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A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Ian Duhig's poem 'The Lammas Hireling'.
A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Vicki Feaver's poem 'The Gun'.
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.
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'.
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'.
A GCSE English Literature lesson analysing Act 2 Part 2 of An Inspector Calls, from Gerald's full confession about Daisy Renton through the Inspector's interrogation of Mrs Birling, framed around the concept of capitalism.
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 guided-essay-writing lesson (PETAL paragraph method) for GCSE English Literature students studying JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls', built around Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Component 1 assessment objectives (AO1-AO4). This unit (5) is an Act 1 assessment focused on the essay question: 'In what ways does JB…
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.
Lesson 12 of a Tempest unit: a second guided essay-writing/revision lesson, this time exploring the theme of slavery across the play through the characters of Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel.
A GCSE English Literature lesson analysing the opening of Act 2 of An Inspector Calls through to Gerald's admission of meeting Eva Smith/Daisy Renton, framed around the concept of patriarchy.
A GCSE English Literature lesson guiding students through Act 2 Scenes 5-6 and Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, centred on the themes of murder and its punishment.
A GCSE English Literature lesson guiding students through Act 3 Scenes 2 and 3 of Romeo and Juliet, centred on the theme of sexism/gender inequality and the legal-religious implications of bigamy.
A guided-essay-writing lesson (PETAL paragraph method) for GCSE English Literature students studying JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls', built around Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Component 1 assessment objectives (AO1-AO4). This unit (11) is a Half-Term Assessment 2 focused on the essay question: 'Trace the different…
A guided-essay-writing lesson (PETAL paragraph method) for GCSE English Literature students studying JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls', built around Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Component 1 assessment objectives (AO1-AO4). This unit (18) is an End-Term Assessment focused on the essay question: ‘Mr. Birling’s…
A GCSE English Literature lesson analysing the characterisation of Mr Arthur Birling in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls, focused on direct vs indirect characterisation as a literary device.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scenes 3 and 4 (Lady Capulet raising marriage with Juliet, and Romeo/Mercutio/Benvolio en route to the Capulet feast), framed around the theme of innocence.
A GCSE English Literature introductory PowerPoint lesson on JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls', covering the author's biography, the play's leading themes, and its leading characters, as a bridge into studying the full text.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson on the characterisation of Mrs Birling in 'An Inspector Calls', teaching direct vs indirect characterisation and applying it to her family/class status, hostility, role in Eva Smith's demise, and symbolic function as an unsympathetic upper-class figure.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson on the characterisation of Inspector Goole in 'An Inspector Calls', teaching direct vs indirect characterisation and applying it to his stage entrance, working-class-coded authority, and his role in challenging capitalism, class, arrogance of youth, sexual exploitation, lack of responsibility,…
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Romeo and Juliet Act 5, Scenes 1, 2 and 3 (Romeo's dream and Balthasar's news, Friar John's failed errand, the deaths at the Capulet tomb), framed around audience regard for the leading characters.
A GCSE English Literature introductory PowerPoint lesson on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', covering the author's biography, key literary terms (aside, soliloquy, plot/climax/resolution), the play's leading themes, and its leading characters, as a bridge into studying the full text.
A GCSE English Literature PowerPoint lesson on the characterisation of Eric Birling in 'An Inspector Calls', teaching direct vs indirect characterisation and applying it to his family/class status, alcoholism, misdirected blame, and role in Eva Smith's demise.
A GCSE/KS4 English Literature PowerPoint lesson guiding students through a close reading and analysis of Macbeth Act 5, Scenes 2, 3 and 4, framed around the theme of insanity/loss of power.