This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Kraken’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘You Will Know When You Get There’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes questions to support independent annotation.

This is an annotated version of ‘A Consumer’s Report’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This resource is a hugely helpful bundle that includes a range of example essays, paragraphs and questions on Journey’s End. It can be helpful for teachers in developing their understanding of the play and how their teaching might be shaped; it can also be useful as exemplar or model material that is given to pupils in order to help them to develop their understanding of how to write analytically at a high level in KS3 or reasonable / solid KS4 level.

This is an annotated version of ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is a bundle of resources that includes a range of example essays, questions and paragraphs on Journey’s End. This is a hugely useful resource providing teachers with ideas for essays / analysis of the text. Similarly, it can be a useful example to students for them as a model of the kind of analytical writing expected of them in KS3 for high level ability students.

This bundle contains thoroughly detailed annotations of each of the poems contained within one of the key CIE poetry anthologies; this includes suggested observations about structure and how one might sub-divide the poems into different topics. It also includes a student-friendly and ready-to-print anthology with good spacing for annotations and extra notes pages between each poem. Note that each poem comes with a suggested ‘starter’ or discussion activity (e.g. some with links to videos or picture stimulus with suggested answers / ideas). They are certainly best used as teacher resources to guide understanding of the poems and to give inspiration for different interpretations - as well as detailed analysis of key language and imagery - but it can also serve as a useful revision resource given directly to students at the end of the course. NOTE: These are only suggested interpretations and are, of course, subjective (I am a teacher and, as such, very much human!). THIS bundle includes Word Document version (if scrambled, ensure that margins are narrow!), PDF document and blank Word Version of Anthology. The bundle includes all of the following poems: ‘The City Planners’ – Atwood, Margaret ‘The Planners’ – Cheng, Boey Kim ‘The Man with Night Sweats’ – Gunn, Thom ‘Night Sweat’ – Lowell, Robert ‘Rain’ – Edward, Thomas ‘The Spirit is too blunt an instrument’ – Stevenson, Anne ‘Long Distance II’ – Harrison, Tony ‘Funeral Blues’ – Auden, W.H. ‘He Never Expected Much’ – Hardy, Thomas ‘The Telephone Call’ – Adcock, Fleur ‘A Consumer’s Report’ – Porter, Peter ‘Request to a Year’ – Wright, Judith ‘On Finding a Crushed Fly in a Book’ – Turner, Charles Tennyson ‘Ozymandias’ – Shelley, Percy Bysshe ‘Away, Melancholy’ – Smith, Stevie

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Sea Eats the Land at Home’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes a PowerPoint and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a simple, but effective, resource in getting the students to reflect on the various coping mechanisms employed by the characters in the play to deal with the trauma of the war and the horror of their experiences. This resource can be used when half way through the text or perhaps as a reflective task having completed the play as a whole. It could also form the foundation for an analytical essay and gives the students an opportunity to work on their ability to work through a text to find supporting ideas and evidence. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This resource and example essay are for use in developing students’ ideas about the extent to which Stanhope is deserving of the audience’s sympathy. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on previews.

This Journey’s End introductory work uses the well known accusation that soliders in WWI were ‘Lions led by donkeys’; using some images and a clip from Blackadder and verious discussion points, pupils are asked to reflect on the nature of the military leaders at the time. This resource can be used at the very start of the play for pp. 2-8 too (alongside the other resource in my shop if that is helpful).

This resource is a podcast on Othello (page and line numbers correspond to the Oxford School Shakespeare Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text - you won’t necessarily agree with all interpretations or observations - or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the ‘most important’ examples / quotations / scenes in the play.

This is an annotated version of ‘Away, Melancholy’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem!

This is an annotated version of ‘He Never Expected Much’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This is a typed-up student version of the CIE IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. It includes all of the poems from Songs of Ourselves on the list that includes ‘Coming’, ‘In Praise of Creation’ etc. It is useful presented on the page in a way that makes annotations and extra notes on each poem as easy as possible and all in one place. We have got them wire-bound for the pupils too as they are then even better!

This is an annotated version of ‘Long Distance / Long Distance II’ (PDF) which includes suggested starter / discussion, personal responses, topics, structure / form observations etc. Note: This is only a subjective suggestion created by a teacher (I am only human!). I would have loved to have this at the release of the poems, and I sincerely hope that it helps and supports your delivery of the poem! (COMPLETE booklet of ALL poems annotated and in Word available in my ‘shop’!)

This resource focuses on pp. 9-16 of Journey’s End and helps to develop students’ understanding of Raleigh through his conversation with Osborne. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

These resources are excellent for pupils to use prior to starting the text - the book covers resource is a particular favourite (where it gives pupils the opportunity to discuss the function of books covers, explaining what themes and issues they anticipate in the text and explain their inference).

This resource is a podcast on the Crucible Text (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast focuses on analysing the section where the narrative voice describes Hale (‘loaded down with half a dozen heavy books’) until his interrogation of Abigail about their dancing in the woods.