A powerpoint with critical literary perspectives and context for A Streetcar Named Desire. The first section explores context of Southern Gothic Literature with summaries of Fall of House of Usher and a Rose for Emily for students to draw on for context this is roughly a one hour lesson. The second section is a debate format with quotes to engage with. Students take a different literary perspective and must debate from that stance, using the quotes to start their talking points. Critical literary perspectives cards provided as a worksheet and can be copied and given to students to prepare for the debate.

A workbook for A-level Media Eduqas set text The Bridge as part of the TV Crime Drama workbook. The workbook is a compilation of the resources from Eduqas website covering industry, audience and theoretical perspectives.

A lesson that could be used for film or media to introduce students to mise-en-scene. Lesson to explain the term and examples for students to work on.

Extract, questions and writing task based on The Gilded Ones with links to Dystopian texts and a creative writing task on the final slide. 1-2 lessons.

Powerpoint outline for a mock trial set up a courtroom drama: Is Napoleon guilty of crimes against his fellow animals? Includes guide worksheet for lawyers and characters to aid their research and preparation.

A powerpoint with critical literary perspectives and context for A Streetcar Named Desire. The first section explores context of Southern Gothic Literature with summaries of Fall of House of Usher and a Rose for Emily for students to draw on for context this is roughly a one hour lesson. The second section is a debate format with quotes to engage with. Students take a different literary perspective and must debate from that stance, using the quotes to start their talking points. Critical literary perspectives cards provided as a worksheet and can be copied and given to students to prepare for the debate.

Reading worksheet with a series of questions linked to an extract of Children and Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Perfect for a lesson linked to fantasy or as a cover lesson for a KS3 class. Includes starter, extract and questions on both Slides and Worksheet.

Slides which address assessment objectives and a copy of the poem. Simple outline and key points with a copy of the poem across slides for board annotation.

Definitions and prompt questions for six key critical literary perspectives, perfect for introducing AO5 critical perspectives for sixth form classes. Includes New historicist, psychoanalytical, feminist, gender and sexual identity, marxist and post-colonial.

Introductory lesson on the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) for media and film students with case study and video links for the film movement.

A powerpoint guiding students through proven metacognitive approaches to memorising and learning information with examples and interactive activities. Useful for students before exam time and when they are putting together revision schedules.

An introductory lesson for the theory of Strauss’ binary opposition. Includes explanation, worked examples and activities for students. Can be adapted to fit with different media area of studies: film, tv, advertising etc.

A basic outline of Stuart Hall’s reception audience theory for use with Eduqas exam board. Examples taken from set text products but can be changed to suit different examples.

Powerpoint with Camus’ theory of The Absurd, The Myth of Sisyphus, socio/historical context and essay question with suggested points to check understanding.

Designed to be used to cover the key points of Leisbet van Zoonen’s essay feminist perspectives on the media as part of the WJEC Media A-level course. Students were set the article to read as homework and this is the summarised version that we covered in lesson and can be given to students for their revision. Discussion points on the final slides. The academic article is quite heavy going so this simplified and consolidated the key points.

Powerpoint lesson on Lucky’s speech in Waiting for Godot. Close analysis picking out key points of the speech, consolidating writing activities and consideration of staging. Links to context (AO3), Berklean philosophy background to the play and academic references.

A powerpoint with suggested activities and writing tasks to take you through key scenes and points for the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Suitable for home learning.

A comprehensive powerpoint for teaching the music video Formation by Beyonce as part of the WJEC/Eduqas A-level for media. The powerpoint includes the infromation from the fact sheet available to download from the Eduqas website. It includes video links to contextual information and disucssion points for students as well as the key theorists and terminology.

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 one page worksheet with the poem, translation of unusual words and a selection of questions for students to complete. Independent working after poetry study recommended.

Animal Farm revision cards to play as a whole class with stepped questioning or could be used as a team quiz set up. Designed for GCSE revision of characters, quotes and ideas.