Essay plans with quotations and analysis for iGCSE English Literature Whale Rider looking at themes of: the significance of nature, masculinity, modernity versus tradtion, the Maori culture, and the relationship between Koro and nature

All you need to teach a unit on unseen poetry. I have put this presentation together which includes AQA spec A type questions for the new syllabus Love Through the Ages Unseen Poetry. However, the tasks would work for any A Level unseen poetry work. I have tried to cover a range of literary periods and include brief bios on poets and key words to prompt students with each poem.

A presentation I used to help students to think about both the openings of their stories but mostly the endings.

A powerpoint to support the AQA Love Through the Ages Paper 1, looking at how the female characters are presented. This is in preparation for an essay title which is also included.

A powerpoint which covers Hardy’s background and the social/historical contexts. This was put together to accompany a study of the 1912-1913 poems but would work with any study of Hardy at A level

A detailed powerpoint or pdf covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of desire.

This is a short essay plan presentation I put together for the Edexcel spec comparing the gothic texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of deviant sexuality.

Support your students writing essays for the Edexcel spec comparing Dorian Gray and Dracula. This presentation looks at the presentation of good and evil in both texts.

This comprehensive essay plan has been written to cover a wide net: fantasy, illusion, delusion, appearance and reality. Interconnected themes, that have been planned in such a way that students should be able to learn this one essay plan and adapt to any of the wordings in a question. The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas.

These presentations have been written to support the Eduqas sample paper ‘Megan’ and includes a critique of exemplar answers and encourages students to improve their own work.

A powerpoint covering the theme of race and in particular the contexts surrounding this and the 17th century attitude to ‘the other’.

This powerpoint was written for the AQA spec A Love Through the Ages paper and addresses the AO3 requirement for context. However it is suitable for any A Level exam board where context is required.

A detailed powerpoint or pdf covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of barriers to love.

A detailed powerpoint or pdf covering the comparison of The Great Gatsby and pre 1900 poems from the AQA English Literature specification. This includes context and ideas/close textual analysis for essay preparation on the theme of idealised love.

This is the third of a set of presentations covering the whole of Dracula for teaching it to A level for the Edexcel spec. It includes questions, exemplars, contexts, themes and builds across a total of 169 slides (see my other 3 in the set. Also, please see my Dorian Gray unit produced in the same way and the comparative essay plans which I have put together as a bundle.

This was put together for the Edexcel spec but would work for other specs also. It is looking at the theme of doubles across the two gothic texts, Dracula and Dorian Gray.

This includes all the materials needed to teach Romeo and Juliet to Key Stage 3. It also includes GCSE style essay resources, character studies and close textual analysis.

Two more unseen poetry questions with paired love poems and titles for students to work on. Poems chosen include Mary Wroth and Herbert from the Renaissance and D.H Lawrence and E.E.Cummings from the modern period.