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A guide to co-teaching our AS and A Level English Literature specifications.
This guide focuses on The Duchess of Malfi, listed for study in section 2, component 01: Drama and Poetry pre-1900.
This guide focuses on the text A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen listed for study as part of A Level English Literature component 01: Drama and Poetry pre-1900.
This guide focuses on the poems of Christina Rossetti listed for study in section 2, component 01: Drama and Poetry pre-1900.
This guide focuses on the play Private Lives by Noel Coward, listed for study in AS English Literature component 02, section 1: Drama and Prose post-1900.
This guide introduces the concept of close reading and approaches to unseen texts
This guide focuses on task 2 of 'The Gothic' topic area listed for study as part of the A Level component 02: Comparative and contextual study.
This guide focuses on the 'women in literature' topic area listed for study as part of the A Level comparative and contextual study (Component 02).
This guide will help teachers plan for and teach approaches to American literature by giving guidance on key concepts and suggesting classroom activities.
This activity is designed to introduce the 'Women in literature' topic through variety of engaging tasks.
A presentation to support teachers in running the 'Women in literature' activity.
Useful guidance for teachers to help them introduce and run the 'an introduction to women in literature' activity.
This activity focuses on close reading skills.
This document gives teachers additional background information for the close reading skills activity.
This activity is designed to introduce the topic of dystopia through variety of engaging tasks.
Useful guidance for teachers to help them introduce and run the dystopian literature activity.
This activity focuses on different ways of looking at language in Shakespeare's plays.
This document seeks to introduce some skills of close reading of Shakespeare’s plays.
This activity focuses on managing comparison and question choice in the examination.
This document gives teachers additional background information for the managing comparison and question choice in the examination activity.
This activity focuses on using contextual information at A Level.
This document gives teachers additional background information for the using contextual information at A Level activity.
A guide with activities for teachers to use with students to develop their understanding of the assessment objectives.
Useful guidance for students to help them meet the AO5 criterion.
The guide provides a general introduction to the differences in the two models (linear versus modular) across GCSE and A Level English and the impact on you as a teaching professional.
A useful guidance for teachers to support them in setting their own mock papers.
A suggested scheme of work for those teaching Mrs Dalloway as the drama text for H072/02.
A suggested scheme of work for those teaching Nineteen Eighty-Four as the prose text for H072/02.
A suggested scheme of work for those teaching The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories as the prose text for H072/02.
A suggested scheme of work for those teaching The Great Gatsby as the prose text for H072/02.
A suggested scheme of work for those teaching The Reluctant Fundamentalist as the prose text for H072/02.
This activity supports the teaching of Mrs Dalloway for OCR AS Level English Literature component 02.
A suggested lesson plan for teachers introducing Nineteen Eighty-Four to their students.
A suggested lesson plan for teachers introducing The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories to their students.
This lesson element supports the teaching of Great Gatsby for OCR AS Level English Literature, Component 02.
This activity is designed as an introduction to key themes and aspects of language and form in The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
This activity is designed to explore ideas of personal identity in the novel and then the representation of Changez’s work at Underwood Samson.
Find guidance on key concepts and creative approaches to delivery with activities in our delivery guides.
Create and export your own schemes of work based on specification statements and our new teaching and learning resources.
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