Literary Fiction KS3 Unit (16 Lessons) - SOW, PPT, Homework, Resources!

A diverse, challenging and detailed unit focused upon literary fiction! This unit has been created specifically to intigrate KS4 skills into the KS3 curriculum to prepare students for the rigors of the new 100% exam GCSE specification. The unit focuses upon exploration and analysis of a range of literary fiction texts including 'Harry Potter' and 'Lamb to the Slaughter' and 'A Christmas Carol'. Creative writing is an additional focus, strengthening students' knowledge of key spelling, punctuation and grammar skills, and their ability to write engaging description.

This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 16 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 99 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (18 sheets)
* Homework project (5 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills
* Mini GCSE-style exams focused upon 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' and 'A Christmas Carol'
* Complete mark schemes for mini exams (suitable for KS3 Levels 3-7, with GCSE 1-9 conversions)

Unit's lessons include:
* Features of fiction and non-fiction; features of literary fiction
* Exploring how setting and tension are created - 'The Woman in Black'
* Exploring text structure - 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime'
* Analysing modern literary fiction - 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'
* Analysing Victorian literary fiction - 'A Christmas Carol'
* Analysing character development - 'Lamb to the Slaughter'
* Mini exams on the above texts
* Word classes and improving sentence structure
* Descriptive writing techniques - writing based on an image
* Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level)
* SPaG activities
* Crosswords
* Teacher/peer/self assessment opportunities