A full unit of PowerPoints and resources for teaching Lord of the Flies.

In this lesson, I have selected 10 key words from 10 key quotations that trigger strong analysable inferences. Students consider ‘why that word’ as they explore each word choice and are encouraged to have conceptual and perceptive thinking before moving to try and tie it into Golding’s wider messages about human nature in the novel.

Detailed PowerPoint that explores 10 conceptual points about the island setting in Lord of the Flies with notes to help students create their own mind map to plan a conceptual high grade response to a question about the island setting.

A 28 slide PPT that walks through how to answer a question on Ralph. The starter looks at adjectives to describe Ralph, it revises how to embed ideas about context (WWII and the Cold War) before going through a thesis and detailed annotations of 14 key Ralph quotations to help prepare students for writing insightful analysis of this character from Lord of the Flies. Students can make notes on the table to help them with writing up the exam response.

A PowerPoint that walks students through how to write an exam response on the character of Simon. It offers detailed analysis of 12 quotations that track Simon’s progression through the novel. There is an A3 worksheet for students to make notes on as you go through the PPT.

Exam-style question walkthough for how Golding presents Jack as a character who changes. Detailed annotations for 15 quotations tracking Jack’s chronological descent into tyranny. Students record their ideas on the A3 worksheet.

An exam question walk-through lesson on Piggy from Lord of the Flies that goes through how to answer a question on Piggy with detailed annotation of 12 quotations that track Piggy chronologically through the novel. Students record their inferences on the A3 helpsheet.

A printer-friendly A3 revision sheet with a general overview of the key concepts, imagerym structure and context in the Pre 1900 poems from the AQA Love through the Ages Anthology. An ideal support for helping to select poems to compare to the other set text.

A3 printable annotations for the poem Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae from the Pre 1900 AQA Love through the Ages poetry collection.

Detailed annotations for the pre 1900 AQA Love through the Ages poem She Walks in Beauty by Byron.

High level model answers for the June 2024 Edexcel paper on Macbeth where the extract looked at Macduff and Macbeth and the theme question was on violence in the play.

8 page colouring booklet for Lord of the Flies covering all the main characters Simon, Piggy, Ralph, Roger, Jack, the various manifestations of the beast along with various symbols.

Model answers for AQA November Paper 2 English Language Resit where the theme of the two extracts was renovating houses. Includes 2 model answers for each question so students can compare the merits of each side by side.

AQA model answers for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Paper 1 English Language November resit paper where the extract was taken from Reunion by Fred Uhlman. For each question, I have included 2 different high level model answers so students can read both and actively make comparisons between them.

93 slide PowerPoint providing a comprehensive overview of how to answer the June 2023 Paper 2 English language question when the topic of the extracts was trains. Also includes high level printable model answers.

A 30+ slide PPT giving a detailed walkthrough of questions 1-4 of the June 2024 AQA English language Paper 2 exam about medical care with activities to help students improve their responses for each question. Also includes high level answers for each question.

A revision PowerPoint and visual revision page to revise what each character symbolises in A Christmas Carol. Go through all 12 slides and students label the characters with what each character represents. Students can they colour in the characters as an extension. Perfect for an end of term revision activity.

A list of grade 9 vocabulary to help students write about advanced conceptual ideas in Lord of the Flies.

A lesson on Unseen poetry that uses the poem November by Simon Armitage. Includes annotations, structured questions and a model paragraph to help students explore this poem.

A collection of 6 poems to celebrate mother’s day. Includes a worksheet to explore the poems as ‘unseen’ with suggested answers.