LO1 To recap the first section of Act 3 (AO1/AO2) LO2 To consider the dramatic and contextual significance of the Clown’s role in Act 3 scene 1 (AO1/AO2/AO3) LO3 To explore and respond to alternative interpretations of Emilia’s role in the play so far (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 develop our ability to respond to alternative readings of the opening to Act 4 (AO5) LO2 To explore how Iago stages ‘ocular proof’ of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness in Act 4 scene 1 (AO2) LO3 To introduce the significance of Shakespeare’s use of verse and prose (AO2) and analyse how Shakespeare uses this to suggest Othello’s collapsing state of mind (AO1 and AO2) 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 ‘Genetics’ by Sinead Morrissey. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

A full lesson on the poem ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnball. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

This lesson is part of a short course designed to introduce some of the principles and skills required to teach English as a second or other language. This homelearning/flipped lesson encourages students to engage with one of the parts of the CELTA course - the Learner Profile Interview. Students generate questions to ask an adult ESOL learner in the next lesson on the SOW. The lesson has been designed so it may be delivered as flipped, blended or as in class learning.

A revision session for Edexcel’s AS/A Level English Literature Paper 2: Prose, which revises some forty terms suitable for most prose texts, and includes two highly developed model examples which focus on the integration of terminology. There are two online activities - a mentimeter warmer and a padlet final task, which can easily be set up/restarted by teachers. Edexcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+ Paper 2: Prose

A full lesson which guides student to closely consider Chapters 12 and 13 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005). Students will also produce an essay plan for a comparative answer on ‘the presentation of desire’. **EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+. Paper 2: ‘Science and Society’. **

This lesson explores adverbials of time to express narratives. There is a reading, CCQs, a ‘natural language’ quiz, and ends with a guided and freer writing practice. Adapted from the Speak Out! Advanced series.

This lesson encourages learners to differentiate between different uses of the passive voice and be able to write a short myth they have created using the passive aspect. Adapted from Speak Out! Advanced, 5.3. ‘Truth or Myth?’ (pp.59-60)

Two lessons which explore the shape and elements of a short story, using technical vocabulary and Freytag’s Linear Plot Structure. There are plenty of short stories included in this pack, which are differentiated for learners. The end result of the lesson is that learners will write a 55 word short story to be shared with the class.

In this lesson, learners use socio-linguistic lexis to describe how ‘accentism’ reinforces class stereotypes. LO1 to recall and use terminology and theory from previous lessons LO2 to identify possible linguistic variation between classes and explain why these variations may occur LO3 to debate whether one should keep their accent or change it

This fully scaffolded lesson encourages learners to reflect on and respond to alternative readings of the play’s opening, consider the significance of the political backdrop to Act 1 scene 3 and to explore how Shakespeare creates initial impressions of Desdemona’s character. 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**

This lesson introduces Tenessee Williams’ 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire. The lesson encourages learners to predict probable complications which may develop in the play based on an introduction to the themes, and begins an analysis of the scene opening of Scene One.

A Contextual introduction to Romanticism and Poetry Unitbook Overview for Edexcel AS/A English Literature Paper 3: Poetry.

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

This session overviews Julia Kristeva’s ‘Abjection’ from her ‘Powers of Horror’. The session then encourages learners to apply the theory to Frankenstein, The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go. This session is part of a ‘Stretch and Challenge’ series I designed to run in my institution. The sessions are targeted at learners who are achieving at the very top of the cohort.

A scaffolded lesson introducing Hemingway’s Iceberg theory using his short story ‘Hills Like White Elephants’.

A full lesson on the poem ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampass Grass’ by Simon Armitage. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

Introduction to characterisation in drama texts using Tennessee Williams’ one act play, ‘Why do you smoke so much, Lily?’