A PowerPoint consisting of 18 slides to guide students through the poem ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen for their Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 2 exam. This usually takes two lessons to complete properly. Lesson includes: -Five-a-day starter task (questions link to Edexcel English Language & Literature). -Steps for understanding & analysing poetry. -Context research task with prompt questions (students will need devices for this). -Video clip to further inferences (link in the notes section of the PowerPoint ). -Support slides with questions to guide annotations- this may be used as part of the lesson or uploaded to Google Classroom/MS Teams for individual student support. -Exam-style question (this has been taken from the Edexcel IGCSE Language Student Book).

A PowerPoint designed to stretch over two lessons, consisting of 30 slides to guide students through the poem ‘If-’ by Rudyard Kipling. Made for the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course, but could be used for other exam boards. Includes: -poetic terminology five-a-day starters. -context tasks. -a separate PowerPoint with group annotations for each stanza (questions & answers included). -Videos to activate prior knowledge and predict ideas presented in the poem. -a homework comparison grid. All video links are in the notes section of the PowerPoint.

This was originally designed for Year 8, but it could be used with other KS3 classes. Used with Heinemann play adaptation (David Holman). This includes 16 home learning tasks, ranging in difficulty. The tasks are split up as follows: -Act 1- Scenes 1-3 -Act 1, Scene 4- Act 2, Scene 4 -Act 2, Scene 5 -Act 2, Scenes 6-7

A PowerPoint designed to stretch over two lessons, consisting of 22 slides to guide students through the poem ‘Prayer Before Birth’ by Louis MacNeice. Made for the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course, but could be used for other exam boards. Includes: -poetic terminology five-a-day starter. -context tasks. -student annotations slides. -individual & group annotation tasks. All video links are in the notes section of the PowerPoint.

A PowerPoint designed to stretch over two lessons, consisting of 23 slides to guide students through the poem ‘Search for My Tongue’ by Sujata Bhatt. Made for the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course, but could be used for other exam boards. Includes: -starter task to predict the tone of the poem. -pre-reading tasks. -context tasks. -individual & collaborative tasks. -group annotations slides for stanzas 1 & 3. -feedback for all stanzas. -creative task. Extra guidance can be found in the notes section of the PowerPoint

A PowerPoint consisting of 10 slides to get students to practise analysing unseen poetry and writing a comparison. It’s made explicit to students in the lesson that this will not be required on the actual exam, but it is a good way to practise skills required. Made for the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course, but could be used for other exam boards. Includes: -quick starter task. -song lyrics sheet. -video with questions to aid analysis. -basic outline of a comparison for students to plan their ideas. All video links are in the notes section of the PowerPoint.