Mini unit of work designed for KS3 with a focus on the development of reading skills.

Series of lessons designed for KS3/4 with a focus on the development of reading skills.

Part of a detailed timeline style unit of work on Gothic Fiction. This is the first of two lessons on Stephen King's 'The Shining'. Includes PPT, worksheets and extracts. Suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

Lesson focused on identifying the central metaphor in a poem before creating your own metaphor poem.

A lesson that focuses on Gonzalo's imagining of an ideal society. Pupils explore the presentation of Gonzalo and his idea of the perfect society in comparison to Prospero and his own use of power on the island.

A lesson designed to develop the understanding and use of metaphor, simile and personification in creative writing.

Part of a detailed timeline style unit of work on Gothic Fiction. This lesson introduces students to common Gothic settings. Suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

Activity based around Act 5, Scene 1 of Macbeth, where students create a medical report on Lady Macbeth's behaviour.

Series of lessons based around the development of creative writing skills - using the setting of Chernobyl as the stimulus.

Series of lessons designed for KS3/4 with a focus on the development of reading skills.

Part of a detailed timeline style unit of work on Gothic Fiction. This lesson focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'. Includes PPT, worksheets and extracts. Suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

Series of lessons designed for KS3 with a focus on the development of reading skills.

Two lessons focusing on the analysis of language and structure of Beatrice Garland's poem 'Kamikaze'.

Revision resource designed for students to make like links between all key characters through quotations, themes and symbolism.

A lesson designed to develop the use of imagery (metaphor, simile, personification) in writing.

Introductory lesson to Seamus Heaney's poem 'Storm on the Island'. Lesson is designed to be an unseen analyses lessons with guided statements to support learning.

Full sequence of lessons on ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’. All lessons include knowledge retrieval tasks, key vocabulary, positioning and extract analysis and links to critical theory.

Part of a detailed timeline style unit of work on Gothic Fiction. This is the third of three lessons that focus on Gothic elements in Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet', 'Macbeth' and 'Hamlet'. Includes PPT, worksheets and extracts. Suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

AS/A level lesson designed to introduce student to the concept of feminism in literature. The lesson begins by developing an understanding of ideas surrounding feminism and the problems identified through stereotypical perceptions of female characters in literature and film. A focus then shifts to exploring the feminist aspects within D.H. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.

The fifth of a five lesson mini unit of work that uses extracts from Malleus Maleficarum to link key ideas explored in 'Macbeth'. Designed for Year 7 but suitable for any Key Stage Three class.