A set of short questions (half length) with answers! Perfect for teaching the reading skills for the Summary Q (Q1f) CIE English Lang (Cambridge IGCSE)

Overview of the exam for paper 1 explaining tasks and the marks. Mainly aimed at parents (there’s a short blurb on page 1) - a good handout for parents evening! But also useful for students.

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.

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.

45 slides worth of analysis and exploration of Goblin Market. This is designed to meet the requirement of the Edexcel A level course, but can be used for any spec. Detailed context for this period in her life is provided as well as further context around the inspiration for the poem. Introductory tasks are given on initial interpretations of the poem and then discussion and interpretation points are worked into points throughout the poem. Summative and essay tasks are given at the end. Slides exploring a number of key interpretations are given. I have also included an essay looking at some issue of Freudian-psychoanalytical and Marxist-Feminist interpretations. Slides are linked to the rest of my collection of Rossetti for Edexcel.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Very detailed slides with analysis of the poem as well as links and an essay title Designed for Edexcel English Lit A-level

Powerpoint slides including some tasks and context for teaching A level. Designed for Edexcel English lit A level