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Primary / family

A Child’s Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

These short poems can be shared through the changing worlds of play, weather and imagined journeys. Choose a suitable poem with an adult, enjoy its sounds,...

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Sixth form / stretch

A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen

Domestic conversations gradually expose differences between the roles people perform and the understanding they seek. Follow the significance of a secret a...

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Secondary

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare

Lovers, fairies and amateur performers meet in a forest where appearances and desires become unstable. The comedy gains energy from mistakes, transformatio...

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Secondary / sixth form

A Shropshire Lad

A. E. Housman

Short lyric poems bring landscapes and memories into contact with limits on youth and opportunity. Listen to the apparent ease of the rhythm, then compare...

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Secondary / sixth form

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Linked lives in London and Paris place private obligations inside revolutionary upheaval. Trace recurring images, delayed revelations and doubled character...

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Secondary / sixth form

A Taste of Honey

Shelagh Delaney

Jo’s relationships unfold in a setting where housing, money and social expectations constrain apparent freedom. Attend to the quick exchanges and unstable...

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Primary / family

Aesop’s Fables

Aesop

Short animal stories invite readers to test claims about behaviour through memorable situations. Share one fable at a time, identify the problem before rea...

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Secondary / sixth form

All’s Well That Ends Well

William Shakespeare

Helena pursues a marriage across differences of rank while Bertram attempts to evade it. The title promises closure, but the route to the ending raises que...

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Secondary / sixth form

An Inspector Calls

J. B. Priestley

An interruption to a family celebration turns respectable explanations into contested accounts of responsibility. Follow the sequence of revelations, compa...

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Secondary

Animal Farm

George Orwell

A rebellion begins with promises of equality, but the language used to describe those promises changes as power becomes concentrated. Read the rules, speec...

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Primary / family

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

Anne’s arrival at Green Gables unsettles expectations and gradually reshapes a household. Compare her imaginative naming of places with the practical tasks...

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Secondary / sixth form

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

Competing political and personal loyalties pull Antony between Rome and Egypt. Read reports about Cleopatra against her own performances, and consider how...

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Sixth form / stretch

Apology

Plato

Socrates’ defence presents a relationship between public judgement and a life committed to questioning. Follow how he responds to accusations, distinguish...

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Secondary / sixth form

As You Like It

William Shakespeare

Exile moves the action from a threatening court into the Forest of Arden. Rosalind uses disguise to test ideas about love, while other characters offer com...

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Sixth form / stretch

Astronomy 2e

OpenStax

Astronomical explanations often depend on observations made across distances and times that cannot be explored directly. Start with one question about ligh...

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Biology 2e

OpenStax

Start with the relationship between structure and function, then move towards mechanisms and evidence. This open textbook offers broad reading in biology,...

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Secondary / sixth form

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell

Separated twins grow up with different opportunities while the audience knows the bond they do not understand. Read the musical version with attention to s...

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