Resources to support teaching of Idioms about Secrets. Adapted from Speak Out! Advanced Unit 5.1 ‘ Family Secrets’ (p56)

A short activity I often use for a warmer/filler activity in the EFL classroom. Learners need to say the past participle of the verbs on the card and match them by rhyme.

A handout to guide learners through an effective peer review, in line with Edexcel’s A Level English Literature 2015+.

A scaffolded lesson introducing Hemingway’s Iceberg theory using his short story ‘Hills Like White Elephants’.

A scaffolded lesson introducing students to different narrative structures using film stills and Kate Chopin’s ‘Story of an Hour’. Key content Freytag’s Pyramid Kurt Vonnegut’s Story Shapes Linear structure In medias res circular structure open structure closed structure framed narrative Chinese box structure Conflict

An introduction to genre and dystopian fiction, using Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’. Key terms genre convention motif/trope theme intertextuality genrebending dystopia speculative fiction apocalyptic fiction antithesis antagonist conflict analogy

Planning sheets to help A Level English Literature students structure effective pargraphs.

These materials are part of a short course designed to introduce some of the principles and skills required to teach English as a second or other language. The resources here are the 14 week SOW, microteach feedback forms and student/peer observation forms. The lesson has been designed so it may be delivered as flipped, blended or as in class learning.

A full lesson on the poem ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver. Poems of Decade, Forward Poetry (2011) Edexcel AS/A English Literature, 2015+

This lesson is part of a short course designed to introduce some of the principles and skills required to teach English as a second or other language. This is a handout which sets up a research task for Closed Groups, where learners will create a handout which examines the the spelling, vocabulary, grammar, syntax and pronunciation concerns a language teacher would need to be aware of for teaching a closed-nationality group of learners. The lesson has been designed so it may be delivered as flipped, blended or as in class learning.

A revision session which looks at the Narrative Voice and Structure in Frankenstein. This session overviews the structure of Edexcel’s Paper 2: Prose Comparison, provides a list of key prose terminology and key quotes from the novel as well as talks through three different ways we can look at the structure of the novel. The plenary asks learners to make initial connections between the narrators and structure between this novel and Never Let Me Go, but can easily be edited for any other text. Edexcel AS/A Level English Literature 2015+ Paper 2: Prose Comparison

An introduction to AS/A Edexcel English Literature Coursework, including a week by week student friendly SOW, CW script and marking criteria. Suitable for flipped delivery. Edexcel AS/A English Literature (2015+)

A lesson for this year’s National Poetry Day 2020, on the theme of ‘Vision’. Encourages students to writer and perform a poem.

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 flipped learning introduction to narrative voices and postmodern elements in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe (1986). An introduction to postcolonial texts, used as a coursework focus point. AS/A English Literature 2015+

This lesson explores adverbials of time to express narratives. There is a reading, CCQs, a ‘natural language’ quiz, and ends with a guided and freer writing practice. Adapted from the Speak Out! Advanced series.

This lesson encourages learners to differentiate between different uses of the passive voice and be able to write a short myth they have created using the passive aspect. Adapted from Speak Out! Advanced, 5.3. ‘Truth or Myth?’ (pp.59-60)

Two lessons which explore the shape and elements of a short story, using technical vocabulary and Freytag’s Linear Plot Structure. There are plenty of short stories included in this pack, which are differentiated for learners. The end result of the lesson is that learners will write a 55 word short story to be shared with the class.

In this lesson, learners use socio-linguistic lexis to describe how ‘accentism’ reinforces class stereotypes. LO1 to recall and use terminology and theory from previous lessons LO2 to identify possible linguistic variation between classes and explain why these variations may occur LO3 to debate whether one should keep their accent or change it

A flipped learning introduction to symbols and motifs in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe (1986). An introduction to postcolonial texts, used as a coursework focus point. AS/A English Literature 2015+