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
A set of slides with detailed notes on the entire novel with specialised vocabulary glossary to accompany each section. The notes include close analysis of the text and contextual points.
This is a detailed presentation with close analysis of both Prayer Before Birth and La Belle, with an essay plan comparing the two poems. This is for the Pearson Edexcel iGCSE poetry anthology question.
Close analysis of the Thornfield chapters of Jane Eyre. This has been produced in a powerpoint format so that teachers may use it in front of the class enabling students to annotate their texts and to discuss the implicit meanings that Bronte hints at in her narrative. This was produced for an A level class but could equally suit a high achieving GCSE group.
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…
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.
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
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.
A collection of all the references to the sea in the play, with blank slides for students to interact with the quotation followed by my teacher notes, analysing each quotation. This would be useful if you were setting up an essay perhaps on this theme.
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
A detailed powerpoint or pdf 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 HOW SOCIAL CONVENTIONS IMPEDE LOVE
A detailed powerpoint or pdf 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 POSSESSIVE LOVE
A detailed powerpoint or pdf 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 unfulfilled longing.
A detailed powerpoint or pdf 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 idealised love.
A detailed powerpoint or pdf 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 desire.