A full set of resources for The Handmaid’s Tale - can be used for first teaching and/or revisiting the text for revision purposes. Includes: 14 lessons based on key themes across the text. Each lesson includes a theme-specific Do Now, key notes, key quotations, AO5 secondary reading to complement key themes/ideas, and, at the end, pre/post reading questions; 3 essay questions; 25 question quiz, including sample assessment question; key quotations table; AO5 quotations PPT; the opening to a sample answer for AQA English Literature, Spec A, 7711-7712, comparing The Handmaid’s Tale to A Streetcar Named Desire.

Fully comprehensive NEA introduction for Spec A. Includes task overview, exemplar essay titles, 10 text suggestions, and planning and draft tasks. Great resource for pupils to come back to as a support guide.

Three resources to support pupils with their A-Level coursework. Resources: NEA presentation - slides outline the task, the AOs, and possible texts to compare thematically NEA planning cycle - a 15 page planning document to support pupils to plan and produce a draft NEA essay plan - a checklist outlining steps to take when drafting an NEA

Introduction to literary criticism, with prompt questions to encourage pupils to link these to the AQA Spec A texts - Othello, Gatsby, Handmaid, Streetcar, Feminine Gospels, etc. Includes: 3 revision tasks, check-in points, links to AOs, and strengths/weaknesses of each theory. Great as introduction to criticism (AO5) and, later, as revision. Please see other uploads for a wider range of AO5 resources, once your pupils have grasped the basics.

Great resource to introduce/revise the genre of modernism for A-Level English Literature. Includes overview of genre, critics comments, and prompts to develop critical readings of core texts. Ends with an independent task where pupils apply their learning to exam style questions in style of AQA Spec A/ Paper 2.

A step-by-step guide of how to approach the unseen prose section of Paper 2B: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day. C

Use for: AQA English Lit/ Spec A/ Paper 2/ Unseen Prose Linked to pre-release extract: White Teeth by Zadie Smith Great resource that guides pupils through the extract and links to AO5 to stretch and challenge. Includes intro WAGOLL and free bonus lesson to how the theme in the extract can be linked to two studied texts - Streetcar and Handmaid.

Great revision for Paper 1 texts - Love through the Ages, Gatsby, and Othello. Includes: overview of types of love (eros, etc), links to texts, comparison task, comparative writing structure, and famous quotes which can be used for AO5.

A comprehensive overview of the four models of Elaine Showalter’s ‘Gynocriticism’. Includes: comprehensive details on each of the four models of sexual difference; links to themes in The Handmaid’s Tale, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Feminine Gospels; an essay title and sample opening paragraph. Fantastic resource to develop AO5 and prepare students to critically analyse and examine texts.

An overview of the key poetic movements in poetry over time, including: the metaphysical poets, the Cavaliers, the Romantics, the Victorians, and the Modernists. Includes: poetry quiz Do Now at the start (with answers), an overview of each movement with key charactertics, and a timeline resource at the end which gives pupils a space to map out the poems they are studying. Great place to start for AQA English Literature, Spec A, Paper 1 - Love through the Ages anthology.

57 page booklet containing a copy of every poem in the anthology, with accompanying notes. All notes are based on own teaching as an experienced A-Level teacher. Can be used as teacher notes and/or pupil booklets.

Ten standalone lessons, exploring specific criticism and frameworks through which pupils can explore the AQA Specification A texts - *The Great Gatsby, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Handmaid’s Tale, Feminine Gospels, and A Streetcar Named Desire. * Topics covered: Critical Reading - an overview Historicism Temporality The Feminine Grotesque Freud’s Topographic Model Angry Young Men Female Hysteria Gynocriticism The Southern Gothic Postmodernism

Introduction to late 19th Century literary movements - Fin de Siecle Decadence Aestheticism Degeneration Imperialism Links to relevant novels - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

A full term’s worth of Shakespeare study at KS3, covering a full range of themes and contexts across the major plays - Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Othello. Term 1 - Shakespeare in Love Pupil booklet covering the following topics: Shakespeare’s work in themes Shakespearean settings Shakespearean attitudes towards age and gender Presentation of gender Shakespeare’s characterisation of men and women Attitudes towards race and gender Power and politics Corresponding teacher booklet including: Map of KS3 AOs SOW presented as a weekly breakdown, with learning questions, activities, directed tasks to mark, and homework - all can be copied and/or printed to create own resources Key vocabulary linked to the National Curriculum Weekly breakdown of learning which corresponds with pupil booklet and includes core knowledge, suggested teaching strategies, links for further reading, and differentiated tasks for high, middle, and lower attainers Extract booklet A booklet containing all of the extracts to be studied, in order Term 2 - Shakespeare on Film Pupil booklet focused on analysing Romeo & Juliet - play and film List of media and film terminology Covers all aspects of mis-en-scene Key scene analysis tasks for all the major scenes Think hard tasks for higher ability Summer or homework task where pupils plan, direct and act out a key scene Knowledge Organiser Covers context, themes, plot, dramatic and film techniques, as well as comparisons between the play and the film FANTASTIC set of resources for all teachers (English and drama), but particularly good for new teachers and / or Heads of Department looking to overhaul the KS3 curriculum and do something new and exciting with Shakespeare. Works well as a prerequisite for KS4, too, as covers all of the core content needed.

A great resource to give to pupils at the beginning of independent prose study. I have these laminated as a classroom resource. Great prompt for pupils who struggle to do independent research.

Revision of Tragedy as a genre, linked to AQA English Lit/ Spec A/ Paper 1 but can also be used for GCSE Macbeth. Includes: genre conventions, critic comments, and links to exam questions and examiner feedback. Ends with independent task linking ideas to exam style questions. Great as intro to genre and revision of in Y13.

37 question quiz, with answers. Covers the following texts: Othello, The Great Gatsby, Love Through the Ages poems, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Feminine Gospels.

Document outlining each section of the two exams, with links to revision and exam prep videos. Great for pre-mock and exam prep.

Pupil friendly resource explaining what each Assessment Objective for AQA English Lit, Spec A entails.