This is the last 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.

A short essay plan comparing the gothic texts of Dracula and Dorian Gray looking at the theme of violence. This was produced for the Edexcel spec but could be useful for others teaching these texts for A level.

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 presentation was made for the Edexcel English Literature spec and includes key ideas for an essay on how religion is presented in the play. It includes key quotations and critics and is available both as a pdf or a powerpoint.

Support your students preparing for the Edexcel spec comparing Dracula and Dorian Gray — exploring how both writers present gothic elements in their texts. This has paragraph planning sheets on the following and includes quotations, analysis and context prompts. Settings: portrait/mirror/poisonous book/ crucifix/ animals/ Windows: Faustian bargain Violence: Secrets: Influence: mesmeric/psychic in its suggested power.

This presentation was produced for an Edexcel class and includes key ideas for an essay plan including quotations and critics and is available as either a pdf or a powerpoint. The ideas within would also suit other specifications.

Get your claws into the clause with this detailed set of slides on everything you need to know about where commas go in clauses and why.

A very detailed presentation on the presentation of the Duke in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications

A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

A series of A Level lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

A series of lessons on Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ including the quotations and analysis from the text, covering such themes as Influence/gothic/Art and Aesthetics/doubles, dopplegangers and splitting/hereditry/flowers, colour and decadence/ context/women and gender. Some of these themes may be in these first two chapters or may be in subsequent chapters (also uploaded) or you may purchase all together as a bundle.

A collection of all the references to the sea in the play, with blank slides for students to interact with the quotation followed by my teacher notes, analysing each quotation. This would be useful if you were setting up an essay perhaps on this theme.

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. Suitable for any A level spec, the essay plan follows the structure of the following key ideas: Aggression and physical dominance - manifested in violence, in order to subjugate the women and preserve his authority. Male pride/ego Sexual desire - manifested in animalistic behaviour, suggesting masculine sexuality is base and primal

This is a brilliant book covering lots of thoughtful issues around friendship, grief and it is also utterly magical and enchanting. This unit of work contains over 170 slides covering comprehension skills, reading implicit meaning, punctuation, report writing, descriptive writing, speech writing to name a few. It was used for year 8 students but could be used for top primary as well as early secondary. Lots of consolidated work here, fun and enough to keep students busy for at least a term.

Two powerpoints to guide students in how to hit the AOs

This is a detailed analysis of the poem with alternate readings. There are also slides with notes on the analysis of techniques.

Two essay titles with all the appropriate quotations gathered together for students to analyse: Why do you think it is important that Golding portrays the natural world as a character with malevolent characteristics? How does Golding establish a contrast between the two boys in the first five pages?