3 power points and a booklet for use with AS and A level AQA students to revise the pre-1900 poetry. Range of activities for planning, addressing the Assessment Objectives and essay writing. Activities can also be used for revising and embedding poets and poems into long term memory

A comprehensive series of lessons with a range of poems and poets covered, 5 writing activities and 5 knowledge tests and biographical information on the poets. Thorough consideration of unseen poems and the best ways to tackle the paper. Exemplars with key quotations and analysis and notes on how to compare.

This is an invaluable resource that can be purchased for teachers of Year 11, 12 and 13 and students looking for revision guidance. This could also be used as an INSED for Teaching and Learning purposes as it outlines and summarises memory techniques from most recent psychological research. The PP summarises information from 6 books on educational research and learning/memorisation skills. We all know that hours can be wasted on reading when students could be using time more meaningfully by utilising the most effective techniques. I say you DON’T need to spend 7 hours per day over Easter revising. Use this guide and you can revise effectively, relax and enjoy family life.

The second power point in a series, links with first but can stand alone. A range of activities on unseen poetry, including a past paper style question, mark scheme and model paragraph responses. Information on British and American poets, guide to choosing the best quotations and strategies for exam success.

A series of 4 lessons comparing Gatsby with the pre-1900 poetry for the AQA A Level Literature course.

4 lessons comparing apects of love and power in Gatsby and pre1900 poems

5 lessons plus an assessment question comparing Gatsby with pre 1900 poetry

4 lessons on WISH, DEATH and THE MOON, NORTH WEST & DREAMING WEEK

Another Revision Resource for AQA A Level English Literature poetry. Covers aspects of recall to embed poems in long term memory, as well as tactics for addressing all of the assessment objectives in planning. Essay questions suggested and model responses provided

re-call quizzes, key quotations, planning advice and three essay style questions to practice planning and essay writing in timed conditions

Definitions of Key words to go with persuasive techniques as well as examples of speeches, blogs, leaflets and articles for students to use as models

A comprehensive booklet with background information on Jennings and Rossetti (for contextual historicism links). There is also a Shakepeare poem to consider changing attitudes to love "through the ages". Lots of background information on jennings and Rossetti, exam style questions based on teh AQA guidelines, as weill as hints and tips on how to respond to this type of question using AQA assessment Objectives.

A resource that could be used for students studying this text for GCSE examination. There's a pre-reading activity, a look at chapter headings and their significance and detailed analysis of the first two chapters. There are ideas on analysisng extracts as well as advice on commenting on the form and structure of the novel. Finally, there's an overview of exam requirements for the current Lit Specification and a general revision document. Useful for current Lit spec and new spec.

Study booklet with lots of background information on Millay's life and the poem. There'sa suggestion for an exam essay style question with mark scheme guidelines based on guidance from the AQA website. There's a look at Marvell as well, in order to enable students to start looking at the historical context and literary tradition of poems about love and desire.

A comprehensive and thorough resource on Macbeth, designed for KS3 but easily adaptable for KS4, covering social and historical context, use of Language, Form and Structure, self and paired assessment and final assessments.

A great resource for teaching this sonnet at AS level, with an outline of the types of question to expect, assessment objectives and key moments in the poem analysed independently and with additional notes later in the presentation.

Comprehensive resources for teaching the novel for Lang and Lit

This unit allows the students to read and enjoy a range of poems, including Ulysses by Tennyson, Invictus and contemporary poems by Grace Nichols, Muhhammed Ali and others! Some simple worksheets, activities with opportunities for research, speaking and listening and writing! The unit uses DeBono thinking styles although theses are not explicitly referenced Based on the Winning Words campaign to put poetry on permanent display in and around the Olympic village,

Worksheets and powers point presenttations to support AQA teaching for this subject