I strive to make my resources fully teachable from the moment you download them. We are in a very busy profession and sometimes just need to able to able to access something that we can trust and use right away!
I've been a fully qualified secondary school teacher for four years and began my teaching career at a challenging, although rewarding, mixed non-selective school in a grammar area. I now work as head of KS3 English at a high achieving boys grammar school.
I strive to make my resources fully teachable from the moment you download them. We are in a very busy profession and sometimes just need to able to able to access something that we can trust and use right away!
I've been a fully qualified secondary school teacher for four years and began my teaching career at a challenging, although rewarding, mixed non-selective school in a grammar area. I now work as head of KS3 English at a high achieving boys grammar school.
Sets of lessons organised into themes to teach ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as stand-alone text or as part of dystopian coursework.
Originally taught to A Level Literature students for their coursework on Dystopian Literture, this unit of around 25 lessons covers the following themes in ready to teach powerpoints:
Contextual background of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Contextual background of the dystopian genre
Alienation, isolation and the lack of power in the novel
Exploration of the structure of the novel
The language of oppression
Otherness (as concept, linked to the novel and with critical essays)
The themes of children and marriage in the novel
Feminism in ‘The Handmaid ’s Tale’
Flower imagery and other language studies
A range of critical essays and articles to go alongside the teaching of the text
Read-to-teach lessons in Powerpoints with all accompanying worksheets/links included.
Every lesson of the 8 week SOW is provided in a powerpoint and completely ready to teach; the lessons are stretching but have been proven to engage students with Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.' No need to amend - just teach straight from the powerpoints! All worksheets included.
The SOW begins with drama activities to engage the class and get them used to the language/character names. As the weeks progress, the class are challenged to analyse the imagery, structure and meaning within the text. This was originally taught to a high ability Year 8 class, but could easily be used for Year 9 and even adapted for lower ability KS4.
Proven to engage students with Shakespeare and raise levels.
*Ready to teach lessons straight from the PowerPoint*
*Thorough, detailed textual study including context, concepts and symbolism*
*Suitable to stretch at GCSE study, or even high ability Year 9*
*All worksheets included*
*Taster week available in my shop*
Stretching lessons taking students through all 10 chapters of Jekyll and Hyde. Discussion questions, analysis questions, lots of high-level terminology spanning from Freudian concepts to thematic exploration to character symbolism in 19th Century society.
All lessons ready to teach from the PowerPoint with a minimum of 6 weeks' worth of material.
This set of 12-13 weeks’ worth of ready to teach, detailed, high level lessons will comprehensively aid any teacher in delivering the A Level Unit ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. Lessons are ready to go and need no additional amending; all worksheets are provided.
Topics covered:
A detailed introduction to the play including notes on the author, context and a study of theatrical form
In depth analysis of each scene from start to finish (scenes 1 - 11)
Character studies featured at key moments in the play for Blanche, Stanley, Stella, Mitch, Eunice and Steve. Includes the function/purpose of their characters linked to theme and context.
Contextual studies of New Orleans, the Southern Belle and more
Thematic/symbolism studies including light imagery, Blanche’s bathing, elements of Plastic Theatre, the moth image and much more.
3 assessment opportunities
All lessons have previously been taught to an A Level group who finished the unit with a detailed, rich understanding of the play. They are now exam-ready and confident in the analysis and evaluation of this play.
*Ready to teach lessons straight from PowerPoint*
*All worksheets included*
*Context, lesson 1 and quiz also available separately as taster. See my shop.*
This 8 week+ SOW covers Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' thoroughly. The lessons include class reading in small sections with focused tasks, creative tasks, language analysis activities and contextual links too. Can be taught to older/high ability KS3. Originally designed for mixed ability Year 10 GCSE set.
Ready-to-teach and thoroughly researched PowerPoint lessons for ALL TEN STORIES in the Angela Carter collection 'The Bloody Chamber.'
Each PowerPoint contains numerous lessons for each story, with directed questions, worksheets and critical essays (included) and stretching concepts and critical theories with links to the original tales, psychoanalytical theories about fairy-tales, and quotes from Carter herself. This covers all assessment objectives in detail.
Taught to high ability KS5 Year 12 students and revised at Year 13, this resource will save you hours of research time and is everything you could ever need to secure high A Level grades for 'The Bloody Chamber'.
Originally designed for OCR spec to be compared with Wilde's 'Dorian Gray', but would suit any specification that requires an in-depth study of Carter and her tales.
