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Rossetti English Lit (Edexcel) pack
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Rossetti English Lit (Edexcel) pack

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Collection of powerpoint slides for all the poems in the Edexcel collection (aside from Goblin Market which will be listed separately) Tasks, discussion questions and essay questions in each. Detailed context for each poem looking at the different points of her life, her relationships, family etc. Separate slides with an introduction to Rossetti’s life and another looking at the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Slides are numbered in a suggested teaching order, but this is not proscribed. Designed for Edexcel, this is the pack I wish I had when I started teaching the course. Some Ladies Dress Remember The World Echo May A Birthday An Apple-Gathering Maude Clare At Home Up-Hill What Would I Give? Twice Memory A Christmas Carol Passing and Glassing Piteous my rhyme is ‘A Helpmeet for Him’  As froth on the face of the deep Our Mothers, lovely women pitiful Babylon the Great
Keats Ode to Psyche
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Keats Ode to Psyche

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Introduction to Keat’s Ode to Psyche for A level. Slides on the Keats and his writing of Odes Background on the myth of Psyche and relevance of Keat’s medical training. Questions for discussion of the poem split over 5 slides. Discussion and essay question at the end.
Eliot The Hollow Men
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Eliot The Hollow Men

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A level resource running through the key ideas and points for analysis of The Hollow Men. Poem is divided up across 11 slides with a series of question on each question looking at ideas, images and poetic techniques.
Cambridge iGCSE Paper 2Narrative/descriptive teaching ideas
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Cambridge iGCSE Paper 2Narrative/descriptive teaching ideas

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Detailed breakdown of Cambridge IGCSE paper 2, the writing paper. Activites focused on the descriptive and narrative questions - images and writing ideas to help them to engage with the question as well as extracts from the mark scheme. This has enough in it to last for a series of lessons & homework tasks & ideas to pick and choose between. The directed writing section will be dealt with separately.
Creative writing mini tasks
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Creative writing mini tasks

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Creative writing tasks to get started as well as a few points about correct punctuation etc. quick & easy & lighthearted - made for Y7 to prep them for the summer exam, but would be good for any time!
Owen - Mental Cases and Disabled
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Owen - Mental Cases and Disabled

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Activities and tasks on Disabled - mix of detailed analysis and discussion tasks. An exploration of Shell Shock - including Sassoon’s The Survivors, some details on Mental Cases as well as tasks and a comparative essay structure and example paragraphs looking at links between Disabled & Mental Cases Powerpoint have lots of images and are laid out clearly and attractively, styled to fit the rest of my war poetry resources. I like to make sure my students are able to understand the context the poems were written in as well as appreciating the literary skill.
Rossetti Christmas Carol
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Rossetti Christmas Carol

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Christina Rossetti Slides for Christmas Carol including info on types of angels referenced in the poem. Discussion questions Essay topic Edexcel Full resource pack for all poems in the Edexcel pack available from my shop.
WW1 War Poetry intro / Who's For the Game
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WW1 War Poetry intro / Who's For the Game

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Introduction to war poetry unit looking at types of visual propaganda before moving on to looking at Pope’s Who’s For the Game. Colourful powerpoint with images and tasks both on the propaganda posters and the poem. Worksheet with the poem and questions.
War Poetry, Owen, Dulce
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War Poetry, Owen, Dulce

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Full set of slides on Owen’s Dulce et Decorum est including an introduction to Owen & some context on the war & gas. Some sections of detailed language analysis & a range of tasks to choose from. Slides have lots of pictures and are in keeping style wise with my other war poetry resources. Reviews greatly appreciated!
War Poetry
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War Poetry

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A collection of poetry resources. Includes a detailed context slides as well as a variety of discussion and writing tasks for each poem. There is a progression from the propaganda poems and natationalistic optimism at the start of the war to the realism of Owen’s poetry at the end. There is an essay task that focuses on Owen’s Mental Cases and Disabled. All slides are clearly designed with a common theme - I believe in attractive, clear layouts without overcrowding slides.
AQA Paper 2 Q5 Persuade/Argue
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AQA Paper 2 Q5 Persuade/Argue

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A teaching or revision exercise looking at the skills for writing to argue/persuade. Task 1 a silent debate (although this can easily be altered) looking at examples & marking. Task 2 to create own work in response to a Q. Rhetorical devices also feature for discussion/development. Easily developed and altered for use with different Qs etc.
Rossetti, Maude Clare
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Rossetti, Maude Clare

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Slides to support teaching of Maude Clare, key context for this specific poem used (for more context see my Rossetti Context slides) teaching/discussion questions are included as well as a longer comparative task with Apple Gathering and an essay question. designed to teach to the Edexcel A-level spec, but teaching is not specific to this.
Rossetti revision pack - essay questions
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Rossetti revision pack - essay questions

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Massive list of essay titles and slides considering how to break them down & look at the words being used. Ideas for guiding revision breakdown of how to construct paragraphs and a task to highlight and edit, further task to look at how to add info together to make an essay. Lots to keep revision busy for a couple of lessons. PDF file will all the questions and tasks for handing to give to students. Designed for the Edexcel course
Auden Night Mail
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Auden Night Mail

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A lesson looking at the poem Night Mail. A number of activities looking at the language and techniques in the poem & finishes with a creative task writing different sorts of letters to match the ideas in the poem. Fun and engaging powerpoint, designed for Y6/7
Midsummer Night's Dream Pack
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Midsummer Night's Dream Pack

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Teaching pack with slides and matching worksheets for each scene - designed for teaching Cambridge iGCSE but will work for anything at this level. 8 detailed powerpoints & 9 worksheets to accompany them. Passages identified for close analysis, historical context and other questions. MSND CIGCSE GCSE
Rossetti - Maude Clare
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Rossetti - Maude Clare

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Powerpoint slides for teaching Maude Clare, with tasks, questions & essay topics and relevant context. Designed for Edexcel English Lit A level
War poetry - Grenfell Into Battle
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War poetry - Grenfell Into Battle

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Powerpoint & worksheet. Brief intro into Grenfell’s life & starter task. Short tasks on the poem leading to a paragraph task. Formatted to match with my other war poetry resources.