Our favourite KS5 resources

A set of quotations for students to group into categories of their own choosing. Page numbers relate to the Faber (2008) edition.

Advice about planning and writing an essay on Othello for AQA English Language and Literature (Spec A, Unit 2, Section B).

Transcript of a conversation between visitors and guides at a tourist attraction, with tasks, independent investigation and commentary.

Working in groups, create a map with dates and journey lengths (in order) and extend your understanding of the framework of The Canterbury Tales.

A series of activities focusing on voice in Auden's poem.

A summarising worksheet giving a selection of tasks to help refresh students' undertanding of Carter's methods.

Tackle the two texts with this useful introductory PPT. Includes a variety of tasks - group work, sequencing, characters, attitudes.

A grid which allows tracking across the stories and highlights themes, characters, genre and intertextuality. (Of particular use to students of AQA Specification B Literature: Unit 3 Elements of the Gothic.)

Three linked timelines to clarify Friel's approach to history.

A brief, representative extract for each narrator plus a style extract to prompt students to annotate, analyse and discuss.

This is a series of lessons to cover key areas such as context, character, setting etc. Includes suggestions for differentiation and promoting independent learning as well as links to the AQA text book. (N.B. Grid worksheets are designed to be blown up to A3 size.)

A useful presentation. Students can be given handouts of the PowerPoint and asked to relate each part of the presentation to something in the play (and provide quotations).

Teachers' notes and a range of worksheets for comparing either Mansfield Park or Pride and Prejudice with The Jane Austen Book Club. Aimed at producing a piece of coursework (ideal for English Literature AQA Specs A & B.)

A set of cards for exploring the contextual background for language change over time.

A handy guide to areas of focus or extracts for study within each chapter, with some suggested tasks.

Searching questions for detailed discussion / notes.

Prompt questions, essay titles and points for discussion and analysis. Page numbers refer to Penguin (1992) edition.

Some pre-reading and first chapter questions. Page numbers refer to the Vintage edition.

Activities to help students get to grips with this packed opening chapter.

A table for students to complete.

Brilliant thumbnail sketch of the main lit. crit. theories.

A sequence of lessons designed to help students develop an understanding of the changing face of literature.

Match the writer to the appropriate genre. First in this sequence of lessons (see teaching notes). Teachit Interactive Flash matching activity available.

Pastoral conventions and Marvell's poetry - students' notes.

Stimulus for open discussion or open evening display.

A list of modern novels with descriptions and recommendations. Suggestion for presentation at end. Compelling reading - and useful too!

Exploiting phonological effects in texts (focus on advertising slogans).

Activities - involving Percy Bysshe Shelley and an alleged murder - to engage students in critical textual analysis.

An introduction to discourse and register, with tasks for students to complete.

Useful guidance on how to tackle a class presentation.

Comprehensive literary, contextual and critical crib sheet.

Note: need the Degas painting - online link provided.

25 tricky literary questions for year 12 or year 13.

A team game!

Teacher's 'cheat sheet' and student activity.

Compare and contrast Shakespeare's treatment of Coriolanus with Plutarch's account (provided, with prompt questions). Very thorough.

Examples of how to quote effectively.

Activities and essential information (useful for preparing practical criticism or any set text).

Hints for producing a good quality essay.