<p>A lesson with guided reading activites on Elizabethan daily life and the theatre to help students understand the importance of theate during the period.</p> <p>This will be work both as a history lesson or a pre-teaching lesson for a William Shakespeare play.</p>

<p>A lesson introducing feminist literary criticism theory, race literary criticism theory and gender literary criticism theory.</p> <p>This is aimed at KS3 using extracts from <em>Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda</em>, <em>Happily Ever After</em> and <em>The Hate U Give</em>.</p> <p>THe lesson encourages students to start questioning a text through a critical lense to dig deeper in their analysis.</p>

<p>An entire half-term SoL for the study of the book of <em>Nick and Charlie</em> by Alice Oseman .</p> <p>It includes reading, writing and oracy tasks throughout and explores themes of masculinty, technology, relationships and moving away.</p> <p>Some extracts provided, but not a full copy of the book. SoL is target at Y9+ as the book contains some swearing and explicit language.</p> <p>This SoL could be used as part of wider diverse writers unit or as part of an extra-curricular club or as a stand-alone SoL.</p>

<p>A lesson on Greek Theatre with a focus on its purpose and importance. It includes 2 lessons: a lesson on the purpose of theatre and an activity on tragedy and comedy and a lesson on making Greek chorus masks and choral reading.</p>

<p>An entire SoL focussed on oracy and developing academic discussion. The unit of work zooms in on a different character from a Shakespearean play and looks at them using feminist, race or gender theory to challenge students’ thinking.</p> <p>SoL is easily adaptable to be changed into a reading focus. There is an oracy assessment built in to the slides.</p> <p>Lessons 1-4: build context of Shakespeare and critical theory<br /> Lessons 5-13: A series of extracts which can be taught in any order.<br /> Lesson 14-17: Oracy Assessment planning and completing.</p> <p>BIG Question: WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF HOW CHARACTER AND IDENTITY IS REPRESENTED IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS?</p>

<p>A double sided writing mat on the essay question for the WJEC English Literature NEA on poetry which includes:</p> <ul> <li>a topic sentence creation table</li> <li>sentence starters</li> <li>A WAGOLL</li> <li>Essay structure</li> <li>Paragraph structure</li> <li>Essay tips</li> <li>Comparative connective</li> <li>Proofreading guide</li> </ul>

<p>A double sided writing mat on the essay question for the WJEC English Literature exam which includes:</p> <ul> <li>a topic sentence creation table</li> <li>sentence starters</li> <li>A WAGOLL</li> <li>Essay structure</li> <li>Paragraph structure</li> <li>Essay tips</li> <li>Proofreading guide</li> </ul>

<p>A double sided writing mat on the extract question for the WJEC English Literature exam which includes:</p> <ul> <li>a topic sentence creation table</li> <li>sentence starters</li> <li>A WAGOLL</li> <li>Essay structure</li> <li>Paragraph structure</li> <li>Essay tips</li> <li>Proofreading guide</li> </ul>

<p>A powerpoint exploring life of Alan Turing and Renee Richards and an article exploring growing up gay in Merthyr Tydfil including discussion/comprehension questions and further reading examples.</p> <p>Perfect for English or PSHE lesson during LGBTQ+ History Month.</p>

<p>A booklet to go alongside your reading of * Of Mice and Men*. Includes:</p> <ul> <li>key words;</li> <li>paragraph writing help;</li> <li>context activities;</li> <li>chapter re-cap activities;</li> <li>character profile activities and;</li> <li>a mood/character extract analysis.</li> </ul>