2.5 pages of notes analysing ‘A Valediction of Weeping’ by John Donne (summary, technical terms, title, structure, five important quotes, context). Designed for A-Level English Edexcel Metaphysical Poetry.

Essay plan on the theme of language in Animal Farm (designed to be used for the AQA GCSE syllabus). Points also applicable to rhetoric, propaganda and manipulation.

Context notes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Includes: Courtly Love, gender, Queen Elizabeth I, the supernatural, Shakespeare’s other plays, Classical/mythological references, literary influences and conventions, historical context of the contemporary theatre, modern productions. Designed for the Edexcel A-Level English specification.

A collection of relevant quotes from a range of secondary sources on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (on a 19-slide Powerpoint). Designed for the Edexcel A-Level specification.

2-page handout of biographical information about Tennessee Williams, focusing on details particularly relevant to the play A Streetcar Named Desire for use as context in A-Level essays.

Powerpoint containing notes for analysing A Streetcar Named Desire. Includes points about the play’s structure, genre/style, characterisation, diction, significance of characters’ names, key symbols and motifs (including further detail about light, the streetcars, colours, animal symbols), setting of the apartment, music and sound, interactions in the street. Designed for the Edexcel English A-Level.

Powerpoint containing detailed notes on context for A Streetcar Named Desire (this includes historical background, biographical details of Tennessee Williams, setting and music, gender attitudes, literary allusions, key film and stage performances, and useful secondary source quotes). Designed for the Edexcel English A-Level.

Bullet-point essay plan exploring gender, femininity and masculinity in Macbeth - raises questions and context points for the class to think about, discuss further and find quotes for.

Notes and model essay plan looking at essay technique and using context in essays through a focus on the theme of the supernatural in Macbeth. (3 pages, used for 1hr of tutoring) Designed for GCSE AQA English.

A Latin crossword, inspired by the style in the The Times on Saturdays. Clues are a mixture of literature, vocab, history and Harry Potter (some mildly cryptic, others straightforward translation).