A powerpoint with critical literary perspectives and context for A Streetcar Named Desire. The first section explores context of Southern Gothic Literature with summaries of Fall of House of Usher and a Rose for Emily for students to draw on for context this is roughly a one hour lesson. The second section is a debate format with quotes to engage with. Students take a different literary perspective and must debate from that stance, using the quotes to start their talking points. Critical literary perspectives cards provided as a worksheet and can be copied and given to students to prepare for the debate.

Powerpoint lesson on Lucky’s speech in Waiting for Godot. Close analysis picking out key points of the speech, consolidating writing activities and consideration of staging. Links to context (AO3), Berklean philosophy background to the play and academic references.

Powerpoint with Camus’ theory of The Absurd, The Myth of Sisyphus, socio/historical context and essay question with suggested points to check understanding.

An introduction to the Mace style debate format which can be adapted for other purposes. Basic topics to start students expressing their opinions and then a debate topic for students to get in to. Could be used in an English lesson or debating club.

Act 1 powerpoint with activities and resources. Context images and information sheets, a worksheet on class and extracts from the opening stage directions ready to print.

Powerpoint outline for a mock trial set up a courtroom drama: Is Napoleon guilty of crimes against his fellow animals? Includes guide worksheet for lawyers and characters to aid their research and preparation.

A powerpoint containing a unit of work for Animal Farm. It includes key words to aid understanding of the novella, a creative writing task using persuasive techniques and a summary of the political context of the book. Also includes debate questions to prompt students to engage with the big ideas of the story.

A level English language scripted vs spontaneous speech comparison which can be used in the first term of English Language A level study. Sample transcripts, powerpoint outlining essay task with assessment objectives and a guide sheet for what students should be identifying in the texts and writing about in their essays. We looked at each text in class time, as examples of spontaneous speech and scripted speech.

A powerpoint introducing semiotics, key quotes and figures from semiotics referenced with suggested activities. Includes an explanation and examples of metonymy and motifs.

Introductory lesson on the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) for media and film students with case study and video links for the film movement.

Debate topics and structure for holding a mock trial for the character’s of An Inspector Calls. Developing speaking and listening skills and asking students to evaluate each character’s involvement and attitudes towards Eva’s death. Works with the GCSE specification, as revision for the text or as a build up for the speaking and listening assessment.

Introductory lessons to the GCSE media unit on News. Including key terms, press freedom and regulation, tabloid and broadsheets, a crossword for key terminology and a short assessment task.

Definitions and prompt questions for six key critical literary perspectives, perfect for introducing AO5 critical perspectives for sixth form classes. Includes New historicist, psychoanalytical, feminist, gender and sexual identity, marxist and post-colonial.

Two lessons worth of resources which includes a powerpoint to teach from and a double sided A3 learning mat/worksheet for annotating and writing about the poem. The resources use images to introduce The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, context, form and key techniques as well as an assessment style question which is scaffolded on the powerpoint and worksheet. This resource could be used as unseen poetry or in conjunction with a class novel which explores ideas of immigration or the American Dream.

Activities to help students creatively tackle Sonnet 18 and 130. A practise PEA for Sonnet 18. All scaffolding culminating towards an assessment comparing the two sonnets with success criteria.

End-line word analysis and semantic field activity based around Juliet's soliloquy in Act IV Scene I. Adapted from a NATE resource. Powerpoint gives activity instructions and sample responses to encourage close analysis of language. Extract and nine individual words provided as a separate sheet for printing.

Based on post graduate research into performance poetry and how it can be linked to a class novel to improve understanding of themes, interpreting texts and making connections across texts. Designed to be used with KS3 to build confidence and enjoyment of studying poetry before GCSE study. Powerpoint with a guide to activities, worksheet for notes from observing the performance and copies of poems for use. This could be used as a stand alone sequence of lessons on poetry or connected to reading a novel with themes of child/parent relationships or cities. Originally intended to be used with Katherine Rundell's novel Rooftoppers but can easily be connected with another novel.

A powerpoint with suggested activities and writing tasks to take you through key scenes and points for the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan.

A powerpoint introducing semiotics, key quotes and figures from semiotics referenced with suggested activities. Includes an explanation and examples of metonymy and motifs.

Card sort and powerpoint providing a summary of the key plot points in Othello.

A lesson or what could be two lessons focussing on imagery in poetry using Emily Dickinson's 'Hope is the thing with feathers'. Lesson includes analysis of imagery and extended metaphors, as well as an opportunity for students to do their own poetry writing using a copy-change format. This lesson formed part of my postgraduate research into teaching and was a successful interview lesson.