I strive to make my resources fully teachable from the moment you download them. We are in a very busy profession and sometimes just need to able to able to access something that we can trust and use right away!
I've been a fully qualified secondary school teacher for four years and began my teaching career at a challenging, although rewarding, mixed non-selective school in a grammar area. I now work as head of KS3 English at a high achieving boys grammar school.
I strive to make my resources fully teachable from the moment you download them. We are in a very busy profession and sometimes just need to able to able to access something that we can trust and use right away!
I've been a fully qualified secondary school teacher for four years and began my teaching career at a challenging, although rewarding, mixed non-selective school in a grammar area. I now work as head of KS3 English at a high achieving boys grammar school.
This ready-to-teach set of lessons covers the second part of scene 3 in more detail (see HpfEnglish Resources scenes 1 - 3 for previous lessons). It also moves on to cover scenes 4 and 5 including relevant contextual detail and close analysis. This also links dramatic form (Plastic Theatre) closely to the play and provides activities for students to find elements of this in the play for themselves.
This resource is a comprehensive lesson which teaches and revises how to create/use complex sentences, colons and semi-colons. After teaching each punctuation task, there are tasks to be completed (all on the worksheet) with a round-up task at the end. Used originally to revise varied punctuation with KS4 for Language exam but can easily be used in KS3/KS4 starters.
Sets of lessons organised into themes to teach ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as stand-alone text or as part of dystopian coursework available in my shop.
Originally taught to A Level Literature students for their coursework on Dystopian Literture, this unit of 3-4 lessons covers:
Feminism in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Power/lack of power
Otherness (as concept, linked to the novel and with critical essays)
Read-to-teach lessons in Powerpoints with all accompanying worksheets/links included.
This set of ready-to-teach lessons covers an in-depth study of the final scene of the play including: assessment opportunity, a full evaluation of the function of the scene, a close analysis of Blanche and the purpose of her character, critical statements for evaluation and more. This is a comprehensive and detailed way to end the study of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’.
This set of ready-to-teach lessons covers scenes 8-10 of ‘Streetcar’ in close detail with thematic studies and opportunities for close analysis. This set of lessons includes a study in masculinity in the play, alongside the themes of light, and the evaluation of the function of scene 8.
This set of ready-to-teach lessons covers scenes 6 and 7 of ‘Streetcar’ in detail, including an assessment opportunity and lots of close analysis of key quotes. This in depth set of lessons is a comprehensive study of these scenes ready for teachers to use to launch into analysis and detailed discussion.
This set of 4-5 lessons provides ready-to-teach lessons for Scenes 1 - 3 of ‘Streetcar’ including analytical questions for A Level students, and studies of relevant contextual factors, e.g. the trope of the Southern Belle.
This quiz can be used for a whole lesson after the study of 'Of Mice and Men.' It includes a number of different rounds including picture rounds, character questions and quote-based questions too. It is varied, fun and my class loved it! Team sheets also included.
Sets of lessons organised into themes to teach ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as stand-alone text or as part of dystopian coursework available in my shop
Originally taught to A Level Literature students for their coursework on Dystopian Literture, this unit of 8 lessons covers both the background to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as well as focusing on setting up the genre of Dystopian Literature by teaching key concepts, themes and why we read dystopias.
Read-to-teach lessons in Powerpoints with all accompanying worksheets/links included.
Stretching lessons and could suit the teaching of other dystopias too (e.g. Never Let Me Go) as an introductory background.
Sets of lessons organised into themes to teach ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as stand-alone text or as part of dystopian coursework available in my shop.
Originally taught to A Level Literature students for their coursework on Dystopian Literture, this unit of 4 lessons covers:
The theme of children in the novel
The theme of marriage in the novel
Quotation analysis and imagery
Read-to-teach lessons in Powerpoints with all accompanying worksheets/links included.
*Full 6 week version (all 10 chapters) available in my shop*
*Study of Gothic artwork and context to prepare for ideas within text*
*Ready to teach straight from the Powerpoint with worksheets included*
The first week of this unit covers the context and artwork in the 19th Century to give students an insight into the ideas present in 19th Century society. Further context is explored as more chapters are read in the later weeks (these PowerPoints are available in my shop).
High ability and suited to GCSE study of the text, or even very high ability Year 9.
Ready-to-teach full lessons with critical opinions and all worksheets to teach 'The Bloody Chamber' short story. High level, stretching material that will save you hours of research!
Also available in my shop - The Bloody Chamber COLLECTION (includes all stories in the collection plus all worksheets and essays).
Originally taught to Year 12 (and revised in Year 13) to suit the OCR specification, this comprehensive study of Angela Carter's context, critics and the short story 'The Bloody Chamber' would suit any A Level specification. The PowerPoint provides ready-to-teach lessons that provide thorough insight and research into 'The Bloody Chamber' story including suitable critical essays, insights and psychoanalytical interpretations.
These ready-to-teach lessons teach students key advertising and media terminology and include lessons on how to analyse adverts, features of advertising and persuasive language. Students also explore the connotations of colour in advertising, and are required to create their own advert using the concepts and features they have explored (checklist included - this can also be used to peer-assess adverts created).
