Resources to introduce dystopian/post-apocalyptic literature conventions to AS students, but also suitable for GCSE or KS3 students. Designed to lead to a comparative essay on 'The Road' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' but easily adaptable for your choice of novels or to stand alone as a study of the four short stories included.

PowerPoint and resources to explore the representation of gender in media texts. Uses the constructionist approach to representation and covers queer theory, Goffman and Mulvey's theory of the gaze. Aimed at WJEC specification MS1 exam, but can be easily adapted. Updated to include Judith Butler and queer theory.

A collection of activities on WWI poetry, aimed at a Year 9 class (but easily adaptable for higher or lower year groups) and building towards a comparative essay. This ran alongside independent homework study of other poems but is easily adapted to exclude this. Includes DIRT activities. Please note: QWERTY is used here instead of PEE.

Part 2: The Scrutiny Song: Absent from thee I languish still Focused by AO throughout, including essay questions. The AQA sample answer referred to in 'The Scrutiny' lesson can be found on their new specification website - download as a .pdf file from there. More coming soon...!

Resources to teach the pre-1900 poetry element of the Love Through the Ages specification - new for 2015. Part 1: Whoso List to Hunt Sonnet 116 The Flea To His Coy Mistress Focused by AO throughout, including essay questions.

Resources to teach 'The Emigree' by Carol Rumens

PowerPoint to lead teaching of representation of age in media texts, with a focus on WJEC MS1 exam. Includes focus on teens, the elderly and children and a case study on the film 'Harry Brown'. Uses the constructionist theoretical approach to structure answers.

Resources to teach Blake's 'The Garden of Love', aimed at A Level Lit (AQA A New Specification)

Resources to teach 'London' by William Blake

All resources from previous parts, together in one package. Includes PowerPoints for all scenes, worksheets for focused study of key extracts, and exam-style practice questions. Numbered for order.

Resources to teach 'Le Belle Dame Sans Merci' and 'Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae', aimed at A Level Lit (AQA A New Specification) Poems uploaded so far: 1 - Whoso List to Hunt / Sonnet 116 / The Flea / To His Coy Mistress 2- The Scrutiny / Song: Absent from thee I languish still 3- The Garden of Love 4- Ae Fond Kiss/ She Walks in Beauty 5- Remember 6- The Ruined Maid/ At An Inn 7- La Belle Dame Sans Merci/ Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae

Scheme of Work for 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak, created with a high ability Year 8 class in mind. A choice of final tasks is given, with the intended outcome that students produce one reading, one writing, and one 'creative' piece of work for assessment.

Resources to teach Burns' 'Ae Fond Kiss' and Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty', aimed at A Level Lit (AQA A New Specification)

A set of five exam-style questions on Othello, aimed at helping students prepare for the AQA A Love Through the Ages examination (New Specification).

Resources to teach Rossetti's 'Remember', aimed at A Level Lit (AQA A New Specification) Poems uploaded so far: 1 - Whoso List to Hunt / Sonnet 116 / The Flea / To His Coy Mistress 2- The Scrutiny / Song: Absent from thee I languish still 3- The Garden of Love 4- Ae Fond Kiss/ She Walks in Beauty 5- Remember

Resources to teach Thomas Hardy's 'The Ruined Maid' and 'At An Inn', aimed at A Level Lit (AQA A New Specification) Poems uploaded so far: 1 - Whoso List to Hunt / Sonnet 116 / The Flea / To His Coy Mistress 2- The Scrutiny / Song: Absent from thee I languish still 3- The Garden of Love 4- Ae Fond Kiss/ She Walks in Beauty 5- Remember 6- The Ruined Maid/ At An Inn

Resources to prepare for English Lit (AQA) examination on 'Of Mice and Men&' by John Steinbeck. Character, theme, structure and language activities.

Resources to help teach AQA's new 2015 A Level Specification, focusing on Shakespeare's Othello. Act 2 Scene 1 Act 2 Scenes 2&3

Workbook for Robert Muchamore's &'Cherub: The Recruit&';, aimed at a lower ability Year 9 group. The tasks are fairly broad but can easily be adapted for more formal assessment. My boys loved this book!

Comparison table to help students make links between themes, form and structure, and types of love in the pre-1900 poetry cluster for AQA A Love Through the Ages (New Specification).

A table of possible examination questions to help students revise/prepare practice questions. AQA A New Specification - Love Through the Ages - pre-1900 poetry.