A presentation in two formats including 'On the Beach at Fontana' by James Joyce, 'Nettles' by Vernon Scannell, 'Rough' by Stephen Spender, and 'The Evacuee' by R. S. Thomas. Poems are accompanied by written activities (or, alternatively, can be completed in discussion or group work), leading up to a final Reading assessment.

A whole lesson introducing unseen poetry (in both original Keynote format, and in PowerPoint). Lesson objective: To consider our personal preconceptions about poetry, and then identify and explore the effects of poetic features upon our own individual responses to a poem. I use Simon armitage's poem 'Out of the Blue' and 'Incendiary' by Vernon Scannell. I've had really good feedback on this lesson from both GCSE and A-level pupils, as well as an observation panel when I delivered it as part of a job interview!

A practice-paper lesson on the CCEA GCSE Literature unseen poem 'Basking Shark: Achill Island' by John F. Deane.

Essay titles and source materials for various Functional / Persuasive Writing tasks, including a homework/assessment final sheet.

A resource containing key terms to use in assessments on Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a collection of significant quotations from each scene for the whole play.

Examining the theme of strength and weakness in Thomas Hardy's short story, and how this reflects the time in which it was set, looking at the supernatural, social class and people, the environment, vanity, and criminal punishment, as well as possible links with Shakespeare's Macbeth as a comparative text.

A presentation providing historical, cultural, and social contextual detail for the play.

A set of lessons to work through chronologically in my unit on Macbeth, covering themes, genre, close language analysis, performance, group work, research tasks, and lots of active learning methods.

A set of lessons to work through chronologically in my unit on Macbeth, covering themes, genre, close language analysis, performance, group work, research tasks, and lots of active learning methods.

A set of lessons to work through chronologically in my unit on Macbeth, covering themes, genre, close language analysis, performance, group work, research tasks, and lots of active learning methods.

A set of lessons to work through chronologically in my unit on Macbeth, covering themes, genre, close language analysis, performance, group work, research tasks, and lots of active learning methods.

Two original study maps for the play 'An Inspector Calls' for pupils to complete as they study each character, Eric and Gerald. Both study maps include completed versions for teachers to use to go through pupils' responses, which works well as whole class discussion. I created these study maps for my GCSE class to use as revision for their final exam after studying the whole play, but colleagues also used them effectively as resources as they taught the text. They also form a good basis for writing a Speaking and Listening presentation on the text.

An original study map for 'An Inspector Calls' for pupils to work through as they consider the theme of learning lessons, as it is presented in the play. This resource works well as whole class discussion aftter pupils have annotated the map with quotatioons and responses in pairs, groups, or independently. I created this study map for my GCSE class to use as revision for their final exam after studying the whole text. It also forms a good basis for writing a Speaking and Listening presentation on the play.

Two original study maps for the play 'An Inspector Calls' for pupils to complete as they study each character, Mrs and Mr Birling. Both study maps include completed versions for teachers to use to go through pupils' responses, which works well as whole class discussion. I created these study maps for my GCSE class to use as revision for their final exam after studying the whole play, but colleagues also used them effectively as resources as they taught the text. They also form a good basis for writing a Speaking and Listening presentation on the characters.

A presentation and handout on 'The Conway Stewart', one of the Seamus Heaney poems in the new CCEA English Literature AS specification.