This presentation should provide you with an introductory lesson with follow up tasks on writing a biographyl. In light of the new GCSE specifications, this resource is ideal for a KS3 introduction to non-fiction. It includes a link to an actual read online biography and uses this to guide students to research, plan and write their own biographies.

An in depth exploration of the play's penultimate scene, which explores the downfall of Macbeth and his character as a tragic hero. Includes pair work, group work and individual writing tasks, as well as key terminology.

Created with the new AQA English Language Paper 1 in mind, this is a whole lesson (or more) giving students opportunity to practice the evaluation skills required for Question 4. Includes four fiction extracts, a PowerPoint presentation with lesson details and an activity sheet.

This resource is a colourful A3 activity sheet which takes students through the poem in a way which requires them to think about the effect of Byron's choices, without giving them 'the answers'. Could be used as an independent task as an introduction to the poem or unseen poetry practice, or could be completed in small groups or pairs as a discussion tool. Could also be a useful revision tool.

A worksheet designed to take students through exploring language in a poem. Could be used as unseen poetry practice, or could be used after to teaching the poem to assess learning. Questions are suited to Key Stage 3 or lower ability Key Stage 4.

A visual resource guiding students through writing a description of people and of characters. Suitable for Key Stage 3.

An introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin's ideas about the carnivalesque elements of literature.

An overview of the historical and literary influences on Modern Literature and the transition from the Victorian Period. I have used this after students have researched the area themselves as a way of summarising key ideas and findings rather than 'information overload' on the slides themselves.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Includes a worksheet for students to complete who said what and when. Useful as a revision of many of the key quotes in the play. Created with the new closed-book examinations in mind.

Created for the new AQA English Literature Specification 8702/1 Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel, this resource includes a sample examination question and a PowerPoint presentation guiding students in their response to the question. Includes modelling and opportunity for both pair work and independent writing.

Three setting-based extracts from the novel presented on A3. Can be used as a carousel activity for students to annotate for language features, or as group annotation activity.

PowerPoint taking your class through the ending of the novel by prompting discussion of key moments.

A worksheet to prompt students at A Level to explore the issues in 'A Doll's House' in the style of a Jeremy Kyle talk show.

A worksheet to prompt A Level/GCSE students to plan and present a 'Jerry Springer' style talk show based on 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and/or 'The Great Gatsby'

A couple of lessons exploring the dramatization of 2.1 and exploring the language used by Demetrius and Helena. I've used with a year 8 class, but you could use with older students too. Might need some adapting for KS4.

Designed with the New AQA English Literature Specification in mind, this resource takes a detailed look at chapter 25 of 'The Help', the novel's opening and the ending, as well as including activities to guide students in exploring their own key moments. The resource sustains focus on examination skills and the assessment objectives for this paper. This is for the comparison between the modern novel with modern drama exam and includes some comparison tasks with 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. However, you could easily adapt these slides/activities to cover a different play, or miss them out altogether. There are a good 7-10 hours worth of lessons here (depending on your class and what you do with it). Homework is included, although is suggested in the notes section to give you the choice of class/homework. This is not a repetition of my other resources on 'The Help', but a resource in its own right. If you have found those resources helpful, this sequence of lessons would be a good follow-on, or vice versa.

Written with the new AQA specification in mind, this activity should cover an hour long lesson in which students work together to craft an effective section of a story.

Designed with GCSE AQA New Specification in mind, but could be used with key stage 3 or with other specs/exam boards. This lesson gets students to explore the idea of ‘Fan Fiction’ and to create their own example based on their own reading. This worked well with avid readers and higher ability. Could be used as an introduction to writing a narrative and creative writing techniques.

This is a PowerPoint presentation going through the feedback from a mock exam I set my U6 students entered for the new AQA spec 7712/2B. It includes a question based around deceit and a breakdown of the assessment objectives. It includes some tasks and isn't just a long list of nags! You could set the essay first and then use the PowerPoint to feedback to the class on how to improve. The resource focuses upon 'The Help' with 'A Streetcar Named Desire', but minor tweaking would make it compatible with whichever texts you are using.