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Who do you think holds the power in The Crucible? The Crucible is an allegory that explores the consequences for society and the individual when the authority of government is manipulated for personal gain. This powerpoint offers insight into the various characters through cloze exercises with answers on the next slides. It offers opportunity for vocabulary development and extension. It also discusses issues of truth and justice in the 1950's and the parallels visible in Arthur Miller's iconic

Happy 2022 This start of the year goal setting pack is updated yearly and includes creative prompts for resolutions, goals, growth mindset, creative activities, to promote critical thinking and a growth mindset. The A4 templates are a trifold to make it easy and interesting for students to use.

What's this one about? This PPT is a brilliant teaching resource for creative writing around the topic of ghosts, Halloween and horror. It describes how Shakespeare and Dickens went about it and then gives a 10 sentence story prompts to help you guide your students through the writing process.

An analytical essay on The Crucible - this is an A sample response on the causality of events in The Crucible. Great for teaching students about this analytical essay type! If the students can see and model great writing, they will no doubt produce better responses under examination conditions!

This activity has been written with high school students in mind. It offers teachers the chance to work with comprehension of analytical writing that is so necessarily for students to understand and mirror in their expository examinations. The questions focus on summaries, vocabulary applications and content discussion. My students really enjoy these kind of exercises in about the third week of teaching. It is a great way to help them consolidate their knowledge and test their understanding. Wil

Exceptional student guide to analytical essay writing on Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi! This essay is a PERFECT tool for IB, AP or Honors course students. This resource focuses students and teachers in on in-depth analysis of the novel rather than surface-level comprehension. Yann Martel studied philosophy at Trent University, and this essay helps guide students through some abstract concepts that Martel develops through the novel. I wrote this resource to help students see what is expected of

Compare contrast analytical essay writing samples are so valuable for students. Once they see how it is done, they get it. This essay is one that compares two texts The Shawshank Redemption and Year of Wonders. The resource also provides teachers and students with key prompts regarding how to structure the writing. A PCETAL structure is visible but with opportunities for teachers to unpack and this for students to construct their own writing responses. Enjoy! If you like this sample essay, you

Australian poet? Woman's writer? Or a poet who identified with the Romantic tradition. This is a resource that offers teachers an insight into the identity of Gwen Harwood - a Queensland poet. Importantly, it is also a resource that looks at the notion of identity. Why is a writer labelled or categorised in a particular way? Does it matter to the author how they are perceived? This resource is perfect for the classroom that is discussing identity and belonging and looking to immerse themselves i

Match the events of the story in sequence to really comprehend what happened when in the tragic story of Macbeth. This is a great activity to do with class in pairs to make sure that students are familiar with the story. It is also a great team activity. Give teams a time! How quickly can they piece together the story in an accurate manner?

A perfect way to deconstruct and discuss Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum Est. Why did Owen write this poem? Can you find similes, metaphors, personification and irony? A bitter mood, harsh conditions and yet poignant and tragic in imagery. Get your students acquainted with the subjects of this poetry.

How flexible are your students in working with tense and pronoun changes? This is something that my students struggle with and therefore need solid practice. These excerpts are based on the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry. The exercise has original passages that have been written in first person, present tense. Students are asked to move the verbs into past where appropriate. The exercise also asks them to change the text from first person to third person narrative. It gets them thinking!

These two activities are great for an introductory phase in a unit on War Poets of WWI. Did Wilfred Owen throw a Military Cross into the Mersey or was it Siegfried Sassoon? Did Wilfred Owen dedicate Dulce et Decorum Est to his mother or to poetess Jessie Pope? Get your students comfortable in understanding the background to Owen's writing. Quick quizzes and cloze exercises are great for pair-share work and collaborative learning time.

If you are studying Seamus Heaney, you should download the podcast of the Desert Island interview with this poet in 1989. This resource is a wonderful complement to that interview with questions directly related to the interview and the poet's responses.