Lesson resources to enable students to construct a powerful, effective and persuasive argument. Includes reminders about where and how to use paragraphs effectively. Gives a suggested question for an argument to be constructed and criteria for success. Designed for KS3 Year 8 classes.

A series of resources for classroom discussion based upon the poem Merlin and Vivien. Includes links to AOS for students to consider their relative skills in analysing form, structure and language. Background information on the historical context and questions to prompt discussion in 6th form groups.

A range of resources to aid discussion in class based upon the historical context to the novel and the writer's techniques including characterisation and narrative perspectives. Includes questions for students to consider the reader's response to the novel and a suggested plan for an extended essay. KS4 GCSE English Literature- could also be adapted for A Level Classes for historical context.

Lesson designed to support students to write creatively and accurately in the character of Richard the Third. Includes model answers from students to show imaginative and creative uses of language. Year 8 Shakespeare's villains unit- bringing the character to life.

The Feminine Gospels by Carol Ann Duffy- Anon and The Virgin's Memo. Notes for discussion in class and annotated copies of the poems for display in the classroom. Notes and questions for students to work through in groups. GCE A Level The Struggle for Modern Identity

KS3 English Language skills. A series of 2 lessons based upon the novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Focus is on the first and last chapters. Students will need to read and identify the language techniques used by Collins to create a sense of fear and suspense. Examples given of the techniques which could be used and sample analytical paragraphs to model for the class. Differentiation in the depth of the analytical paragraph is suggested, and in the selection of the language or structural technique. Chapter extracts not supplied. Copy of images for analysis and sample paragraphs for students to study are supplied.

Background information for the poet and display of the sonnet with areas for discussion in class. Includes some of the images from the sonnet with controversial ingredients to stimulate a range of ideas in class. Includes some notes to support writing about the sonnet. Annotations of the sonnet to help appreciation and understanding.

Sonnet 43 for Key Stage 3 students. Provides an analysis for display in the classroom and points for discussion including biographical information. Examples of focus points for students to discuss and transform into an analytical reading of the ideas in the sonnet

Resources using questions from the old spec questions for the READING section of the exam. Gives Mark Scheme and sample answers for students to use.

English Literature AQA GCSE The Unseen Poetry Question Resources to teach a pair of poems - The Way through the Woods by Kipling and Echo by de la Mare. Includes annotated poems for display and discussion. Sample answers to be marked by the students in class. Ideas for comparison and sample answer to compare Form Structure and Language

Unseen poetry for AQA unseen. 3 poems for Analysis including full poems with on screen display and annotations for class. Questions for discussion. Techniques explained. Finally 2 poems on a similar theme to compare including plans to follow and basic scaffolding for less confident students to build their written response. Poems include "Handbag" by Ruth Fainlight, "Don't Say I Said "by Sophie Hannah "Flowers" by Wendy Cope

A series of lessons designed to support creative writing based upon exploring a haunted house and using the senses. Also includes lesson based upon a ghost story "The Haunting of Chas McGill" and creating your own monster.

Lesson presentation to support the teaching of the Feminine Gospels - AQA the Struggle for Modern Identity - the poem SUB by Carol Ann Duffy from the Feminine Gospels. Includes questions for the students to consider women's position in History and attitudes to woman and sport. Annotated poem for display in the classroom and further notes on the techniques used by Duffy and questions to focus the students ideas and analysis.

AQA English Literature - the Struggle for Modern Identity - the Feminine Gospels- A quiz designed to revisit the poems to check knowledge and understanding of the class. Includes picture round and samples of techniques used by Duffy, as well as recognising the poems and quotes. Revision resource.

A lesson for GCSE students preparing for the UNSEEN poetry question. Includes annotated version of the poem for display in the classroom and questions for students to consider to help them explore the meaning in the poem and start to become more confident in exploring this type of question. Also includes a brief sample paragraph in PEE style to show them how to explore the language and connotations of the poem.

A series of lessons on the Witches in Macbeth- including the "chestnuts" speech and a range of questions to prompt discussion in the class about Shakespeare uses the witches. Images for discussion and a copy of the speech for annotation and for the students to write a analytical paragraph.

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde- ideas for discussion in the class including the meaning of the story. Also some punctuation exercises and ideas for approaching transformation of fairy tales such as Cinderella.

Lessons based on the popularity of the teenage dystopian novel at this time. Discussion points for the class to consider why the form is so popular today. What relevance does it have for today's teens? Also reading skills looking at alliteration in the first chapter and how other language devices can be recognised and used for effect by the writer. Sample paragraphs to model writing an extended response.

Tennyson's The Lotus Eaters Poem presentation including background information and questions for A Level students to consider uses of Form, Structure and Language Selection of the poem for Display and discussion. A Level Literature.

The Importance of being Ernest- context lessons looking at Victorian attitudes in art and society- then some ideas for an essay question based upon the drama by Oscar Wilde