some are perhaps too detailed to just give out to a class but others are for students to develop.
A Streetcar Named Desire essay plan bundle
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A Streetcar Named Desire essay plan bundle

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A selection of essay plan presentations with slides containing quotations and then teacher notes slides with further ideas. Alternatively, some of these essay plan presentations are put together in a seminar style form with quotations and commentaries already integrated - as points for discussion. Bundle is suitable for any A level spec and contains the following essay plans: The significance of the past Fantasy/illusion/delusion/appearance and reality Masculinity Sexuality Love
A level Dracula unit edexcel complete chapter by chapter analysis, context and questions
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A level Dracula unit edexcel complete chapter by chapter analysis, context and questions

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This is the complete unit (169 slides) which I put together over the course of several months during the teaching of Dracula for Edexcel spec. It includes everything you will need such as context, themes and questions with some teacher exemplars. Please also see my Dorian Gray unit, produced in the same way and my comparative essay bundles on these two texts.
AQA essay plans comparing The Great Gatsby to pre 1900 poems
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AQA essay plans comparing The Great Gatsby to pre 1900 poems

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A detailed collection of essay plans with either a powerpoint or pdf version, covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of the following titles: BARRIERS TO LOVE INFIDELITY. DESIRE. IDEALISED LOVE. UNFULFILLED LONGING. POSSESSIVE LOVE HOW SOCIAL CONVENTIONS IMPEDE LOVE. PLUS A BONUS POWERPOINT ON ESSAY SKILLS
Measure for Measure essay plans
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Measure for Measure essay plans

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These presentations were prepared to support students when tackling the following essays: Deception Morality Substitution Religion Politics, Government and Power The Duke Angelo Women Minor Characters Liberty Although they were produced for the Edexcel spec, they are wide enough in content to suit all other specifications. These presentations contain student prompts but also teacher detail and critics’ quotations. There is hours and hours of work here and as a bundle you will save about 40%.