A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in the first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters. Some lessons also include essay frameworks. This was written for the Edexcel new spec but is generic enough for any A level course.

This is the first of 4 presentations which cover all of Dracula for the Edexcel A level spec. It is too big to upload in one go, so this is the first 4 chapters (49 slides) including questions, exemplar answers, contexts, themes. It works as a complete unit as the themes build as the chapters continue. Everything you should need for the teaching of Dracula to A level. Please see my Dorian Gray unit, produced in the same way and then my essay plans comparing both texts.

A detailed powerpoint on the character of Eddie, looking at aspects of Greek tragedy and whether he conforms to the definition of a tragic hero. This powerpoint will lead students towards a detailed essay on his character.

A powerpoint to support the AQA Love Through the Ages Paper 1, looking at how the female characters are presented. This is in preparation for an essay title which is also included.

This presentation is a very useful revision of all the contexts of the GCE AQA spec A pre 1900 poetry anthology. Slides ask students to identify aspects of the following periods: Renaissance, Restoration, Romantics, Victorian, Decadent movement and then to consider how love is typically reflected in poetry from each of those eras. Suggested answers are given in subsequent slides. I encourage students to see the poems as part of a period or movement and prompts discuss what is typical of the poems from each age.

The slides are arranged in a lecture style with quotations and ideas combined. The outline covers the following main points: Blanche’s manipulation of her sexuality and how this is linked to her guilt the tragedy of her diminishing sexuality and her deception surrounding this Stanley’s raw animal sexuality Mitch’s uncertain sexuality and attempt to fulfil Blanche’s past code for gentleman callers with chivalry disguising sexuality Marital sexuality is presented as controlling and marked by infidelity Sexuality as a destructive force within the play Useful for any A level spec and available as either a pdf or powerpoint

This comprehensive essay plan has been written to cover a wide net: fantasy, illusion, delusion, appearance and reality. Interconnected themes, that have been planned in such a way that students should be able to learn this one essay plan and adapt to any of the wordings in a question. The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas.

All you need to teach a unit on unseen poetry. I have put this presentation together which includes AQA spec A type questions for the new syllabus Love Through the Ages Unseen Poetry. However, the tasks would work for any A Level unseen poetry work. I have tried to cover a range of literary periods and include brief bios on poets and key words to prompt students with each poem.

A presentation I used to help students to think about both the openings of their stories but mostly the endings.

These presentations have been written to support the Eduqas sample paper ‘Megan’ and includes a critique of exemplar answers and encourages students to improve their own work.

This powerpoint was written for the AQA spec A Love Through the Ages paper and addresses the AO3 requirement for context. However it is suitable for any A Level exam board where context is required.

A detailed powerpoint or pdf covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of desire.

This is a powerpoint designed to guide the students through the AOs and how to hit them. It is linked to the sample question paper, ‘Compare how the authors of two texts you have studied present ideas about barriers to love.’ It includes exemplar paragraphs, illustrating how the AOs are being tackled.

An overview of the settings in the play and their significance. Suitable for all A level specs and available as both a powerpoint and a pdf

A presentation which covers the theme of the past and how Williams presents it in A Streetcar Named Desire, covering the main ideas of: The past is significant to personal identity. The past is traumatic and detrimental The past is symbolised through music Some slides have just the relevant quotations for the students to reflect and plan around with other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with ideas related to these quotations.

Everything you need to teach a detailed unit of poetry at Key Stage 3. Texts range from Beowulf to contemporary poetry from today: covering War poems, Ballads, sonnets, Romantic…this is a really comprehensive unit with sections on caesura, enjambement, plosives, etc…

Very detailed slides on Miller’s presentation of both Catherine and Beatrice in ‘A View from the Bridge’. These were written to teach the iGCSE coursework essay but would be suitable for any GCSE - Note, there are not any references to context in these slides as the iGCSE coursework did not require it but all of the quotations and ideas are there.