The Butterfly Lion: English SoW

The Butterfly Lion: English Scheme of Work is comprehensive teaching pack for teaching the class novel. Originally designed for a mixed ability Year 7 class (KS3), this SoW would also be appropriate a Year 6 classroom (KS2). The unit comprises an engaging 109-slide master ppt which takes pupils on a chapter-by-chapter study of the novel. It includes 14x 1-hour lessons and 6x creative ‘Checkpoint Tasks’ that can be set as homework activities or completed in class time. The ppt includes teaching notes to assist in the delivery of this scheme, as well as answers to discussion questions. Additionally, the scheme includes 7 worksheets in pdf and doc x formats to support and scaffold teaching this novel - with the goal of helping students produce an end-of-term essay response.

This scheme is designed to be fun and engaging - catering to a variety of different abilities and learning styles, with creative visual and writing checkpoint tasks, chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, information about some of the settings and references in the books, and links to educational videos helping to make the historical context of the novel come to life. The novel itself - involving a young boy’s travels from South Africa to England and the Western Front, galvanised by his love of his white lion - is guaranteed to be a hit with any young audience.

The unit includes:

• A master ppt with 109 well-presented and easy-to-follow slides.
• Teaching notes, pointers and answers to discussion questions (see notes in slides)
• 14x 1-hour lessons (some of the lessons could be stretched over two lessons if necessary).
• 6x creative Checkpoint Tasks to cater to a variety of learning styles. This can be given as homework tasks or presented as whole-lesson tasks.
• 7x easy-adapted worksheets, provided in doc x and pdf formats to help support study of the novel.