This lesson was graded Outstanding. It focuses on how to analyse language - question 4 from the Higer Tier Unit 1 paper (January 2013 paper).

An Outstanding Lesson for Year 7 Poetry

A Word document designed to help A Level English Literature students to respond to the OCR June 2019 exam task from Paper 1, section 2, comparing Ibsen´s A Doll´s House and Chaucer´s The Merchant´s Prologue and Tale: Literary works often explore the consequences of human error. In the light of this view, consider ways in which writers explore poor decisions. In your answer, compare one drama text and one poetry text from the above lists. (30 marks) This 12 pages Word document includes: assessment objectives overview context overview key quotes with commentary critics´ quotes essay plan model essay with AO comments two extended model essays with examiner comments

A Word document designed to help A Level English Literature students to respond to the OCR June 2017 exam task from Paper 1, section 2, comparing Ibsen´s A Doll´s House and Chaucer´s The Merchant´s Prologue and Tale. “Freedom is a condition towards which all humanity aspires.” In the light of this view, consider ways in which writers explore the desire for freedom. Compare one drama text and one poetry text. This 8 pages Word document includes: mark scheme overview exam tips context key quotes critics´ quotes essay plan model answer extended model essay with examiner comments

An editable Word document designed to help A Level Literature students to respond to the exam task from Paper 1, section 2 from the June 2019 exam paper comparing Ibsen´s A Doll´s House and Chaucer´s The Merchant´s Prologue and Tale. The instinct to control others is natural in humanity. In the light of this view, consider ways in which writers explore control and authority. In your answer, compare one drama text and one poetry text. This 12 pages Word document includes: mark scheme overview key quotes context critics´ quotes comparative points topic sentences essay plan brief model answer with examiner comments extended model essay with examiner comments two more extended model essays

This word document was created to help A Level Literature students to respond to the exam task from Paper 1, section 2 from the Autumn 2021 exam paper comparing Ibsen´s A Doll´s House and Chaucer´s *The Merchant´s Prologue and Tale. * Literature suggests that it is always better to act than to do nothing. In the light of this view, consider ways in which writers explore action and inaction. Compare one drama text and one poetry text. This 9 pages Word document includes: mark scheme overview exam tips context key quotes critics comparative points essay plan model answer with examiner comments extended essay with examiner comments

Two study guides and two comparison tables knowledge organisers created for the OxfordAQA iGCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology: People and Places. Brief Study guide (15 pages) includes: an overview for each of the twenty poems with a sample analytical paragraph Detailed Study Guide(30 pages) includes: detailed overview of each poem´s context, key themes, language, form and structure four analytical paragraphs for each poem Poetry comparison table (AO1-AO2): a detailed comparison of all twenty poems: their context, poetic devices, form and structure with key quotes and their effects Themes Comparison Table: a detailed comparison of all themes deducted from all past exam questions with explanations for each: People, Places, Emotions, Relationships, Identity, Belonging, Nostalgia, Nature, Power of Nature, Humans vs. Nature.

A full lesson PPT exploring the context, themes, language, form and structure of the poem The Door by Miroslav Holub. PPT with 26 slides includes: poet´s background context key themes annotations of the poem line-by-line analysis exam task sample analysis response mark scheme breakdown peer assessment plenary

A full lesson PPT exploring the context, themes, language, form and structure of the poem Homeland by Sophia de Mello Breyner. PPT with 27 slides includes: poet´s background context key themes summary of each stanza annotations of the poem exam task sample analysis response sample comparison to another poem mark scheme breakdown peer assessment plenary

A full lesson PPT exploring the context, themes, language, form and structure of the poem This Morning by Esther Morgan. PPT with 30 slides includes: context key themes summary of each stanza annotations of the poem line-by-line analysis exam task sample analysis response mark scheme breakdown peer assessment plenary

A full lesson PPT exploring the context, themes, language, form and structure of the poem In a London Drawingroom by George Eliot. PPT slides include: context annotations of language form and structure exam task sample analysis response mark scheme breakdown peer assessment

A full study guide PPT (50 slides) exploring the context, themes, language and key quotes of the story The Fly in the Ointment by VS Pritchett. To be used over several lessons and exam revision. Designed for the OxfordAQA International GCSE English Literature, but it can be used for any other specification with slight adjustments. Also suitable for teaching Unseen Prose. PPT with seven sections and 50 slides includes: author´s biography historical context key facts reading and analysis of the story (11 slides) title symbolism plot overview plot matching activity key themes comprehension questions (4 slides) answers with detailed analysis of language and context (7 slides) exam task sample analysis response mark scheme breakdown peer assessment ten key quotations with analysis of language and context plenary

A full lesson PPT exploring the context, themes, language, form and structure of the poem Below the Green Corrie by Norman McCraig. PPT slides include: context overview of poetic features annotated stanzas comprehension questions sample analysis response exam task peer assessment

A full PPT lesson exploring the language, form and structure of the poem London by William Blake. PPT with 26 slides includes: context language analysis annotations of each stanza analysis of structure comprehension questions sample response to an exam task mark scheme breakdown plenary

Revision lesson

A full PPT lesson analysis of the poem Wind by Ted Hughes designed for OxfordAQA International GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology: People and Places. It can also be used for other exam boards. PPT lesson Includes slides on: context themes form structure language devices detailed annotations of each stanza an exam task with a sample response

Full lesson plan and resources that will help students towards writing their English Language Unit 3b Creative Writing Controlled Assessment - Moving Images.

This is a PPT with lots of helpful and practical reading strategies and ideas I have collected over the past two decades of teaching. Delivered as a whole school literacy CPD. Enjoy