An in depth PowerPoint leading students to explore the opening six chapters of the novel with a focus on character and theme. Designed with the new AQA English Literature A Level Specification in mind. Enough material for several lessons here.

A PowerPoint presentation taking students through the summary question on the new GCSE AQA specification. Sources used are ‘Touching the Void’ and an extract from Scott’s diary.

A starter activity to encourage students to engage with critical views about the ending and play as a whole.

This resource is a colourful A3 activity sheet which takes students through the poem in a way which requires them to think about the effect of Byron's choices, without giving them 'the answers'. Could be used as an independent task as an introduction to the poem or unseen poetry practice, or could be completed in small groups or pairs as a discussion tool. Could also be a useful revision tool.

Created with the new AQA English Language Paper 1 in mind, this is a whole lesson (or more) giving students opportunity to practice the evaluation skills required for Question 4. Includes four fiction extracts, a PowerPoint presentation with lesson details and an activity sheet.

A carousel activity aimed to take a lesson of 1 hour. Using key letters, students answer a range of questions to annotate some of the key moments from the novel. The questions are focused on the Assessment Objectives for AQA A Level English Literature: Paper 2B: Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day (Drama and Prose Contextual Linking) Some comparisons are made with 'A Streetcar Name Desire', but these could be easily edited to the play of your choice. (The letters aren't included, I photocopied the extracts from the novel onto A3 for my classes). You could repeat the activity with different letters.

A detailed presentation taking students through comparison of key areas in both texts, which prepares them to answer a sample question on male dominance. (AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE A (7712/2B) Paper 2B: Texts in Shared Contexts: Modern Times: Literature from 1945 to the Present Day) Includes detailed teacher notes to supplement the information on the slides. Also includes discussion tasks to prevent it being too 'chalk and talk'. You may also like my AQA Drama and Prose Contextual Linking resource, which provides an unseen extract from Carter's 'The Magic Toyshop' and focuses on male dominance. (The sister question to this one on the exam paper).

A PowerPoint introducing the comparison question for AQA A Level English Literature (Modern times: Literature from 1945 to the present day). The question focus is Isolation and the resource prompts discussion and independent thought. I have included in the notes section suggestions for directing the discussions. Includes group activity task and should prepare students nicely for answering the sample examination question.

A PowerPoint presentation designed for the new AQA English Literature at A Level. Information about the novel’s background is provided, links to wider reading and a group/independent task is included too, to provide a varied couple of lessons. It will take me 3 x 1 hour lessons with mixed ability year 12, including an hour for them to work together to make their own links (with guided questions). There are some references to comparison with the poetry, these could easily be replaced with whatever text you are comparing with. If you like this, see my other resources on ‘Rebecca’ too!

A PowerPoint taking students through this important scene. It includes a number of activities including drama tasks, language analysis tasks, creative writing, a chat show and a storyboarding activity. Should keep them busy for a while! I use this with mixed ability year 8 classes, but it might work for lower ability ks4 ( though you might miss some of the tasks out/adapt them).

A PowerPoint presentation designed to take students through analysing the poem independently/in pairs. Questions are focused on the AOs for AQA’s A Level English Literature paper 7711 7712. I’ve included a couple of comparison questions for ‘Rebecca’, but not many and these could easily be adapted for the text you are using as the comparison piece. The focus is on the poem itself, rather than on the novel.

A great pre-reading activity based on Macbeth. Students simulate being in a police investigation and try to uncover the identity of a missing woman based on the things she has said and done. (It’s Lady Macbeth). Students work in groups, in role, which makes for an excellent speaking and listening activity, as well as a great introduction to the play. (It works best when you’ve not done anything with them on the play).

A very visual activity which takes students through comparing the imagery of the two poems. Focused on student discussion and interpretation and leading to a short writing task. An hour long lesson. Created for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2

Two PowerPoint presentations outlining the context of the Romantic period and what came before. Teacher notes included on the notes page. Could culminate in an independent/group research task into the 'big six' Romantic poets.

Three setting-based extracts from the novel presented on A3. Can be used as a carousel activity for students to annotate for language features, or as group annotation activity.

An exam paper based on an extract from 'The Ruby in the Smoke' (Section A, Paper 1 GCSE English Language AQA new spec) Could be used with Key Stage 3 in preparation for GCSE or at KS4 as an accessible Language paper.

This presentation should provide you with an introductory lesson with follow up tasks on writing a biographyl. In light of the new GCSE specifications, this resource is ideal for a KS3 introduction to non-fiction. It includes a link to an actual read online biography and uses this to guide students to research, plan and write their own biographies.

A PowerPoint to help Key Stage 3/Lower ability Key Stage 4 practice questions 1 and 2 of the AQA English Language Paper 1 Reading section. The stimulus material is from War Horse (the questions themselves and the extracts are from another free resource I found on TES). I’ve broken the extract up to allow for discussion and annotation on the board and have popped half of a level 4 response on there to get them going.

A worksheet to prompt A Level/GCSE students to plan and present a 'Jerry Springer' style talk show based on 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and/or 'The Great Gatsby'