A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (lbut the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a complete analysis of the poem. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (lbut the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A comprehensive poetry analysis worksheet for AS/A Level English Literature. Can be used to analyse any poem.

A full lesson which revises the plot of Shakespeare’s Othello. The lesson gets students to revise over 40 key quotes from the text , considering their position in the text and their significance to the play as a whole. The powerpoint also includes a scene by scene synopsis and list of key quotes explained. The second half of the session revises the difference between the use of verse and prose in the text, with self-directive questioning encouraging learners to examine Othello and Iago’s speech throughout the play. Edexcel AS/A English Literature 2015+ Paper 2: Prose

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Very detailed, full analysis of poem given. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A revision session used at the end of teaching English Romantic Verse which 'rounds up' the key concerns of the second wave and makes thematic and philosophical links between the second wave writers. The lesson includes a 'do now' activity, an overarching session question, some key points about the concerns of the second wave writers, a comparative element between the first and second wave writers, a 'highlight the elements' of a Level 5/A* model paragraph activity and a reflective plenary. AS/A English Literature (Edexcel 2015+) Paper 3, Section B: English Romantic Verse

LO1 To explore the connotations of different settings used within Othello and the impact on the characters of this setting shift (AO1/AO2/AO3) LO2 To summarise Shakespeare’s presentation of characters and structure of the plot in this scene (AO1/AO2/AO3) LO3 To consider, plan and write a paragraph in response to an exam question, considering staging and proxemics. (AO1/AO2/AO3) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. Includes a Massolit llecture link, but your school will have to have a subscription to access it (lbut the lesson is still complete without it!) EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, including a ‘do now’ activity as students settle, an overarching session question, detailed context, scaffolded guided questions for analysis of sound, language, figurative language, structure and form. EdExcel AS/A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry, Section B: The Romantics

A full lesson, suitable for flipped learning, on Chapters 13-15 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (ed. 1831). This lesson guides students to analyse the characterisation and narrative purpose of the DeLacey family, evaluate Safie’s embedded narrative and research the significance of the books the Creature reads in Chapter 15, along with concept checking qeestions for the three chapters. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 2: Prose Comparision, 'Science and Society

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig. hieved a Grade 1 observation. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

LO1 To explore Desdemona and Emilia’s contrasting attitudes towards men and marriage in Act 4 scene 3 (AO2) LO2 To consider how Shakespeare creates a sense of foreboding in Act 4 scene 3 (AO2 and AO5) LO3 To analyse the significance of the willow song and song generally in the play (AO2) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 To analyse how Shakespeare creates final impressions of Othello in his last speeches in the play (AO2 and AO5) LO2 To explore a critical definition of the Shakespearean tragic hero and whether Othello’s character fulfils this definition (AO5) LO3 To consider the structure of the hero’s journey through a tragedy and how far this structure could be applied to Othello (AO2) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

LO1 to mind-map our ideas about jealousy (AO1) LO2 to try to come up with around 3 statements of what Shakespeare seems to be saying about or through jealousy  in Othello and to organise our ideas into a coherent essay plan (AO1) LO3 to make sure we have considered elements we can include that respond to AO2 (analyse how meaning is shaped), AO3 (contextual factors) and AO5 (other critical readings) (AO2, AO3, and AO5) Extension and stretch and challenge activities are embedded throughout; the lesson has an overarching question which encourages the development of higher order thinking. Opportunities for paragraph writing and peer assessment are also utilised. AS/A Level English Literature (2015+) Paper 1, Section A: Shakespeare

A half-hour tutorial lesson for Year 13 students on how to eat well and cheaply at university. This session was requested by my tutor group as they were feeling anxious about budgeting, The lesson gets students thinking about how much money they use each week, what meals are cheap and easy to cook, and leads them on to further research of recipes.