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A full lesson on Seamus Heaney’s Blackberry-Picking, created for the new EDUQAS poetry anthology (first assessment 2027). This lesson explores childhood memory, nature, and the emotional journey from excitement to disappointment through guided analysis, sensory vocabulary tasks, thesis-style writing, and visually engaging slides. Key Question: How does Heaney use childhood memories and nature to explore disappointment and loss? Supporting Questions: – What is the speaker describing in the poem? – How do the poet’s feelings shift from excitement to regret? – How does Heaney use sensory language to explore disappointment? Now includes one clear slide: The Poets’ Messages and Who They’re Speaking To – all poems summarised on one page with message, audience, and critique. Easy to use, student-friendly, and straight to the point.

A full lesson on Eve L. Ewing’s Origin Story, created for the new EDUQAS poetry anthology (first assessment 2027). This lesson explores love, identity, and emotional transformation through guided analysis, vocabulary work, thesis-style writing, and rich visual resources. Students are encouraged to reflect on meaningful connections and the lasting impact of relationships. Key Question: How does Ewing explore love, identity, and fate in Origin Story? Supporting Questions: – Who are the ‘you’ and ‘I’ in the poem? – What is the tone: romantic, reflective, or spiritual? – How does the poet describe the impact of the relationship? Now includes one clear slide: The Poets’ Messages and Who They’re Speaking To – all poems summarised on one page with message, audience, and critique. Easy to use, student-friendly, and straight to the point.

A full lesson on Simon Armitage’s Remains, created for the new EDUQAS poetry anthology (first assessment 2027). This lesson explores guilt, memory, and the lasting psychological impact of war through guided analysis, vocabulary development, thesis-style writing, and visually engaging slides. Key Question: How does Armitage explore the psychological impact of war in Remains? Supporting Questions: – What event is being described? – How does the speaker’s tone change over time? – What line suggests the memory still haunts him? Now includes one clear slide: The Poets’ Messages and Who They’re Speaking To – all poems summarised on one page with message, audience, and critique. Easy to use, student-friendly, and straight to the point.

Lesson 4 – Actors & Audience Compare the lively behaviour of Elizabethan theatre audiences to modern expectations, with a focus on projection and performance skills.

Lesson 2 – Inside Elizabethan England Explore how society was structured in Shakespeare’s time and how social class shaped people’s experiences.

Lesson 5 – Shakespeare’s Language Break down barriers to understanding Shakespeare’s language through paraphrasing, decoding, and discussion of meaning.

Lesson 7 – Comic Relief and the Fool Unpick the role of comic characters in serious stories and analyse how Shakespeare uses humour to reveal deeper truths.

Lesson 8 – Theatrical Devices Introduce students to dramatic techniques like soliloquies, stage directions and monologues through short performance tasks.

Lesson 10 – Dramatic Irony Analyse how dramatic irony creates tension and audience engagement, with links to Romeo and Juliet and familiar stories.

Lesson 12 – Writing Your Own Soliloquy Support students in writing powerful, emotionally rich soliloquies that express vulnerability and inner conflict.

Lesson 3 – The Globe Theatre Discover the unique design of The Globe Theatre and how its structure shaped the performance experience for actors and audience alike.

Lesson 13 – Conflict in Relationships Explore family and social conflict through character arguments, focusing on the language of tension and power dynamics.

Lesson 6 – Power and the Monarchy Examine Queen Elizabeth I’s leadership and influence, and explore how power shaped Shakespeare’s world and writing.

Lesson 15 – Analysing Language and Structure Focus on Shakespeare’s use of language, structure and rhetorical technique with extract-based close analysis.

Lesson 18 – Comparing Shakespeare to Today Draw connections between Shakespeare’s themes and modern texts to show the ongoing relevance of his work.

Lesson 17 – Writing a Poem Students plan and write their own poem using Shakespearean themes, incorporating imagery, rhyme and emotional tone.

Lesson 11 – Soliloquies – Inner Thoughts Delve into soliloquies as a dramatic device by analysing Macbeth’s dagger speech and uncovering hidden emotion.

Lesson 14 – Short Story – Theme of Betrayal Encourage creative writing through the lens of betrayal, using planning grids and modelled language to guide students.

A full lesson on Beatrice Garland’s Kamikaze, created for the new EDUQAS poetry anthology (first assessment 2027). This lesson explores inner conflict, cultural pressure, and honour through guided analysis, vocabulary tasks, thesis-style writing, and visually rich slides. Key Question: How does Garland explore the conflict between duty and personal conscience in Kamikaze? Supporting Questions: – What decision did the pilot make, and why? – What are the emotional and social consequences of his choice? – How does the speaker’s tone change by the end of the poem? Now includes one clear slide: The Poets’ Messages and Who They’re Speaking To – all poems summarised on one page with message, audience, and critique. Easy to use, student-friendly, and straight to the point.

A full lesson on Gillian Clarke’s Catrin, created for the new EDUQAS poetry anthology (first assessment 2027). This lesson explores the emotional tension, love, and changing connection between mother and daughter through guided analysis, vocabulary development, thesis-style writing, and visually engaging slides. Key Question: How does Clarke explore the complex bond between mother and daughter in Catrin? Supporting Questions: – Who are the ‘I’ and ‘you’ in the poem? – What moment does the first stanza describe? – How has the relationship changed by the second stanza? Now includes one clear slide: The Poets’ Messages and Who They’re Speaking To – all poems summarised on one page with message, audience, and critique. Easy to use, student-friendly, and straight to the point.