Exploring the role of the pigeon - a video that guides students through creating an essay as a part of first reading or revision of the novel.
This has been really useful for working with high ability students as part of the 9-1 AQA literature GCSE.
A short lesson that allows students to visualise a structure for an essay.
This essay focuses on Romeo and Juliet but could be applicable to any essay format.
A full lesson exploring approaches to the poem Glasgow by Edwin Morgan. This lesson is based on the legacy GCSE but would work well for the 9-1 GCSE with the Unseen Poetry Element.
Students are encouraged to work in pairs, groups and individually to develop responses to a poem seen for the first time.