I have been teaching English for 16 years in the state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. I am also an Examiner so specialise in producing high level, tactical resources with excellent knowledge content for students, especially at GCSE and A Level.
I have been teaching English for 16 years in the state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. I am also an Examiner so specialise in producing high level, tactical resources with excellent knowledge content for students, especially at GCSE and A Level.
Includes important extracts from each chapter, key quotations from the whole novel, and a list of context presentations for students to research. Also includes a ācoursework guidanceā sheet if comparing Gatsby with another text for coursework (includes over 20 possible essay questions and partner texts).
Everything you need to teach the novel: detailed and thorough context, critical views, key quotations, symbols and themes and a suggested approach to the exam to help students structure their answers effectively.
AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 - includes an extract from Morrisonās āThe Bluest Eyeā. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a choice of two writing tasks for Section B.
AQA GCSE Language Paper 2 - includes a 21st century account of an ascent to Everest (from āThe Everest Disasterā) combined with a 19th century account by Isabella Bird of her ascent of Longās Peak in the Rocky Mountains. All questions in the style of the exam. Includes 4 language analysis questions for Section A modelled on the specimen paper and a leaflet writing task for Section B.
Detailed essay plans, key poetic techniques, context and critical readings for John Donneās poetry. Essential knowledge for the exam, concisely put together as bullet pointed crib sheets.
Everything your students need to know for the exam. Detailed key context (3 sides), key quotations for them to learn, as well as a suggested essay structure for how to approach the exam. Also includes 20 practice exam questions as well as essay plans to give students a starting point/spark ideas off for class discussion. Includes comparison to 'Frankenstein' but also useful if teaching 'Handmaid' with a different text or on its own.
Detailed context for the novel including Victorian legislation, Chartism, Reform Acts and critical views on the novel including Rigby's review. Everything students need to know for context.
Detailed essay plans including quotations, context and critics as well as introductions and conclusions for the following four questions on āHamletā:
Explore Shakespeareās treatment of moral responsibility in Hamlet.
Examine the dramatic importance of Gertrude and Ophelia in Hamlet.
āIn his presentation of royalty in Hamlet, Shakespeare could be accused of undermining the political and social values of his time.ā Explore this view of Hamlet
āFrom first to last, there is an overwhelming air of decay.ā Examine Shakespeareās presentation of the theme of decay in Hamlet
Five detailed lessons on engaging PowerPoints around the myth of Hercules and his Labours. Includes grammar time, spellings and oral drill for each lesson as well as writing an information leaflet guidance and a character in role speaking and listening activity.
English Language Paper 2 Exploring Effects and Impact. OCR practice exam paper. Extracts from 'The Bluest Eye' by Toni Morrison and 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte. Complete set of Section A questions (including a strategic approach for how to answer them) as well as two imaginative tasks for Section B.
Full lesson on The Jaguar including:
Do Now
Creative starter activity
Guided analysis of the poem focusing on identifying techniques and exploring their effects
Plenary
Full lesson on The Horses by Ted Hughes. Includes:
Do Now
Creative writing mini practice
Guided analysis of the poem focusing on identifying techniques and analysing their effects
Plenary
Everything your students need to know about the context for the novel. Split into sections: religious fundamentalism, feminism and the New Right, literature influences and Atwood's own words. A Level Literature essential.