This word search is a fun and stimulating activity for those studying ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to help consolidate knowledge of characters, key themes, and their spelling.

This extract from Arthur Miller’s play ‘The Crucible’ is perfect practice for analysing elements of political and social protest for those studying the AQA A level syllabus.

This extract from John Osborne’s classic 1956 play ‘Look Back in Anger’ is perfect practice for analysing elements of political and social protest for those studying the AQA A level syllabus.

This extract from Bertolt Brecht’s harrowing anti-war play ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ is perfect practice for analysing elements of political and social protest for those studying the AQA A level syllabus.

This word search - containing names and vocabulary from Roald Dahl’s most famous children’s stories - is a fun and engaging activity for students who know and love the author’s work.

This word search on GREEK GODS & GODDESSES is a fun and engaging activity for teaching/consolidating knowledge of Greek mythology. An extension task would be for pupils to write down who exactly each God/Goddess is in their books/notes.

This word search is a fantastic activity for pupils studying the Ancient Egyptians. It is a fun and engaging task which helps to consolidate vocabulary, spelling, and understanding of the key features of Ancient Egypt.

Three stylish graphic design posters on classic works of literature. George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’. Daniel Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’. Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Perfect for your classroom or corridor display!

This word search on THE SOLAR SYSTEM is a great activity for teaching and consolidating knowledge of space and galaxies.

This word search on DINOSAURS is a great activity for Primary students to familiarise themselves with and recap important dinosaur vocabulary and spellings.

These five animals made from geometric shapes are a fantastic way of teaching EYFS, KS1 or lower KS2 about geometric shapes in the world. Ask your pupils to create animals from the sheets themselves using only geometric shapes. Differentiation is naturally worked into the lesson as some animals are easier than others to construct. Pupils always love this lesson! It’s a great way of making mathematics enjoyable and engaging. Alternatively, these posters can be used in your classroom or corridor displays.

A lesson designed to revise Louisa Gradgrind’s character function in Dickens’ ‘Hard Times’. Ideal for students reading the text for AQA’s Political and Social Protest Writing A level course.

An invaluable resource designed to build a picture of how Shakespeare presents Macbeth via other characters in the play. Taking key quotes from a variety of characters, we can see how Shakespeare’s characters speak about and to Macbeth throughout the play. This not only unveils how loyalties change and develop throughout the play, but also how Macbeth himself changes and how characters may behave differently in private versus public settings. This is ideal for supporting study of the play at GCSE.

An analytical summary of Mrs Birling in Act II of ‘An Inspector Calls’. This 900-word essay explores how Priestley presents Mrs Birling’s unyielding prejudice in the pivotal second act of the play. Perfect for high-grade students, this is a sophisticated reading of a key character.

A great literacy lesson for KS3 on homophones. This is an introductory exploration of homophones in an easily adaptable and interactive PowerPoint for your lesson. A worksheet (addressed at the end of the PowerPoint) is also included.

This word search is a great activity for teaching students about our world and some of its many countries. This is an ideal way to improve geographical and general knowledge - as well as to support spelling. Perfect for KS2, KS3 or KS4.

Three graphic design A4 posters for Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. Perfect for your classroom.

This resource features 28 exam-style questions on Stevenson’s ‘Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ for students to use as mock/practice stimuli. It is designed to support those studying the text for GCSE. Teachers may wish to find appropriate extracts (as per the AQA exam) to accompany each question. These questions cover all the key themes and characters of the novella. If students feel capable answering all of these questions, then they should feel very well prepared for the exam.

An essay on the ‘tragic’ aspects of Malvolio in ‘Twelfth Night’. Often hailed as one of Shakespeare’s greatest comic characters, critics have also flocked to point out the tragic elements of his character arc, particularly the ethical implications of the play’s repeated schadenfreude. This article aims to introduce students to the complexities of Malvolio’s character. This resource serves as a great lesson for those studying the comedic genre in relation to ‘Twelfth Night’ (particularly AQA’s Aspects of Comedy paper), but is equally as useful and engaging for those studying the play through other lenses.

This 30-slide lesson explores T.S. Eliot’s poem, ‘Morning at the Window’. The lesson deconstructs Eliot’s classic observation of metropolitan life and encourages students to think about urban alienation and interaction. Eliot’s language is analysed, as well as his imagery and rhyme. Students are asked to think about the differences between urban and rural life, class divisions, and what ‘windows’ represent. Questions and discussion points are peppered throughout the lesson. The lesson also includes a short analytical response task and ends with a creative writing activity (which could be set as a homework task). This is an ideal lesson for KS3 pupils, though it could be used for GCSE. A copy of the poem is also included. PowerPoint saved as PDF.