IB Diploma Programme English A: Language & Literature Literary Work unit guiding students through Art Spiegelman’s classic 1991 graphic novel Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Around 20 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has student-centred tasks fully integrated. Go at your own pace, tasks can roll across lessons easily. Lots of assessment-oriented essay-writing material and comparison opportunities (here with Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire). TOK integrated. As a graphic novel, it is a great box-check for different text type, and is ideal for non-native students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging.

IB Diploma Programme English A: Language & Literature Literary Work unit guiding students through William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Around 25 lessons which deeply explore all aspects of the play, using original source material and with student-centred tasks fully integrated. Go at your own pace (can be more or less than 25 periods), tasks can roll across lessons easily, 150+ slides of editable content. Lots of assessment-oriented essay-writing material, handouts (like crosswords and key extract studies) and a comparison with the literary non-fiction treatise The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. TOK integrated. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging (see links in the notes section of the slides), especially through the use of segmented watching of the 1953 Joseph L. Mankiewicz film.

IB Diploma Programme English A: Language & Literature Literary Work unit guiding students through Tennessee Williams’ acclaimed 1947 theatrical drama A Streetcar Named Desire. Around 20 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has student-centred tasks fully integrated. Go at your own pace (can be more or less than 20 periods), tasks can roll across lessons easily, 90+ slides of editable content. Lots of assessment-oriented essay-writing material and comparison opportunities in the form of model essays and other tasks (here with Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to a lesser extent). TOK integrated. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging (see links in the notes section of the slides), especially through the use of segmented watching of the 1951 Elia Kazan film. Obviously, I do not claim ownership of the LitChart guide.

Full unit on the International Baccalaureate English Acquisition (IB English B) prescribed theme of Identities. Around 20 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has tasks fully integrated. TOK integrated. Great for EAL students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging.

IB Diploma Programme English B / English Acquisition full unit on prescribed theme Sharing the Planet. Around 25 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has tasks fully integrated. TOK integrated. Great for EAL students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging. Podcast for activities on slides 17-18 available at Dan Carlin’s website (the episode Globalization unto Death).

Full unit on the International Baccalaureate English Acquisition (IB English B) prescribed theme of Social Organisation. Around 20 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has tasks fully integrated. TOK integrated. Great for EAL students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging.

Full unit on the International Baccalaureate English Acquisition (IB English B) prescribed theme of Experiences. Around 25 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has tasks fully integrated. TOK integrated. Great for EAL students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging. Podcast for activities on slides 25-26 available at Dan Carlin’s website.

Full unit on the International Baccalaureate English Acquisition (IB English B) prescribed theme of Human Ingenuity. Around 25 lessons on a wide range of topics, using original source material and has tasks fully integrated. TOK integrated. Great for EAL students. Plenty of multimedia to make the classroom environment varied and engaging. Podcast for activities on slides 33-34 available at Dan Carlin’s wonderful website

This highly interactive, diverse pack of 20 lessons is a great way to guide your GCSE class through the Modern Drama* module using Arthur Miller’s classic play. Discussion activities, written and acting tasks are clearly marked, as are page references. An emphasis is placed on understanding the themes, symbols, context and characters in the play, thus adequately preparing students for the GCSE or iGCSE English Literature exam. Plenty of videos have been embedded. There are at least 20 lessons here, though the lessons can be adapted to your needs, compressed or stretched out depending on the time-frame you want. Included in this pack is the PDF version of the play that corresponds to the page references, plus two Word handouts (a background reading task and a song gap-fill).

Task-based, student-centred lesson exploring Dylan Thomas’ Do not go gentle into that good night. Includes commentary and task on the Villanelle form. Aimed specifically at IGCSE English Literature specification, though suitable for any curriculum.

Full GCSE English Literature Of Mice and Men Scheme of Work. Contains over 120 slides, at least 25 lessons of adaptable material. Highly interactive, clearly defined material containing tasks, content delivery, discussion, and the interweaving of the 1992 film. Can be adapted for Key Stage 3. Corresponding hand-outs to match slides. Progressive “Key Quotes” analysis. Wall Display task option.

Full GCSE English Literature Macbeth Scheme of Work. Contains 160 slides, at least 25 lessons of adaptable material. Highly interative, clearly defined material containing tasks, content delivery, discussion, and the interweaving of the 2015 film Macbeth. Can be adapted for Key Stage 3. Corresponding hand-outs to match slides. Progressive “Key Quotes” analysis Wall Display task for the whole class.

Task-based, student-centred lesson exploring D.H. Lawrence’s Piano. Includes song activity, modelled essay writing, and commentary on lyric poetry generally. Aimed specifically at IGCSE English Literature specification, though suitable for any curriculum.

Task-based, student-centred lesson exploring John Keats’ La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Includes commentary and theory on the poem’s place within the Romantic movement (content sourced from the Norton Anthology of English Literature). Aimed specifically at IGCSE English Literature specification, though suitable for any curriculum.

These 3 one-hour lessons for a strong KS3 group contain engaging activities (both collaborative and individual) that aim to develop the students’ capacity to write to describe. The pack contains extracts from civil war soldier Sam Watkins’ memoir and from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Please refer to the notes section of the PowerPoint for instructions, timings and links to videos.

Task-based, student-centred lesson exploring William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. Includes commentary on Shakespeare as a sonnet poet more generally (content sourced from the Norton Anthology of English Literature). Aimed specifically at IGCSE English Literature specification, though suitable for any curriculum.

A combined history, anthropology, and society & culture course that samples mainly from the popular books Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs & Steel and Yuval Harari’s Sapiens. This a really great resource which combines literary extracts, media and interactive class tasks that examines a broad history of human cultures. Suitable for English-learners with an emphasis on new vocabulary. At least 25 lessons.

Task-based, student-centred lesson exploring Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess. Includes interactive worksheet on the form and content of the poem, as well as a key vocabulary activity. Aimed specifically at IGCSE English Literature specification, though suitable for any curriculum.