A comprehensive resource pack on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. Assessments are tailored towards the OCR A level English course, however, could be adapted for a number of other exam boards. There are a number of practice assessments with model answers.

A lesson on an extract from ‘The Woman in Black’ (Whistle and I’ll Come to You) from the Edexcel iGCSE English Language Anthology. The PowerPoint includes analysis, discussion questions and homework activities.

A lesson on the extract from ‘Chinese Cinderella’ from the Edexcel iGCSE English Language Anthology. The PowerPoint includes analysis, discussion questions and homework activities.

A full guided reading course on ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’ including passages, discussion questions, videos and homework assignments.

A PowerPoint on ‘A Passage to Africa’ by George Alagiah including: Pre-reading discussion questions Line by line analysis Post-reading discussion Homework task

A lesson on The Explorer’s Daughter by Kari Herbert - Edexcel iGCSE English Language Anthology. Full PowerPoint with analysis, discussion questions and a creative writing homework activity.

A full lesson including starter activities, vidoes, a line by line analysis, discussion questions, homework tasks and a writing assignment.

A PowerPoint of ‘To a Daughter Leaving Home’ by Linda Pastan including discussion questions, analysis and homework activities.

This booklet contains a variety of unseen passages for the unit on ‘The Immigrant Experience’. Texts include: ‘American and I’ - Anzia Yezierska ‘Exit West’ – Mohsin Hamid ‘Brick Lane’ – Monica Ali ‘Enemies: A Love Story’ – Isaac Bashevis Singer ‘The Assistant’ – Bernard Malamud ‘The Namesake’ – Jhumpa Lahiri ‘The Buddha in the Attic’ – Julie Otsuka ‘The Lonely Londoners’ – Sam Selvon ’The Road Home’ - Rose Tremain ‘Terrorist’ – John Updike ‘My New American Life’ – Francine Prose ‘The Fortunate Pilgrim’ – Mario Puzo ‘The Association of Small Bombs’ – Karan Mahajan ‘Black-Eyed Women’ from ‘The Refugees’ - Viet Thanh Nguyen ‘The Secret River’ – Kate Grenville ‘The Third and Final Continent’ from ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ - Jhumpa Lahiri ’Call it Sleep’ - Henry Roth ‘A Long Way Home’ – Saroo Brierley ‘The Blue Between Sky and Water’ – Susan Abulhawa ‘Shantaram’ – David Gregory Roberts ’Eva’s Story’ - Eva Schloss ‘Girl in Translation’ – Jean Kwok ‘Café Scheherazade’ – Arnold Zable ‘Brooklyn’ - Colm Tóibín I set ‘The Blue Between Sky and Water’ as a Mock Examination so I have included indicative content for this which would work as a mark scheme and two model answers for ‘A Long Way Home’ and ‘Brooklyn’.

A detailed unit of work for ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ including lots of articles and extracts for wider reading. There are PowerPoints for each chapter and suggested assignments throughout.

A lesson on the poem ‘The Pig’ by Roald Dahl. The PowerPoint includes analysis, discussion questions and a homework activity.

A Greek Myth Collection: An Introduction Prometheus and Pandora Demeter and Persephone Theseus and the Minotaur The Golden Fleece Heracles Perseus Orpheus and Eurydice

A lesson on the poem ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker. The PowerPoint includes analysis, discussion questions, a quiz and a homework activity.

A PowerPoint lesson plan including context, discussion questions, analysis and homework activities

Detailed notes on the following poems: Ambulances Arundel Tomb Dockery and Son Essential Beauty High Windows Talking in Bed Vers De Société Wild Oats

A selection of quotations from ‘Of Mice and Men’ including detailed analysis.

A lesson on an extract from ‘A Long Way Home’ by Saroo Brierley. The memoir has been adapted into a film called ‘Lion’. The extract takes place when Saroo arrives at his new home in Hobart, Tasmania. The lesson includes discussion questions, language analysis, a video clip from the film and a homework activity.

Lesson produced for Park Street Education. https://parkstreetedu.com/ In celebration of Terry Fox day this Sunday, our students will be combining History and English as they learn the history behind Terry’s Marathon of Hope and examine the persuasive writing used in his letter to Adidas for sponsorship. Terry Fox’s determination, hope, and belief in miracles is unparalleled and inspirational to Canadians across the country.

This is a comprehensive lesson on an extract from the poem ‘Out of the Blue’ by Simon Armitage, a poem about 9/11 written for Park Street Education: https://parkstreetedu.com/ The lesson includes: context, discussion questions, images from the attacks, a video clip, a line by line analysis and two options for homework activities. This is suitable for Grade 8 and above, though could be adapted to suit a younger audience. As the lesson contains distressing content, it is advised that teachers and parents assess the suitability of the material based on the individual students they will be teaching.