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From the new Eduqas poetry anthology (for 2025 with first examination in 2027), two detailed lessons exploring Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘Sonnet 29’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on the two part exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti from the Conflict cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

From the new Eduqas poetry anthology (for 2025 with first examination in 2027), two detailed lessons exploring Christina Rossetti’s ‘Cousin Kate’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on the two part exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

From the new Eduqas poetry anthology (for 2025 with first examination in 2027), two detailed lessons exploring William Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on the two part exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

From the new Eduqas poetry anthology (for 2025 with first examination in 2027), two detailed lessons exploring William Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’ from the Eduqas GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on the two part exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

A taster lesson designed to introduce A Level English Language and Literature to Year 11 students which can also be used as an introductory lesson for Year 12 at the beginning of the course. Exploring the topic of speech in drama, the resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 9 slide PowerPoint introducing speech terminology (hesitations, fillers, deixis, prosodics, politeness, turn taking, idiom and pragmatics) and analysing speech in an extract from A Streetcar Named Desire. The lesson includes a starter activity with a speech analysis exercise; an extract analysis activity; whole class discussion; and reflection questions. Opportunities for stretch and challenge are included. A handout with guided analysis on an extract from Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons. Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Language Introduction to A Level English Literature A Level English Language Taster Lesson A Level English Literature Taster Lesson

A series of lessons to introduce students to the analysis of English Language A Level novels through an introduction to and analysis of lexis, grammar and semantics. These resources could be used to introduce English Language A Level at the start of Year 12 or as a taster lesson. The resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 14 slide PowerPoint which guides students through: Lexis (Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) Grammar (Sentence types - simple, complex and compound) Semantics (through analysis of effect) Two worksheets with texts for analysis A lesson plan with very detailed guidance for two or more lessons Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Literature A Level English Language Taster Lesson A Level English Literature Taster Lesson A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson

A taster lesson designed to introduce A Level English Literature to Year 11 students which can also be used as an introductory lesson for Year 12 at the beginning of the course. Exploring the topic of symbolism and metaphor in relation to Les Murray’s poem ‘The Widower in the Country’, the resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 12 slide PowerPoint exploring symbolism and metaphor. The lesson includes a starter activity based on exploring the connotations of objects; a collaborative unseen poem analysis activity; a further written analysis activity; a reflective discussion question; and reflection questions. Opportunities for stretch and challenge are included. A handout with an unseen poetry text (‘The Widower in the Country’) for analysis. A lesson plan with very detailed guidance. Check out my other A Level English Literature resources: AQA Love Poetry Through the Ages Pre-1900 Teaching Unit AQA Love Poetry Through the Ages Post-1900 Teaching Unit Edexcel Poems of the Decade Teaching Unit Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Literature Introduction to A Level English Language A Level English Language Taster Lesson A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson

A taster lesson designed to introduce A Level English Language to Year 11 students which can also be used as an introductory lesson for Year 12 at the beginning of the course. Exploring the topic of Language Change, the resources are not tied to any specification and do not reference any assessment objectives (although these are implied). The following documents are included: A 13 slide PowerPoint introducing the topic of Language Change with references to decline and evolution and to Jean Aitchison’s metaphors for linguistic change (damp spoon, crumbling castle and infectious disease). The lesson includes a starter activity with a word definition matching exercise; a text comparison analysis; a taught discussion activity on the metaphors; a debate; and reflection questions. Opportunities for stretch and challenge are included. A handout with three texts from differing eras for analysis. A lesson plan with guidance for one or more lessons. Check out my other English Language resources: Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language and Global and World Englishes Language Change Language and Technology Language and Ethnicity Language and Social Groups Analysing Spoken Language Child Language Acquisition - Speech Child Language Acquisition - Reading and Writing Language Discourses - Section B, Question 3 Language Discourses - Section B, Question 4 Original Writing NEA Language Investigation AQA Paper 1 Revision AQA Paper 2 Revision Check out my other introductory A Level resources: Introduction to A Level English Literature Introduction to A Level English Language A Level English Literature Taster Lesson A Level English Language and Literature Taster Lesson

A revision lesson (or lessons if you want to do more with the initial card revision activity) for the Edexcel Relationships poetry anthology question for GCSE English Literature. Students will use the enclosed resources to briefly revise the poems from the cluster before identifying the four or five key poems they should revise for the examination. This encourages analytical and evaluative connections. This is best used once the students know the poems well and understand the requirements of this question. Included: Blank revision cards for a starter activity which can be extended into a whole lesson activity (with one card modelled) Poem linking and choice grid with eleven example exam questions Lesson PowerPoint with 18 slides Lesson plan with guidance as to how to adapt this activity across two lessons Check out my individual Edexcel Relationships anthology poem lesson PowerPoints here

Two detailed lessons exploring 'La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'One Flesh’ by Elizabeth Jennings from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'A Child to his Sick Grandfather’ by Joanna Baillie from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'A Complaint’ by William Wordsworth from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Neutral Tones’ by Thomas Hardy from the Love and Relationships Cluster of AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'Neutral Tones’ by Thomas Hardy from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning from the Power and Conflict Cluster of AQA GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The Powerpoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring 'My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!

Two detailed lessons exploring '1st Date – She and 1st Date – He’ by Wendy Cope from the Relationships cluster in the Edexcel GCSE English Literature poetry anthology. The PowerPoint guides students through the poem in the first lesson with detailed annotation guidance, contextual information and detailed questions. The second lesson guides students through an analysis of the poem based on an exam-style question. The lessons will challenge, extend and engage students. Also suitable for students targeting very high grades. Lesson plan included!