A very detailed presentation on the presentation of the minor characters in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications
A very detailed presentation on the presentation of women in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications
A very detailed presentation on the presentation of Angelo in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications
A very detailed presentation on the presentation of the Duke in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications
A very detailed presentation on the presentation of liberty in the play. This is available as pdf or a powerpoint and includes pointers, followed by teacher notes and critics’ quotations. It was produced for edexel but is suitable for other specifications.
This is a very detailed scheme which should last a few weeks. It includes lots of creative writing ideas and exercises to encourage students with the narrative writing task. Although separate presentations will cover other aspects in more details such as character, plot, structure, this presentation covers creating conflict, ensuring your character grips the reader and exercising restraint with regards to the opening gambit of the plot. I also teach the AFA in Creative Writing and have taught the A level in this subject so have included lots of exercises for the budding writer.
Everything you need to teach the Eduqas poetry anthology. These lessons are grouped together according to theme such as war, love, hardship, growing up and include close analysis of each poem, with detailed annotations on mood, language and structure and also contexts. There are also essay plans for both single poems and comparative essays.
A detailed powerpoint on the character of Eddie, looking at aspects of Greek tragedy and whether he conforms to the definition of a tragic hero. This powerpoint will lead students towards a detailed essay on his character.
This presentation is a very useful revision of all the contexts of the GCE AQA spec A pre 1900 poetry anthology. Slides ask students to identify aspects of the following periods: Renaissance, Restoration, Romantics, Victorian, Decadent movement and then to consider how love is typically reflected in poetry from each of those eras. Suggested answers are given in subsequent slides. I encourages students to see the poems as part of a period or movement and prompts discuss about what is typical of the poems from each age.
Please leave a review if it’s helped you! A very detailed presentation on how conflict is presented in Act 1 of the play. Useful for all GCSE specs this structure could also be utilised for the rest of the play: conflict in battle, in relationships, in nature, in the supernatural, internal conflicts and in imagery. Some slides are fully annotated, others leave gaps for students to suggest ideas and to finish off. Teachers could choose to not reveal any of the annotations and allow students to respond on their own to quotations first.
A detailed presentation covering the motif of clothing and colour throughout the play. Looking at how Blanche’s clothes change and the significance of this; the men’s primary colours; the clash of two worlds as seen through clothing and colour; and Blanche’s trunk. Suitable for all A level specs and available as both a powerpoint and as a pdf.
A collection of resources gleaned from various places to cover an overview of the play, its contexts and its themes.
Suitable for any A level spec and available as a pdf and a powerpoint.
A selection of essay plan presentations with slides containing quotations and then teacher notes slides with further ideas. Alternatively, some of these essay plan presentations are put together in a seminar style form with quotations and commentaries already integrated - as points for discussion. Bundle is suitable for any A level spec and contains the following essay plans:
The significance of the past
Fantasy/illusion/delusion/appearance and reality
Masculinity
Sexuality
Love
Suitable for any A level spec, the slides cover the theme of Love and are structured to cover the following ideas:
Love is unbalanced and dependent
Lust/sex is expressed in place of love
Self-preservation is more important than love
Available as both a pdf or powerpoint
The slides are arranged in a lecture style with quotations and ideas combined. The outline covers the following main points:
Blanche’s manipulation of her sexuality and how this is linked to her guilt
the tragedy of her diminishing sexuality and her deception surrounding this
Stanley’s raw animal sexuality
Mitch’s uncertain sexuality and attempt to fulfil Blanche’s past code for gentleman callers with chivalry disguising sexuality
Marital sexuality is presented as controlling and marked by infidelity
Sexuality as a destructive force within the play
Useful for any A level spec and available as either a pdf or powerpoint
The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas. Suitable for any A level spec, the essay plan follows the structure of the following key ideas:
Aggression and physical dominance - manifested in violence, in order to subjugate the women and preserve his authority.
Male pride/ego
Sexual desire - manifested in animalistic behaviour, suggesting masculine sexuality is base and primal
This comprehensive essay plan has been written to cover a wide net: fantasy, illusion, delusion, appearance and reality. Interconnected themes, that have been planned in such a way that students should be able to learn this one essay plan and adapt to any of the wordings in a question. The slides are arranged with some just containing the quotations for students to ponder and build an argument around and other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with more notes and ideas.
A presentation which covers the theme of the past and how Williams presents it in A Streetcar Named Desire, covering the main ideas of:
The past is significant to personal identity.
The past is traumatic and detrimental
The past is symbolised through music
Some slides have just the relevant quotations for the students to reflect and plan around with other ‘teacher’ slides padded out with ideas related to these quotations.