A wonderful revision resource for Of Mice and Men. This is a tricky question from a past iGCSE paper whereby students have to discuss the significance of location in the novella. Such an easy one to misconstrue! This Powerpoint presentation takes the mystery out of a question like this and teaches students what they need to know to successfully answer the question. It focuses on the ranch, the green pool, the bunk house and Crooks’ stable shed, linking all the time to context and back to the question.

Powerpoint chunking the text of H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald from the Edexcel iGCSE anthology. Each slide has helpful commentary but also highlights significant quotes and sets tasks based on these. Really helpful revision resource for students and teachers alike. Whole text is explored but the tasks help to consolidate understanding and skills needed to pass the exam.

A great revision resource for A level students wishing to consolidate themes in the Wife of Bath prologue. Covers irony, dramatic irony, stereotypes, sex and sexuality, promiscuity, contextual information - writer’s perspectives and some critical observations. This is a huge help in helping A level students to structure their own ideas alongside the information contained within the Powerpoint

Great Powerpoint analysing who yields power in An Inspector Calls. Covers key characters and also discusses the gradual shift in power and lots of contextual information. Discusses how key quotes relate to power for each character. Great GCSE revision resource

This 6-page spreadsheet is a wonderful A level English revision resource for the Poems of the Decade anthology. It identifies common themes, which is a great starting point for structured revision. Students can choose 2 poems with common themes then explore how those themes are conveyed to the reader through language and structural devices. This resource is really useful for allowing students to select appropriate comparison poems to the one they get in their A level exam. As a teacher, you can print them out, laminate them and use them in your classroom as an instant reference point when running revision sessions.

Essay question to prepare for Poems of the Decade anthology comparison. This Powerpoint presents a planning formula to work to when revising for the all-important comparison essay, exploring how ‘Effects’ and ‘An Easy Passage’ present personal development and reflection. Introduction and 4 comparison paragraphs are modelled for analysis by pupils, but analysis of structural and language devices linking to the question are left to the student to approach in a clearly defined way.

Great revision resource presented as a powerpoint and exploring ideas in depth. Identifies themes, important quotes, structure, poetic devices, giving pupils a great insight into the deeper meaning of this poem from Poems of the Decade for A level study.

Clear Powerpoint identifying the main ideas linking to how power is presented by Priestley in An Inspector Calls. This resource is great for igcse coursework or for revision, and covers some context, characters and the way power shifts throughout the course of the play.

Great revision resource presented as a powerpoint and exploring ideas in depth. Identifies themes, important quotes, structure, poetic devices, giving pupils a great insight into the deeper meaning of this poem from Poems of the Decade for A level study.

Great revision resource presented as a powerpoint and exploring ideas in depth. Identifies themes, important quotes, structure, poetic devices, giving pupils a great insight into the deeper meaning of this poem from Poems of the Decade for A level study.

This superb Powerpoint covers themes, structural and language devices, as well as tone for the first 4 anthology pieces. It sets out points of comparison and walks students through a precise way of approaching assessment and exam on the iGCSE syllabus for English Language. It models how to SALT each piece and how to articulate a clear point, evidence, analysis as well as linking to the question. It also walks students carefully through two methods of comparing texts - techniques which are not always covered in such detail. Anthology pieces are Danger of a Single Story, A Passage to Africa, The Explorer’s Daughter and Explorers or Just Boys Messing About.

GRIPPERS is the acronym I feel best suits secondary age students. If they can get to grips with GRIPPERS, they can write to persuade, to inform, to explain! This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which takes students through Guilt, Repetition, Imagery, Personal Pronouns, Provocative Language, Emotive Language, Rhetorical Questions and Power of 3 (as a plus). I use a You Tube video of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech plus the transcript of the speech for students to listen to the rhetoric as well as identifying the techniques. Each technique is explained and I show HOW to use each one. There are 3 written and timed tasks at the end of the presentation, where students are given seperate content, punctuation and appropriate register for audience criteria so that they can self assess and really put what they have learned to good use.

This lesson teaches the necessary skills for evaluating a text. Great resource to prepare for essay work or presenting an argument at gcse or above. Step by step, pupils firstly watch a youtube clip and discuss/present the4ir own evaluation of the clip. They then progress to an educational BBC article about Michael Gove’s ideas for the education system in this country and present their own argument, based on this.

Step-by-Step Q 4 on AQA Paper 1, using an article about the school day, written by Michael Gove. Also uses a short video clip of Andrew MaCauley’s failed solo crossing between Tasmania and New Zealand by kayak to illicit evaluative discussion sentence starters and help with structuring a high calibre answer are all included in this PowerPoint presentation.

Unit of Work in PowerPoint form: exploring context, theme of homelessness issues surrounding reasons for homelessnes opportunities for class discussion, small group work and presentation of findings. Tasks include: analysis of how the writer uses language and structure point of view tasks, writing from Link and from Shelter’s points of view. Evaluation of WHY Swindells writes from split point of view. Probably 4 lessons work but potentially more if expanded from given material.

Gothic genre and keywords - defining explicit and implicit, symbolism Creating a gothic setting, gothic language, pathetic fallacy to create atmosphere This 2 x powerpoint resource is a great introduction to gothic writing for years 7-8. Pupils will gain an understanding of key terms and the differences between explicit and implicit language. They will go on to understand how to create the most effective gothic setting, with set exercises along the way They will also get an exemplar of building tension and the opportunity to analyse it.

Ever heard of SALT? We apply SALT to improve our meals, so why do we not add it to improve our language analysis? Our children are bombarded with jargon in school, but this acronym (Structure, Audience, Language and Tone) is clearly demonstrated in this series of 4 narrated Powerpoints. It is explained clearly and concisely, before being demonstrated in application to fiction and non-fiction texts. Teachers: a fantastic revision resource for your gcse English students, taking them through each step of SALT in practice, making it clearer to them and easier for them to apply it themselves. For little more than the cost of a tutor for an hour, your child will have this wonderful resource at their fingertips for evermore. When you open the SALT folder, you will find 4 powerpoints, all with narration and explanation. Work from right to left to understand the concept of SALT and to see it applied to both fiction and non-fiction texts.

An effective and fun way to teach adverbs to children in KS 2&3. The Power Point presentation includes a fun drama activity to help consolidate HOW adverbs work in modifying a verb. The lesson then goes on to demonstrate how to plan and write an adverb poem, with examples from James Reeves and the creator, culminating in some lovely poetry from the children.

Unit based on Dulce et Decorum Est and Private Peaceful extract. Includes analysis of language devices in poetry and prose plus creative writing tasks. Context of WW1 warfare and close analysis of both texts, with a comparison of the two and how Morpurgo used Owen’s work to inspire the gas section of his story. The poem is divided into stanzas and close support is given to writing in PETAL format and exploding quotes. This has always produced some great work for me in school and as a tutor.

A great stand-alone lesson, which can be used to help students understand gender roles in Shakespeare plays, plus the concepts of subverting gender roles and patriarchy. It includes small group and class discussion, relating the concepts to modern day (Pink and Harry Styles are used) and can promote great discussion on the inequality of women in sport. This is a great prequel to Macbeth, with a written task at the end of the lesson.

A really great introduction to Macbeth. Pupils will learn context, an in-depth analysis of the key terms and how they relate to parts of the play, and an in-depth look at some of the themes and where we can find them. Gives pupils a really strong start on the play and presents excellent value for money. Can be revisited, split, or however you want to deal with the content.