Poetry analysis and discussion, followed by essay planning.

Powerpoint with presentation on Ted Hughes' poem with contextual references, including extracts from Plath's journal and letters home. Some languages devices identified and evaluated. A good introduction to the poem "You Hated Spain".

PPT focusing on chapter 7 and giving examples of textual analysis.

AS English Language and Literature session on adjectives.

A lesson on "Funeral Blues", by WH Auden, focusing on poetic devices. Resources include a copy of the poem, statements about the poem for pupils to discuss and a detailed Powerpoint to be used to explain message and language in the poem.

A detailed Powerpoint to support the study of Dorfman's play. It includes a discussion of characters and themes.

The powerpoint guides pupils through the assessment objectives and provides a detailed essay plan to answer the GCE English Language and Literature A2 WJEC exam. "Birthday Letters", by Ted Hughes is the core text and "Ariel", by Sylvia Plath is the partner text.

Resources to support the analysis of the poem. Worksheets are differentiated.

A series of Powerpoint presentations on themes, characters and writing style. Resources were written for English Language and Literature AS and A2 Level, but also suitable for IB English Language and Literature lessons.

Resources include a Powerpoint presentation with a description of the victim, suspects and a series of clues. Confession worksheet will require pupils to put paragraphs in order to reveal the mystery. Teacher copy also included.

Powerpoint with introductory lesson on "The Handmaid's Tale", by Margaret Atwood. Pupils discuss the topic "A Perfect World" before learning about Utopias, like Plato's "The Republic" and its organisation. PPT includes contextual information about Atwood's inspiration for the novel. Pupils to read and discuss chapter 1 of the novel, find quotes relevant to key issues raised by the text and plan an essay on the contrasting times presented in this section of the novel.

Lesson provides an overview of characters and respective groups, focusing on their description, function and symbolism. A language section on prefixes and suffixes is included to discuss the characterisation of Unwomen. Word document provides an overview of characters and respective description. Pupils are encouraged to reflect on the choice of names and their function in society.

A detailed Powerpoint on some of Shylock's speeches. Language focus.

The powerpoint presentation prepares pupils to answer Section B of English Language and Literature AS Unit 1 (WJEC). It includes exam questions, support to prepare for the creative writing tasks and respective commentary. Assessment Objectives are specified for each task and a writing frame for the commentary is also provided.

PPT explaining the difference between tabloids and broadsheets, including the different key elements of a news article. Pupils are encouraged to write their own newspaper article reporting an event from a fairytale of their choice.

This PPT guides students through the different types of characters (flat, round, dynamic, static) and how they can be interpreted. It introduces Jung’s archetypes and offers different perspectives on how characters can be seen as symbolic for different groups in society.

This presentation explains the different types of narrators as well as different styles of narrative. A good presentation to introduce the differences between omniscient and participant narrators. The terms covered include: Framed Narrative Linear Narrative Non-Linear Narrative Cyclical Narrative Free Indirect Discourse Different stages of narrative

This PPT presentation includes the key elements of the Theory of Accommodation in spoken language and some class activities to practise speech annotation.

A very detailed discussion of different types of verbs (dynamic, stative, transitive, intransitive, modal, phrasal, etc). This works well with English Language students or English Language and Literature students.

The first part of the lesson analyses the poem “Here” in detail and encourages the pupils to consider language, meaning and structure. The second part of the lesson encourages pupils to compare and contrast the persona in the poem to Dr Faustus (the character).