GCSE lesson on William Blake’s London for the AQA Power and Conlict section of the anthology. Includes context, a model paragraph, success criteria. Ideal for KS4. Focuses on skills of analysis and can be adapted.

Stand alone lesson teaching the literary technique extended metaphors. Lesson focuses on: how to recognise an extended metaphor how to analyse an extended metaphor. For this lesson, there are two examples, starting with Frost’s The Road Not Taken, and then zooming into Martin Luther King’s extended metaphor about a ‘bad check’. The lesson develops skills of analysis, critical thinking and lastly creativity. Ideal for ages 11 - 13, teaching reading skills. This is a general lesson on extended metaphors and doesn’t need to be used within a ‘speeches’ unit.

Unit of work on immigration for MYP IAS or humanities subject at KS3. Students work through the unit considering the effects/purpose/reasons behind immigration. Students will particularly focus on immigration within California and ultimately create their own research project. They will learn about: push and pull factors definitions of immigration, emigration, and migration investigation into immigration policies in six different countries Having worked in international schools my students have focused on their own family reasons for immigration, using family members for research subjects for their summative assessment. Unit consists of 41 powerpoint slides. All resources needed are included on the slides.

Unit of lessons exploring the context and key themes explored in Animal Farm. Develops skills of debate, research and argument, as well as critical analysis. Lessons include: Allegory Russian Reolvolution Political systems Animalism Proletariat and Boxer Power Propaganda and Squealer Equality Rhetorical devices NKVD and the dogs 67 slides, approximately 12 lessons.