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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 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 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 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.
GCSE Literature: 'An Inspector Calls' Act 1 Bundle This is a comprehensive and educational bundle of seven 90-minute lessons centered around the famous play by JB Priestley.
GCSE Literature: 'An Inspector Calls' Act 2 Bundle This is a specialized set of six 90 minute lessons meticulously designed for studying JB Priestley's classic play.
GCSE Literature: 'An Inspector Calls' The Complete Bundle This offering features an engaging array of 19 individually designed, 90-minute lessons, each encouraging a deep dive into the world of J.B.
GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling is a comprehensive teaching resource aimed to breathe new life into your poetry classes.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Blessing' by Imtiaz Dharker (the file itself spells the surname 'Darker'), covering meaning, language and structure, focused on poverty and water scarcity in Bombay/Mumbai.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Dusting the Phone' by Jackie Kay, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on anxious waiting and insecurity in a romantic relationship.
U.A. Fanthorpe's poem "Half-Past Two," about a child kept after school who does not yet understand clock time, is unpacked slide by slide in a GCSE-level English literature lesson built around close reading and analytical writing. The slideshow opens with learning intentions and a glossary of critical terms (narrator, third person, repetition, portmanteau, emotive language, personification, contraction, oxymoron), then supplies biographical context on Fanthorpe before presenting the full poem text twice for annotation. Stanza-by-stanza question sets walk students through content, language, and structure analysis, including the poem's invented compound words like "Gettinguptime" and "timeyouwereofftime," before a PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) paragraph frame and an extended-response homework task close out the lesson. A model "possible answer" in three bullet points on the poem's tone is included so students can compare their own analysis against a worked example. For another GCSE poem taught with the same PETAL paragraph framework, Vernon Scannell’s ‘Nettles’ offers stanza-by-stanza analysis practice on a different poem.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'A Child to his Sick Grandfather' by Joanna Baillie, covering meaning, language, structure and thematic significance (aging, illness, family bonds).
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'A Complaint' by William Wordsworth, covering meaning, language, structure and the emotional aftermath of a failed relationship.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'An Unknown Girl' by Moniza Alvi, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on identity and cultural belonging.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Belfast Confetti' by Ciaran Carson, covering meaning, language and structure, set against the backdrop of Northern Ireland's Troubles and a riot/bomb-blast scene.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Climbing my Grandfather' by Andrew Waterhouse, covering meaning, language and structure, using an extended climbing metaphor for a grandfather-grandchild relationship.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on seduction, betrayal and inequality between women of different social standing.
A poetry-analysis lesson deck exploring 'Cozy Apologia' by Rita Dove, covering meaning, language and structure, focused on the insecurities and everyday reality of a modern romantic relationship.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Eden Rock' by Charles Causley, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around nostalgia and childhood memory.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around World War 1 and the suffering of…
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Hide and Seek' by Vernon Scannell, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around a child's game of hide and…
A GCSE-level English literature lesson (slide deck) analyzing Beatrice Garland's poem 'Kamikaze': author context, close reading/annotation of the poem text, tone analysis, content analysis, and stanza-by-stanza language-device analysis.
An eighteen-slide GCSE poetry lesson on Vernon Scannell's 'Nettles' opens with author-context biography before two starter discussion slides on over-protective parenting prime students for a first reading of the full poem text. Students then annotate the poem in three line-groups, identifying tone and language devices such as the extended 'regiment of spite' and 'funeral pyre' metaphors, before answering dedicated content and structure questions about the poem's narrative and stanza form. A PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) framework, paired with a PROOFREAD self-assessment checklist, scaffolds a formal analytical paragraph, and the lesson closes with an extension task, a genre/form homework assignment, and plenary reflection questions. Teachers building a GCSE poetry scheme of work can pair this with the same PETAL-based approach applied to a different set text in the Half-Past Two poem analysis lesson .
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Poppies' by Jane Weir, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around a mother's grief for a son who has gone…