This is an excellent revision resource for students as it ties together all of the main themes and key characters in the play. It can either be distributed to students in its completed form or used as a class activity in which different groups complete missing sections and then feedback as a class. Students love these tables!

A PowerPoint containing annotations for Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ (It is to be used for the Power and Conflict GCSE Anthology.)

A straightforward Scheme of Work for a mixed-ability Year 10 group. It contains a variety of activities that go through each section of Rattigan’s play.

An A3 sheet designed for students to annotate and analyse Old Major’s speech.

A complete model essay comparing ‘Ozymandias’ with ‘Extract From the Prelude’. The topic is the power of nature. It’s on Word so you can edit as you wish.

A detailed PowerPoint to prepare students for a question on morality in Act 1. The resource include 2 versions of student planning sheets and a model introduction, body paragraph and conclusion.

A complete lesson pitched at a Yr 8 or Yr 9 class. It could be used for lower ability Yr 10 also. It begins with revision of language features, tasks are differentiated and there is a body paragraph also.

A cloze activity (and answer sheet) designed to provide an overview of the Enlightenment. It was made to assist the teaching of Blake’s ‘London’.

A sheet containing a list of language features / definitions / examples that a GCSE Literature class should know. A quiz on these terms. An answer sheet to the quiz.

Designed for Year 7 (but adaptable), the lesson is about introducing students to What/How/Why - or PEE). Students need to match up 3 PEE burgers and then write their own paragraph.

Mini-essay scaffolding for the question: How Does Dickens Present Social Responsibility in this Extract? This resource includes: -A very short extract -A differentiated version with key questions -A teacher version with key annotations -A scaffolding table for students to complete.

A table for students to complete which scaffolds an essay about the presentation of Scrooge in Staves 1 and 2. An answer sheet for the teacher is included.

A detailed lesson to scaffold writing an essay about Scrooge’s relationship with money. The lesson includes: A copy of the essay question An annotated copy of the essay question (for teacher) A table for students to scaffold their body paragraph A teacher version of said table (which contains some answers) A PowerPoint that contains guidance on how to create a thesis, introduction, body paragraph and conclusion. A model intro, body paragraph and conclusion.

A lesson analysing Malcolm X’s ‘Ballot or the Bullet’ speech. It was initially designed for a very high ability Year 7 group but could be adapted for Year 8 or Year 9. The detailed PowerPoint visits polysyndeton, anaphora and antithesis.

A detailed, double-sided A3 theme table that covers all of the key information for ‘A Christmas Carol’. It’s well-received by students. It contains key context, significant quotes, and analytical comments.

A PowerPoint lesson that goes through foreshadowing and dramatic irony in Mr Birling’s speech at the start of Act 1. A detailed model paragraph is included.

A lesson designed for just before the class commence the play. It talks through some key dates, the class structure, and ends with a creative writing task.

A detailed PowerPoint (and resources) to scaffold an essay on the theme of men and women in the play. Included within the lesson: A context quiz which covers some of the key parts of AO3 A scaffolded essay table for high ability students An alternative version for lower ability pupils A teacher version containing detailed recommended answers A model introduction and conclusion.

Designed for the beginning of Act 2, this worksheet is a series of tables in which students write quotations and comments to assess their first impressions of each character.

A sheet of key questions to guide students’ individual annotations. (Intended to be used as an activity before going through the poem as a class.)