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A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 (the opening street brawl and Romeo's introduction), framed around the theme of verbal confrontations/insults.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson analytically reading 'An Inspector Calls' Act 3 Part 1, from the opening of Act 3 to Eric's interrogation (Eric's confession of his relationship with Eva Smith and theft from his father), framed around the concept of remorse.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson analytically reading 'An Inspector Calls' Act 1 Part 3, from the Inspector's entrance to revealing fresh suspects (Mr Birling's confession about firing Eva Smith, and the Inspector implicating other family members), framed around the concept of being human.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson analytically reading 'An Inspector Calls' Act 1 Part 2, from 'An Alliance Between the Birlings and the Crofts?' to 'The Inspector Enters' (the engagement toast, Mr Birling's dramatic-irony-laden speeches, and the Inspector's arrival with news of Eva Smith's suicide), framed around the device of foreshadowing.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson analytically reading 'An Inspector Calls' Act 3 Part 2, from Eric's interrogation to Gerald's doubts (Gerald's discovery that Inspector Goole may be fake, and the generational split over how seriously to take the revelations), framed around the concept of confession.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson analytically reading 'An Inspector Calls' Act 1 Part 4, from revealing fresh suspects to the end of Act 1 (Sheila's confession about having Eva Smith fired from Milward's, and Gerald's affair with 'Daisy Renton'), framed around the device of hyperbole.
A complete set of 11 PowerPoint lessons (framed as 12x2-hour lessons) covering Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet act-by-act for UK GCSE English Literature, with adaptability noted for American classrooms.
A GCSE English Literature poetry lesson (PowerPoint) analyzing Imtiaz Dharker's poem 'Tissue', covering author context, tone, content/narrative, and stanza-by-stanza language analysis.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 2 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, examining the courtiers' differing reactions to being shipwrecked, Gonzalo's utopian 'commonwealth' speech, and the beginning of Antonio and Sebastian's murder plot against Alonso.
Lesson 1 of a Tempest unit: an analytical close-reading of Act 1 Scene 1 (the opening shipwreck scene), building summary/analysis skills and introducing academic essay-writing technique.
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.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 5 Scene 1, the final scene of Shakespeare's The Tempest, teaching a 'Six Paradigms of Human Conflict Resolution' framework (Win/Win, Win/Lose, Lose/Win, Lose/Lose, Win, Win/Win-or-No-Deal) before applying it to Prospero's forgiveness of his enemies, the reunion of Alonso…
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.
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, 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).
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.
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…
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 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 GCSE English Literature lesson analysing the opening of Act 1 of An Inspector Calls through the Birling/Croft engagement announcement, framed around the concept of dramatic irony.
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).
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Leontia Flynn's poem 'The Furthest Distances I've Travelled'.
Lesson 10 of a Tempest unit: concludes the analytical reading of the play by examining the meaning and purpose of Prospero's closing epilogue.
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.