Originally used with HA Year 9 students. The shock advertising lessons demonstrate the extreme methods advertisers will go to, and demonstrate other uses of advertising in the world today (e.g. charities/raising awareness of key issues). Students are encouraged to be creative as well as to think maturely and to discuss the effects/purpose of the adverts. Debate on whether advertising like this should be banned, or whether it hinders freedom of speech stretches most able.
*All lessons are ready-to-teach straight from the PowerPoints.*
This 2 week taster suits anyone who wants some new ideas about how to start a Shakespeare play and gives an idea of the quality of the lessons available for the 8 week version.
On 'my shop' I have uploaded the full 8 week SOW for this 'Romeo and Juliet' unit.
Context worksheet and character role-play cards included. Proven to engage students with Shakespeare and raise reading levels.
*Ready to teach lessons*
*All worksheets included*
This resource was originally created for a high-ability year 9 group, but I have been able to adapt many times to suit others and am currently teaching a version to a high-ability group of Year 8s. Lessons deal with the core themes of the text, close language and character analysis mixed with some creative tasks and the teaching of the contextual/social context in terms of analysing this story from a feminist perspective.
*Ready to teach lessons*
*All worksheets included*
This resource provides a series of lessons focused on the Gothic tale 'The Red Room' including a range of activities from close language analysis, to exploration of theme to creative tasks. Originally this resource was taught to a group of high ability year 9s, but I have adapted it myself to suit high ability year 8s. It could also suit KS4 Gothic study as the tasks are stretching and can be added to.
You can teach straight from these PowerPoints with no amending required!*
Gain top levels for your students - includes many tasks to stretch skills in thinking, analysis, debate and evaluation
READY TO TEACH LESSON BY LESSON
Bundle of all Frankenstein lessons from beginning to end of novel available in my shop
Previously taught to 3 different year 10 classes where grades were raised from Grade 4 up to Grade 8+ by the end of the unit. My lesson-by-lesson PowerPoints are designed for higher ability but can be adapted for lower by simply removing some of the higher level contextual material available to stretch students. It takes students through Shelley’s Frankenstein step-by-step including activities to teach and engage students on a deep level with context, intertextuality/allusion, close language analysis and includes regular assessments, debates and thinking tasks as well as guided reading with questions for each chapter covered.
Each lesson has a core focus on a chapter, character, plot point or theme. Lessons can be taught without amending and were designed originally for the new Grades 1 - 9 GCSE assessment without levels and designed to allow students to achieve grade 9. School this resource was designed for teaches AQA spec, but suits any specification which uses ‘Frankenstein’ as a core text. All worksheets included too. Video clip links are found in the ‘notes’ section of the relevant slide.
Also adaptable for A Level due to high level of stretch provided.
*Powerpoint includes 6 lessons which can be taught straight from the resource. No amending necessary*
*All worksheets included or provided in hyperlink on slide*
This 6 lesson course takes KS3 students through every element of how to write a gothic story leading up to an assessment where they write their own complete gothic story. Starting with the gothic conventions lesson, one lesson at a time students focus on creating setting, character, using techniques and creating tension to suit a gothic story. Enjoyable, engaging and proven to raise writing levels.
*Stories are subject to copyright and so not included. Can be bought very cheaply from Amazon or may be something your school covers as part of their SOW.*
This complete 6 week SOW was originally intended for a mid-low ability Year 8 group. It covers a range of Anthony Horowitz horror stories from the collection 'Horowitz Horror 2' including 'The Lift,' 'Burnt,' 'The Phone Goes Dead' and 'The Hitchhiker.' The powerpoints are ready formed individual lessons with L/Os, complete lesson activities and include engaging images. Worksheets referenced in the lessons are all included.
You can teach straight from these PowerPoints with no amending required!*
Gain top levels for your students - includes many tasks to stretch skills in thinking, analysis, debate and evaluation
READY TO TEACH LESSON BY LESSON
Bundle of all Frankenstein lessons from beginning to end of novel available in my shop
Previously taught to 3 different year 10 classes where grades were raised from Grade 4 up to Grade 8+ by the end of the unit. My lesson-by-lesson PowerPoints are designed for higher ability but can be adapted for lower by simply removing some of the higher level contextual material available to stretch students. It takes students through Shelley’s Frankenstein step-by-step including activities to teach and engage students on a deep level with context, intertextuality/allusion, close language analysis and includes regular assessments, debates and thinking tasks as well as guided reading with questions for each chapter covered.
Each lesson has a core focus on a chapter, character, plot point or theme. Lessons can be taught without amending and were designed originally for the new Grades 1 - 9 GCSE assessment without levels and designed to allow students to achieve grade 9. School this resource was designed for teaches AQA spec, but suits any specification which uses ‘Frankenstein’ as a core text. All worksheets included too. Video clip links are found in the ‘notes’ section of the relevant slide.
Also adaptable for A Level due to high level of stretch provided.
