This 1 page handout for students and teachers is jam packed with a wealth of contextual details for Frankenstein. Contextual details are bullet pointed in a clear mind map. The categories are: literary/genre; historical; social; cultural; biographical; religious/philosophical. This handout facilitates learners to gain full marks for contextual details on this novel in their essays.

A workbook consisting of 5 detailed sessions with guided tasks to ensure students engage critically with close analysis, contexts and interpretation. This resource can form a unit of work for the classroom or be used as a self-directed revision/study guide. The sessions cover ‘Structure and Form’, ‘Voice and Style’,‘Genre and Science’,and ‘Society’: this workbook touches on all the key points of analysis in the novels to make sure students are well equipped for exams. High level engagement with concepts such as meta-textuality, postmodernism and poststructuralism provide ample scope to push A Level students toward undergraduate level analysis. The workbook contains ‘top tips’ for comparing these novels at A Level standard, an examplary model answer with guided questions, an essay writing structure model, and uses a colour coded AO system for Edexcel (this can be adjusted for other boards).

This marking code can save you hours. It given specific advice on how to improve common errors for every assessment objective (1-5). It gives examples of errors and how to improve. You simply circle a sentence/paragraph the student has written and write down the appropriate code (i.e. 2.b), and the student can then use their copy of the marking code to read a detailed account of what has gone wrong in their writing and how to improve. I give all my students a copy of the marking code so they can use it for peer-assessment, understanding my annotations on their work, and re-writing and improving their work. The feedback sheet allows teachers to provide a vast amount of feedback and pointers for improvement, and instructs students to a development task, but with very minimal time taken.

An 11 slide PowerPoint designed to kick start revision of Never Let Me Go and Frankenstein for the Edexcel A Level exam. It focusses on the novels’ structure, beginnings and endings. It includes slides containing several example comparative arguments, as well as group-work tasks.

This lesson examines the contexts which influenced Williams’ interest and presentation of key conflicts within A Streetcar Named Desire. The PowerPoint addresses gender based conflict, social class divisions, shifting historical paradigms and American identity, and fantasy versus reality. There is a large amount of specific contextual detail, and examples of dramatic techniques used to present the key themes. This lesson can be used for a large group revision lecture, self-directed revision, or classroom based lesson.

A handout that offers students and teachers introductory context to begin studying A Streetcar Named Desire. The 2 page handout gives an overview of American History, the changing American national identity, and gives a visual aid to show students which events happened within the character’s lifetimes.

A handout for students and teachers containing 19 critical interpretations / quotes on the play. The worksheet is divided into categories and designed to offer students contrasting interpretations on characters in order to maximise opportunities to pick up marks for engaging with different interpretations.

A handout for students and teachers containing 2 pages (990 words) of clear, useful, bullet pointed contextual information that ‘contextualises the characters’ in A Streetcar Named Desire. This handout contains specific contextual details that relates to the characterisation of Stanley, Blanche, Stella, Mitch, and Allan and faciliates full marks for contextual detail in essays.

This 2 page handout for students and teachers is jam packed with a wealth of contextual details for both Frankenstein and Never Let Me Go. For each novel, contextual details are bullet pointed in a clear mind map. The categories are: literary/genre; historical; social; cultural; biographical; religious/philosophical. This handout facilitates learners to gain full marks for contextual details in their essays.

This 1 page handout for students and teachers is jam packed with a wealth of contextual details for Never Let me Go. Contextual details are bullet pointed in a clear mind map. The categories are: literary/genre; historical; social; cultural; biographical; religious/philosophical. This handout facilitates learners to gain full marks for contextual details on this novel in their essays.

This worksheet supports students to stucture their essays in such a way that maximises marks. It contains a model introduction, model comparative sub-arguments, model development of comparison, and model conclusion for an essay comparing the presentation of transgression in Frankenstein and Never Let Me Go. It is a 'fill in the gaps" worksheet that supports students to complete a full essay. This resource is perfect for introducing students to Paper 2 essay writing, or to support learners through the course that struggle to organise their ideas.

This worksheet encourages students to identify textual evidence, key literary techniques and comparative arguments for the 13 key tehematic points of connection between Frankenstein and Never Let Me Go. It is an effective revision tool or classroom activity.

A 17 slide PowerPoint designed for students in Year 12 or the start of Year 13, guiding them through the process of researching into universities, choosing courses to apply for and writing the personal statement.

A workbook consisting of 8 sessions with guided tasks to ensure students engage critically with close analysis, contexts and interpretation. From expressionism, plastic theatre and ancient Greek tragedy conventions to theatrical structure, motif and symbolism: this workbook touches on all the key points of analysis in the play to make sure students are well equipped for the exams. The workbook contains ‘top tips’ for writing about this play at A Level standard, and uses a colour coded AO system for Edexcel (this can be adjusted for other boards).

This PowerPoint features a voice recording on every slide totalling approximatley an hour and a half. This resource is designed to teach A Level students about the novel so they can write about Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for their Literature coursework. The lecture is detailed, nuanced and insightful. It covers postcolonial theory, detailed analysis of literary techniques, historical contexts and refers to literary critics. Part one covers: Narrative voice The relationship between the speaker and the addressee Foreshadowing Unpicking assumptions Unreliability of narration Part two covers: How ‘Otherness’ relates to colonialism Orientalism and fetishization of the ‘Other’ Symbolism in the characters Orientalism following 9/11 Motif of Changez’s beard Part three covers: Changez’s response to 9/11 Changez’s relationship with America Geo-political context Irony

This is a PowerPoint lecture which has voice recordings embedded. The lecture is an analysis of the poem and includes modelled annotations on each stanza. It includes contexts of the sublime (Burke/Kant/Wordsworth’s concept of the sublime) and pantheism. You need to download the PowerPoint and play the slideshow to hear the voice recordings. You can send the resource to students and they should emerge the other side with a fully annotated poem with high level understanding, ready for class discussion.

This 13 slide PowerPoint provides context, incorporates critical interpretation and guides students toward high-level analysis. When I use this resource, it supplies 2.5 hours of lesson material. It includes a range of activities, and this lesson includes a handout containing a full mark AS Level essay section model to support students in establishing exam technique. These lesson resources have been rolled out in the Ofsted Outstanding FE College I teach in, to cohorts of hundreds of students, where excellent results are achieved.

This 24 slide PowerPoint introduces students to the play, provides detailed context, incorporates critical interpretation and guides students toward high-level analysis. When I use this resource, it supplies 2.5 hours of lesson material. It includes a range of activities. These lesson resources have been rolled out in the Ofsted Outstanding FE College I teach in, to cohorts of hundreds of students, where excellent results are achieved.

This PowerPoint guides students toward high-level analysis of the scene and includes a model full mark essay introduction, essay planning/ writing practice, and peer-assessment. When I use this resource, it supplies 2.5 hours of lesson material alongside reading the scene. It includes a range of activities. These lesson resources have been rolled out in the Ofsted Outstanding FE College I teach in, to cohorts of hundreds of students, where excellent results are achieved.

This 18 slide PowerPoint provides context, incorporates critical interpretation and guides students toward high-level analysis. When I use this resource alongside reading the scene, it supplies 2.5 hours of lesson material. It includes a range of activities including peer assessment. These lesson resources have been rolled out in the Ofsted Outstanding FE College I teach in, to cohorts of hundreds of students, where excellent results are achieved.