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Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 3 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, teaching the literary concept of characterisation through four modern-day mini-scenario tasks and a linked video, then applying it to Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo's drunken plot to murder Prospero.
Art history lesson introducing abstract art and its evolution across 20th-century movements (Expressionism, Cubism, Orphism, Suprematism, Neo-plasticism, and further movements), with harmony/unity focus.
Lesson 11 of a Tempest unit: a guided essay-writing/revision lesson exploring the theme of power across the play, scene by scene, to prepare students for an analytical essay.
A GCSE-level English literature lesson analyzing Benjamin Zephaniah's poem 'No Problem', covering author context, themes of racial stereotyping/discrimination, and content/language/structure analysis.
An A-Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level, Unit 1: Post-2000 Poetry) English literature lesson analyzing Simon Armitage's poem 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass', focused on meaning, form, and the device of allegory.
A social-emotional learning lesson introducing the difference between introverts and extroverts through a slideshow, a self-assessment survey, and group discussion.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 3 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda, the concept of love at first sight, and Prospero's secret manipulation of their courtship.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 2 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the comic introduction of Trinculo and Stephano, Caliban's mistaken worship of Stephano as a god, and the beginnings of the murder plot against Prospero.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Helen Dunmore's poem 'To My Nine-Year-Old Self'.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical, scene-by-scene reading of Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the relationship between Prospero and his daughter Miranda and his servants Ariel and Caliban, and introducing the play's backstory (Prospero's overthrow, Ariel's imprisonment, Caliban's enslavement).
Middle/high school vocabulary resource ('The Language of Educational Art') that introduces 35 SAT-style vocabulary words through daily bell-ringer slideshow activities, intended to culminate in a fantasy narrative writing assignment using the words.
Lesson 10 of a Tempest unit: concludes the analytical reading of the play by examining the meaning and purpose of Prospero's closing epilogue.
A self-paced, video- and text-based micro-learning science lesson teaching factual content about zebras (habitat, stripes/camouflage, behavior, physical traits) for middle/high school students.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'The Map Woman'.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 3 Scene 3 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, teaching the literary concept of symbolism through several real-world examples before applying it to Prospero's illusory banquet and Ariel's harpy transformation confronting Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian.
Social-emotional learning lesson exploring vaping, peer pressure, and personal responsibility through a podcast and a fictional narrative discussion activity.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 4 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, discussing the concept of slavery via a labeled diagram mapping which characters are enslaved to what (Ariel and Caliban to Prospero; Ferdinand to love; Prospero to isolation; Miranda to innocence, etc.), then applying it to…
Teach classification of world religions (universalizing vs. ethnic; monotheistic vs. polytheistic) and profile major religions' origins, diffusion, and cultural landscape features, for a high-school human/cultural geography unit.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Ciaran Carson's poem sequence 'The War Correspondent' (Gallipoli/Balaklava), including its Crimean War and WWI Gallipoli campaign historical context.
An introductory lesson to Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', covering the author's biography, historical context (the Elizabethan/Jacobean era), key literary terms (aside, soliloquy), and Shakespeare's typical four-part plot structure.
A GCSE English Literature lesson analysing the characterisation of Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls, focused on direct vs indirect characterisation and Sheila's arc from privilege to remorse.
A UK GCSE-style poetry analysis lesson on Christina Rossetti's sonnet 'Remember' (1849), covering context, close-reading of language/structure/devices, and extended academic writing (PETAL paragraph) practice.
Introduce students to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in U.S. history through a graphic-organizer activity paired with a linked video/article resource.
A slide-by-slide GCSE English Literature lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, built around the exam assessment objectives (AO1, AO2, AO4).