Packs of resources for ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin and ‘The Oval Portrait’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Each pack provides a minimum of 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching. Both stories is a public domain story that is freely available for use. All the images used in the pack are available for commercial use.

Each pack includes:
• A copy of story in the format of a Word document with an optional glossary.
• A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions.
• A student worksheet with answers to guide the teacher.
• A PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet which some extra explanation and contains useful links and reference to the creative activities. Each PowerPoint is over 25 slides.
• A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown on a whiteboard and students can mark their own answers.
• Four creative writing prompt sheets that encourage students to continue to think about the themes and approaches of the story.
• A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson.
Both resource packs encourage close reading, critical writing and creative responses. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere.

Appropriate to GCSE students and A Level students of English.

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