King Lear quotes on themes and characters. Perfect revision tool. Theme of Evil Theme of the “Natural Law” Theme of Sight and Blindness Theme of Justice Theme of Power Theme of Gods Theme of Filial Ingratitude Character of Edmund Character of Lear Characters of Goneril and Regan Character of Kent Character of Cordelia Character of Gloucester Character of Edgar

Venn diagram activity for use in comparing three texts for the Leaving Cert: Juno Big Maggie The Spinning Heart

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin 2015 Higher Level Question: “Ní Chuilleanáin’s demanding subject matter and formidable style can prove challenging.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with reference to the poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin on your course. Fully worked sample answer/essay in response to the 2015 question. As Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is a 2018 female poet, this is the ideal style of essay to prepare for the 2018 exam.

1. Compare the feelings towards London in Blake’s London and Wordsworth’s Composed upon Westminster Bridge. OR 2. Compare Blake’s use of nature in The Nurse’s Song (Innocence) and The Nurse’s Song (Experience)

Thoroughly engaging lesson based on movie posters from Elf and Home Alone. Students analyse both posters for advertising techniques. Model answer included. Clear colour-coded lesson. Must: Identify advertising techniques used in the posters Should: Use sophisticated comparative phrases on the effectiveness of techniques used in each poster Could: Comment on the message of the posters Hope you enjoy this lesson as much I enjoyed making it! Please leave feedback below of how it went with your students. Merry Christmas!

Simple yet effective lesson to get students thinking about language analysis. Focus is on implicit and explicit meaning as well as the effectiveness of language in particular.

The following short stories are included: The Landlady by Roald Dahl All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Charles by Shirley Jackson A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. New Boy by Roddy Doyle Note to Sixth-Grade Self by Julie Obringer Raymond's Run by Tony Cade Bambara Thank You, M'am by Langston Hughes The Two Brothers by Leo Tolstoy

Chapter questions for A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Enjoy!

Graphic organiser to arrange and order student's ideas.

Excellent and emotive lesson based on Simon Armitage's 'Out of the Blue'. Students task is to write a series of diary entries based on the event. Please use this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZey15WTAk

Suitable for Year 7 or 8. L/O: to understand and explain the writers’ ideas and use of language I understand the poem. I can explain what Blake was trying to say. I can identify a variety of language techniques. I can explain how and why they are used. I can explain the overall theme of the poem.

Engaging and fully resourced scheme of work focusing on ballads. Ideal for Year 7 or Year 8.

Mid-term Break - Seamus Heaney - questions

Entire unit of work covering advertising. Material includes focus on pre-production, advertising terminology, model answers and advert analysis worksheets.

Intro lesson to the Show, Don't Tell technique inspired by Interstellar scene. Students will respond well to this thoughtfully structured and Interstellar inspired creative writing lesson. Lesson Objective: To write descriptively using the Show, Don’t Tell Techniques Starter: Describe your thoughts as you are walking towards the spacecraft. Technique 1: Actions Having watched the scene from Interstellar now imagine you are one of the astronauts in the scene and describe some of the actions you took during the scene. Lesson progresses to focus on 3 other techniques: Thoughts, senses and feelings.

L.O: Develop ability to infer meaning in a text. Must: create three questions to ask Karl based on the article Should: find evidence to answer the questions Could: create questions that require you to infer information. Find evidence to support your inferences TASK 1: Answer the questions that you have come up with as if you are Karl Pilkington. Remember the mark scheme Must: read reasonably well, identifying a range of details. Some supporting detail is used Should: interpret the text competently. Some ideas are developed. There is some supporting detail throughout. Could: thoroughly engage with the passage. Integrate an appropriate amount of supporting detail into the response TASK 2: How is language used for effect (Answer in the form of PEEA paragraphs)? What is Karl’s first impression of the place he would be bungee jumping from? What impression are we given of the tribe? How important is the bungee ritual to the people of the tribe? How dangerous is the bungee jumping activity? How did Karl feel about participating in the bungee jump himself?

Key quotes from To Kill A Mockingbird.

Lesson objective: To infer and deduce meanings and emotions MUST: Make inferences based on ideas from the text SHOULD: Make inferences from a different point of view COULD: Evaluate reasoning