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Hi there! I'm both an English and Geography teacher in London. I am currently working in an Outstanding school which is my second Outstanding school of my career in London after teaching in both Ireland and the Middle East. My resources are both English & Geography resources where I like to give the student an active role in their learning. It is done by many activities such as Q&A sessions, exercises, group/pair-work and many others.

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Hi there! I'm both an English and Geography teacher in London. I am currently working in an Outstanding school which is my second Outstanding school of my career in London after teaching in both Ireland and the Middle East. My resources are both English & Geography resources where I like to give the student an active role in their learning. It is done by many activities such as Q&A sessions, exercises, group/pair-work and many others.
Hamlet: Dramatic Techniques
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Hamlet: Dramatic Techniques

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This PowerPoint goes through dramatic techniques in Hamlet. It analyzes many techniques such as imagery, word play, soliloquies amongst others.
Macbeth Soliloquies
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Macbeth Soliloquies

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Sheets that are used for students to analyze some of Macbeth’s soliloquies in the play. The resource has the soliloquy and poses questions for the students to have an in depth analysis.
Introduction to Resources
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Introduction to Resources

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This lesson can be done at the beginning of ‘Resources’ to give students an idea of the three essential resources: Food, water and energy. This also gives them freedom in what way they wish to approach it with a mind-mapping exercises using extended reading (not included because of copyright). It then refers it to how these three essential resources impact HIC’s and LIC’s.
Food Insecurity
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Food Insecurity

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This lesson is in relation to food insecurity in Africa. There are several exercises within the PowerPoint that students uncover the various factors such as weather, government policy and location which leads to food insecurity.
A Christmas Carol Stave 1
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A Christmas Carol Stave 1

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This lesson focuses on Stave one of ‘A Christmas Carol’. The lesson gives students awareness of the many techniques uses such as pathetic fallacy to create such an atmosphere. The lesson starts with the students’ first impression of Scrooge by analysing an extract describing Scrooge. It also makes students aware of such things as plot, character relationships and dialogue etc.
In the Waiting Room Elizabeth Bishop
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In the Waiting Room Elizabeth Bishop

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This lesson analyses Bishop’s In the Waiting Room in a stanza by stanza manner by pointing out certain poetic techniques. This comes after students are asked for their first impression of the poem as a starter.
Hamlet Quotes
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Hamlet Quotes

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This is a simple resource for group work/pair work to annotate important quotes from Hamlet. There are 5 sheets in total on an A4 landscape sheet.
Development Revision
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Development Revision

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This PowerPoint is an exam revision PowerPoint for development. It goes through important definitions within development and also has some exercises for students.
India's Slums LIC: Ofsted  Inspection
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India's Slums LIC: Ofsted Inspection

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This lesson is for a Year 8 lower ability group for the ‘Redevelopment’ section. The lesson begins by asking students their prior knowledge of a HIC and LIC. There is a gap fill exercise, mind-map activity followed by a video where students extend their mind-mapping. Lesson plan included.
Banquo's Ghost Scene
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Banquo's Ghost Scene

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Banquo’s Ghost scene is one of the key scenes within Macbeth. This lesson allows students to imagine they are 1) Banquo’s Ghost and 2) The Attendants at the Banquet. This is done by a visual aspect via a video where it allows the students feel as if they are present. They also have to highlight Lady Macbeth’s role in this scene before close analysis of the scene in pairs.
Macbeth & Banquo Meet Witches Act 1 S3
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Macbeth & Banquo Meet Witches Act 1 S3

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This lesson covers all of Act 1 Scene 3 where both Macbeth and Banquo meet the Three Witches. The onus of this lesson is to show students the start of Macbeth’s ambition. Students are asked to ‘put themselves in the shoes’ of both Macbeth and Banquo. They then answer a series of questions before analysing small extracts that show Macbeth’s internal struggle and also ambition.
Singh Song by Daljit Nagra
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Singh Song by Daljit Nagra

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This lesson analyses the poetic techniques used withing Singh Song. The lesson focuses on word play, tone and the context of the poet amongst others. It also asks students to take ownership and analyse the poem and asks students several questions throughout.
Duncan & Lady Macbeth: First Impressions
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Duncan & Lady Macbeth: First Impressions

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This PowerPoint shows students the juxtapositioning of both King Duncan and Lady Macbeth in comparison to how a king and a woman should be viewed in society. Through a series of tasks that get students thinking of each character, only to find Shakespeare portrays them in a different way. This allows students to understand why both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth deceived King Duncan.
When We Two Parted by Lord Byron
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When We Two Parted by Lord Byron

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This PowerPoint in an introduction to Lord Byron’s ‘When We Two Parted’. The lesson poses questions to students in terms of poetic techniques and also what message the poet is trying to portray. It then relates back to the theme of love and relationships before a plenary.
Gorilla Dawn Introduction
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Gorilla Dawn Introduction

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This can be used for an English or Extra English class. Within the PowerPoint it prompts students to think of the context and the books setting. This leads students to use empathy with the characters within the book.
Freeze Thaw Action Worksheet
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Freeze Thaw Action Worksheet

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A step-by-step worksheet where students must draw a diagram related to the different processes of freeze thaw action. Students must also fill in key words within the description.
Love in Romeo and Juliet
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Love in Romeo and Juliet

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This lesson explores the marriage of Romeo and Juliet at the end of Act 2 Scene 2. There is an extract exercise included where students explorer the connotations and Juliet’s view on love. Also a paired exercise for Romeo’s and Friar’s contrasting attitudes in Act 2 Scene 3.
Grid references
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Grid references

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A lesson that teaches students how to do map grid references. in order to make it more accessible to students, the lesson has ‘The Simpsons’ theme where students have to locate characters such as Bart, Lisa etc on the PowerPoint
Birdsong
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Birdsong

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An introduction to Birdsong where there are several exercises to give students a context of the novel.