This resource draws upon pp. 42-46 of Journey’s End to get pupils to develop their understanding of the day-to-day life of a soldier in the trenches. It also leads on to a descriptive task and encourages students to reflect on how to create an effective descriptive response. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This resource uses pp. 47-49 of Journey’s End to develop students’ ability to infer meaning as well as their ability to articulate how they have come to their conclusions in an analytical manner.

This resource focuses on whether the audience ought to feel sympathy for Hibbert and then structures a debate about the issue using the evidence from the play. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This resource analyses the relationship between Osborne, Stanhope and Raleigh in detail using p. 80 as a focus for analysis. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on previews.

This is a larger resource with more focus on the crucial relationship between Stanhope and Osborne in the play - particularly focusing on pp. 27-31 of Journey’s End.

This resource focuses on how Osbourne is characterised and what the audience are intended to infer in pp. 60-64 of Journey’s End. I include a screen shot of the first slide / page as PDFs and ActivInspire Flipcharts do not always show up on pre-views.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes additional questions to support independent analysis and annotations.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes a PowerPoint and questions to support independent annotation.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘Cetacean’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Poplar-Field’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of 'Ode on Melancholy’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics.

This is a fully annotated version of ‘The Caged Skylark’ that incudes line by line analysis of imagery, language, structure, tone etc. The analysis is also colour-coded so that points are already divided into suggested topics / paragraphs. It also includes a helpful student handout to support study (pre annotation) that gives an overview, key structural / form observations and a suggested division of the poem into topics. This one also includes an ActivInspire and questions to support independent annotation.

This resource is a hugely helpful bundle that includes a range of example essays, paragraphs and questions on Journey’s End. It can be helpful for teachers in developing their understanding of the play and how their teaching might be shaped; it can also be useful as exemplar or model material that is given to pupils in order to help them to develop their understanding of how to write analytically at a high level in KS3 or reasonable / solid KS4 level.

This is a poetry podcast in support of ‘You Will Know When You Get There’ - currently on offer as part of Stories of Ourselves on the CIE English Literature specification. It is a great resources for both teachers as students alike. It includes detailed analysis of the entire poem, a suggested division into main topics / paragraphs and some suggested personal responses.

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast focuses on the scene where Hale enter’s John and Elizabeth Proctor’s home - interrupting their argument - and continues until Cheever’s entrance.

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast analyses in detail the scene outside the courtroom where Danforth is arguing with Proctor about the inclusion of Giles Corey and Francis Nurse’s evidence (as well as Parris’ of course!).

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast focuses on the scene where Proctor and Giles are arguing with Danforth - ‘I’ll have no effrontery here’ until Danforth turns to interrogate Abigail further.

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast is part of a series that helps to analyse, understand and annotate the entirety of Act 4 of The Crucible. This is a key scene and is incredibly detailed in its analysis of the portion of the play in which Hale attempts to argue with Danforth and to convince him to change his stance.

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast is part of a series that helps to analyse, understand and annotate the entirety of Act 4 of The Crucible. This one focuses on the opening of Act 4 up until Danforth’s refusal to consider a postponement of the executions.

This resource is a podcast on The Crucible (page numbers correspond to the Oxford University Press Version) that analyses the language in detail. It can be used by teachers to develop their own annotations and understanding of the text or set as homeworks for the pupils in order for them to annotate their own texts / write detailed notes. Some of the scenes selected in this series of podcasts are most suitable for homeworks as that leaves extended lesson time to focus on the most important scenes in the play. This podcast is part of a series that helps to analyse, understand and annotate the entirety of Act 4 of The Crucible. This podcast covers the final scene of the play from Hathorne’s entrance all the way until Elizabeth’s final line: ‘He hath his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!’