A comprehensive poetry analysis worksheet for AS/A Level English Literature. Can be used to analyse any poem.

A complete lesson on Chapters 4 and 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores and analyses Victor’s obsession and the dangers of knowledge as well as the birth scene. Allusion to Dante’s inferno explored, as well as critical reception of the birth scene from Anne K. Mellor and Marilyn Butler. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A complete lesson on Chapters 22 and 23 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the events of Chapters 22 and 23, with a paticular focus on the death of Elizabeth and Victor’s reaction to it; close text analysis of key evidence from both chapters. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus. Resource updated July 2020, responding to feedback in comments. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig. hieved a Grade 1 observation. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

LO1 to compare and contrast the two main settings of Othello (AO1 and AO2) LO2 to consider the reasons Shakespeare may have chosen to set the play in Venice and Cyprus and how he uses those settings to explore key themes in the novel (AO2 and AO3) LO3 To write a paragraph which considers Shakeseare’s use of setting (AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 To reflect on Shakespeare’s presentation of Iago (AO1/AO2) LO2 To closely analyse Iago’s language when manipulating a range of characters across in Act 2 (AO1/AO2) LO3 To consider, plan and write a paragraph in response to an exam question. (AO1/AO2/AO3) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 to analyse the significance of Emilia’s role in Act 5 scene 2 (AO2) LO2 to consider the socio-political context for women in the 1600s (AO3) LO3 to create an academic revision poster about women in the play (AO1, AO2, AO3, AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 Complete notes on how race has been presented  and dramatised (AO1, AO3) LO2 Read, analyse, and evaluate critical perspectives (AO5) LO3 Plan a response to a race question, using context and critics (AO1, AO2, AO3, AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A scaffolded lesson introducing students to different narrative structures using film stills and Kate Chopin’s ‘Story of an Hour’. Key content Freytag’s Pyramid Kurt Vonnegut’s Story Shapes Linear structure In medias res circular structure open structure closed structure framed narrative Chinese box structure Conflict

An scaffolded introduction to using critical lenses using Angela Carter’s ‘The Werewolf’. Theories explored Formalism Marxism Gender Studies Psychoanalysis Eco-criticism Postcolonialism

An introduction to genre and dystopian fiction, using Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’. Key terms genre convention motif/trope theme intertextuality genrebending dystopia speculative fiction apocalyptic fiction antithesis antagonist conflict analogy

Planning sheets to help A Level English Literature students structure effective pargraphs.

A flipped learning introduction to postcolonial studies. LO1 to introduce postcolonialism as a critical lens (AO1, AO3, AO5) LO2 to apply this critical lens to different modes of text (AO2, AO5) LO3 to analyse an extract from each of the six novel extracts using a postcolonial perspective (AO2, AO5)

An Introduction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). Genre, terminology, context and scaffolded research tasks. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson, suitable for flipped learning, on Chapters 16-19 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (ed. 1831). This 17 slide lesson guides students to explore the creature’s reasoning for an ‘Eve’, Victor’s journey to the Orkney Islands ( with extracts from Southey and Carlyle for context), and an examination of the ‘Gothic Hero-Villain’ with a Fin de Siècle Gothic research task, along with concept checking qestions and detailed close text analysis of the four chapters. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 2: Prose Comparision, 'Science and Society

A complete lesson on Chapters 20 and 21 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ( 1831 ed.). The lesson explores the destruction of the female monster, using Anne K Mellor’s ‘Possessing Nature: the female in Frankenstein’ as a basis for a scaffolded paragraph task. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

A full lesson on the poem ‘Guiseppe’ by Roderick Ford. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘On Her Blindness’ by Adam Thorpe. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+