8 lessons, with accompanying activities, to revise comparisons between Frankenstein and The Handmaid’s Tale. Considers characters, themes, motifs, and wider context. Aimed at Edexcelfor Key Stage 5 English Literature but useful across all exam boards.

12 lessons to revise the “Poems of the Decade”/Forward Book of Poetry, and compare them to unseen poetry, with reference to past exam questions. Aimed at Edexcel for Key Stage 5 English Literature but useful across all exam boards.

A complete Scheme of Work (15 lessons) to teach A Streetcar Named Desire, aimed towards the English Language and Literature spec. This SoW will teach the entirety of the play, looking at characters, themes, and context, and analysing linguistic and dramatic features, such as spoken language features, word/sentence types, and conventions of a tragedy. PLEASE NOTE: I already sell a scheme of work to teach Streetcar for the Literature spec; these two schemes are very similar, except for the Lang-Lit one having a much more linguistic focus!

4 lessons which will introduce students to the main themes and ideas of Jane Eyre, as an introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea. The lessons are all in one document; they ‘look like’ 2 lessons, but were planned to be taught over 2 double periods, so there is enough content for 4 lessons. Also included is a worksheet for students to fill in, relevant extracts from Jane Eyre, and wider interpretations of what Bertha could represent in Jane Eyre. Check out my full scheme of work for Wide Sargasso Sea as well!

A complete scheme of work to teach Seamus Heaney’s collection ‘North’. Each lesson is designed for a double period, so this is a 28 lesson SoW. There is also one essay prep lesson. The first lesson covers context of the history of Ireland, The Troubles, and Heaney’s life. Each lesson contains attractive slides, clear instructions, and exentsion tasks on every slide. I taught this to compare with Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, but any slides linked to this can be easily removed - it does not impact the teaching of the poems. Check out my other resources and schemes of work for English Literature and/or Language! Poems from ‘North’ covered are: Antaeus Funeral Rites North Bog Queen The Grauballe Man Punishment Strange Fruit Act of Union Hercules and Antaeus Whatever you say, say nothing Ministry of Fear A Constable Calls Orange Drums Summer 1969 Exposure

This is four lessons (in one document) which helps students understand Postmodernism, and applies this in detail to the ‘Historical Notes’ section of The Handmaid’s Tale. First, students look at 3 poems to explore Victorian, Modernist, and Postmodern themes. They also look at how painting styles have changed over the centuries to less realistic and more abstract forms. They also consider the relative reliability of different ways of researching the past. The Historical Notes is then broken up into 6 sections, with specific questions linking to Postmodernism for each section. Finally, other theories (such as Marxism and Feminism) are used to analyse the text through different lenses. See my complete SoW on The Handmaid’s Tale for more useful lessons!

These are 20 lessons to teach the 20 Voices anthology texts for Paper 1 of the Edexcel Language and Literature A Level. Each lesson is designed to be taught over a double period, so this is essentially 40 lessons! There is context for each text/writer, and tasks to examine genre/audience/purpose, tone, text conventions, and other features more specific to the text. The second text of each genre is also encouraged to be compared with the first (i.e. so you compare both articles in the final articles lesson) The research might require students to go online - perhaps on phone or laptop. Enjoy!

A Scheme of Work to teach Dickens’ Hard Times. Designed to be compared to McEwan’s Atonement but easily adapted for other purposes.

This document provides a timeline of some key novels written over the last 300 years, with their titles, what makes them significant, and how novel writing as a whole has changed and developed. The idea is for students to be able to see the novels that they are studying in context - what other novels were written at the time, and how are they similar or different to what came before and after? This is not a lesson as such but a starting point for further research, discussion, and evalution.

A lesson analysing the scene where Dr Faustus makes his pact with the devil and summons Mephistophilis. It provides some context about the life of Christopher Marlowe, and breaks down the scene with questions to help analysis. There are questions aimed at discussing the lesson over Microsoft Teams which can easily be used in a regular classroom setting. Also included is the part of the scene focused on, with a summary and glossary. There is a slide making links to The Picture of Dorian Gray which can be easily adapted or removed as desired!

8 lessons introducing key language theorists on the topics of power, gender, and technology. Covers: Ideology (Althusser) Instrumental and Influential Power (Fairclough) Sapir-Whorf Marked and unmarked terms Holmes and metaphors Trudgill, Tannen, Lakoff, Zimmerman and West The influence of technology, from the printing press, to phones, to social media

A 10 lesson scheme of work to teach Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest”, including context on Wilde’s biography and Victorian attitudes to sexuality. There is a focus on comedic and dramatic conventions. Planned to teach for coursework but easily adapted to suit any need. The slides consist of a clear title, main task, and extension task, and have a variety of tasks in each lesson - engaging starters, discussion, group work, quote finding, extract analysis, and evaluative plenaries.

Complete lessons for 19 of the 20 set poems from the Forward Book of Poetry/Poems of the Decade (the exception being “The Gun”) Poems set for the Edexcel English Literature A-Level.

6 lessons, with accompanying activities, to revise the poetry of John Donne. Considers characters, themes, motifs, and wider context with reference to past exam questions. Aimed at Edexcel for Key Stage 5 English Literature but useful across all exam boards.

These are 3 lessons covering the critical articles provided in the Edexcel critical anthology. They can be used after Twelfth Night has been read to develop analysis and evaluation of the play. PLEASE NOTE: The relevant critical essays are provided by Edexcel; they are not part of these resources as I do not own them. They can be accessed by logging into the Edexcel website.

10 lessons focused on spoken language in different forms, including an introduction to accent and dialect. I’ve also included an anthology of texts to analyse (including other non-fiction texts) such as interviews and speeches. Aimed at OCR’s A Level Paper 1 but relevant to a variety of courses.