Lesson demonstrating how to write effectively about Shakespeare, including critics in a response. Model paragraphs are included.

Practice exam paper on the power of the supernatural in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on mental instability in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on the power of the supernatural in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

This resource is an essay, explaining how Priestley uses genre and structure to communicate his views about social responsibility. It is written in an academic style and contains a wide range of analytical and contextual ideas, although it is not intended as a model GCSE essay.

This is a resource designed for A level literature students who are studying King Lear. It is designed as a lesson, which takes the hypothesis that Lear's character is changeable near the start of the play, to the extent that we can identify each of the 7 ages of a man Shakespeare himself identifies in As You Like It. It is a tool for analysing character development.

A lesson intended to make students consider the purposes of education philosophically, before linking their ideas to the play as a whole.

This lesson is designed for GCSE students who will have to write argumentatively in the English Language exam. Although designed with an Edexcel IGCSE class in mind, the lesson has been designed to develop skills and arguments, rather than focusing closely on exam criteria so can be applied to a range of specifications. Strategies for arguments and model writing is included in this PowerPoint.

PowerPoint presentation with a sequence of lessons for the novel Storm (also known as Dangerous Skies) by Suzanne FIsher Staples. The tasks in this SOW vary, including a range of creative and analytical focuses.

A model paragraph, written with a standard level IB class in mind.

Missing words activity for over 20 quotations from book 9 of Paradise Lost. This activity is useful for helping students to memorise quotations and to generate discussion about the language choices Milton makes.

Two lessons, focusing on analysing the presentation of the witches (Act 1 Scene 3) and Lady Macbeth (Act 1 Scene 5). These lessons were originally designed for a high ability year 8 class, and could be used across Key Stages 3 and 4.

Whole lesson, with exam style questions guiding IGCSE students through this text. The worksheet is a notes page with details about the text and its author, as well as details about how it has been structured and some key analysis from the extract. This can be used either for first teaching or revision.

KS3 comprehension focused lesson, based on the moment in Great Expectations when Pip meets Miss Havisham. A mark scheme and model writing is included within the PowerPoint.

A lesson offering some approaches for analysing structure in King Lear, with some group activities which prompt students to do this. As well as considering structure, there are good opportunities in this lesson for students to consider the impact of the whole text on its audience.

A lesson designed to help students to make thematic links between poems from the AQA GCSE anthology. It starts with a bingo-style game, before introducing shared planning tasks.

Practice exam paper on guilt in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

Practice exam paper on the presentation of women and society in Macbeth, produced in the style that AQA used. There is an indicative content sheet included with this, covering some ideas that students could write about.

A range of activities, encouraging analysis of characterisation and language, as well as engagement with critical ideas and literary context.