Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter eleven of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson provides information about Eva Braun and her relationship with Adolf Hitler. Students synthesise information from the novel with the information provided about the couple to write a diary entry as Eva Braun. This could be used as a creative writing assessment. Learning Objective: Synthesise information from the novel with knowledge about context to write a diary entry as Eva Braun. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Incorporate details about Eva Braun into a diary entry. Silver: Infer details about her from the text. Gold: Add thoughtful and creative details to explore who Eva Braun was. Lesson Outline: Do It Now: Picture of Hitler with Eva Braun. How does this affect your opinion of Hitler? Starter: Pre-reading discussion and questions followed by reading of chapter 11. Activity 1: Mind map to plan for writing. Activity 2: Diary writing task Peer assessment Plenary: Think-Pair-Share - Why has John Boyne included Eva Braun as a character? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

This is a simple match up exercise containing key literary terms that students need to know to study Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I use it as a starter revision exercise or I also set it as homework to have students use it to create flashcards for revision. I have included one page of it in colour and one in black and white. Many of these terms are included on the Romeo and Juliet Knowledge Organiser. Please leave a review - I value all the feedback I receive - and have a look at the other free and cheap resources from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter nine of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson helps students to consider how the Nazis used propaganda in education to influence the population - and apply this to the character of Herr Liszt. Students then consider which subject they would add to the curriculum and propose their reasons in detail. Learning Objective: Analyse how school curriculums were used as propaganda during the Holocaust. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Add a new subject to the curriculum and explain why in detail. Silver: Use persuasive techniques to convince your classmates. Gold: Predict the long-term effect of adding your subject to the curriculum. Lesson Outline: Do It Now: Look at anti-Semitic propaganda. How would people have reacted to it? Starter: Introduction to education in Nazi Germany Activity 1: Read chapter 9 and pay attention to how Herr Liszt is introduced. Activity 2: Design a new curriculum – students make a poster to propose that a new subject be added to the curriculum and give supporting reasons. Student carousel and feedback Plenary: What would the long term effect be of adding your subject to the school curriculum? In 5 years, 20 years, 100 years? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter eight of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson helps students to consider the character of Grandmother and why John Boyne has included her as a character. Students will infer details about Grandmother from the argument that she has with Father and then write a script between Grandmother and Grandfather which they will perform to the class. Learning Objective: Infer details from the text to write a script about Grandmother. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Use scanning and skimming reading skills to find details about Grandmother in the text. Silver: Infer information about Grandmother and her relationship with Father. Gold: Synthesise what you know about the characters with information you have learned about the Holocaust to add details to your writing. Lesson Outline: Do It Now: Discuss with partners: how does it feel to experience conflict with family members? Starter: Read chapter 8 and then students answer comprehension questions in their books. Discuss as a class. Activity 1: Students write a script between Grandmother and Grandfather on their way home from Christmas dinner. Activity 2: Students perform their scripts and peer assess each other. Plenary: What has John Boyne included the character of Grandmother? What is he trying to show? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A detailed knowledge organiser/revision mat to support students studying ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare. It includes the following: Literary terms definitions Structure and form definitions (including iambic pentameter and blank verse) Descriptions of the main characters An outline of some of the key themes. This is an excellent resource to be used for setting homework, quizzing in classes or as a support mat. My students in particular find the relevant literary terms helpful. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed knowledge organiser to support students studying ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck. It includes the following: Important quotes Descriptions of the key characters (George, Lennie, Crooks, Curley, Curley’s Wife, Slim and Candy) Important key words for studying the novel. Literary terms found in the novel. This can be used for setting homework, quizzing in classes or as a support mat. Leave a review and choose any other resource, of up to the same value, for free from the LikeAnExpert shop. I have a whole range of Of Mice and Men revision resources available in the shop and a range of revision videos on my YouTube channel (this is linked to in my shop).

A scheme of learning overview document and end of unit assessment for an introduction to poetry; this unit is suitable for key stage 3 (particularly year 7) to build upon what they have learned in key stage 2. It embeds knowledge of poetic techniques, whilst also introducing them to poetic analysis. All the resources for teaching this scheme of learning are available in my shop (some of them are free!) Please leave a review!

A detailed knowledge organiser to support students in taking CIE 0500 First Language English language paper 1. It includes the following: Key terms defined for reading skills (skimming, scanning, PAFT etc). An overview and suggested exam technique for questions 1, 2 and 3 adapted directly from the mark scheme. The resource is included as a pdf for easy printing and as a ppt in case you would prefer to edit it. This is suitable for any IGCSE students. It is an excellent resource to be used for setting homework, quizzing in classes or as a support mat. Freebies: A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here. Free marking templates for CIE 0500 here. If you find this lesson helpful, have a look at my CIE 0500 Language Paper 1 bundle here or the Language Paper 2 bundle here. If you’re interested in both, there is a combined bundle here which is cheaper than buying them separately. Please leave a review as I value all the feedback I receive, and have a look at other resources available in my shop. **

Marking templates to have on hand when giving students feedback on work for Language Paper 1 for CIE 0500. I keep a stack printed out so that every time the students take an example question, they can stick these into their books for quick, clear and efficient marking. More Freebies: A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here. Free scheme of work overview for teaching the CIE 0500 syllabus here. If you find this lesson helpful, have a look at my CIE 0500 Language Paper 1 bundle here or the Language Paper 2 bundle here. If you’re interested in both, there is a combined bundle here which is cheaper than buying them separately. Please leave a review as I value all the feedback I receive, and have a look at other resources available in my shop. **

An engaging and detailed quiz style Powerpoint containing 40 questions and answers that covers poetic forms and techniques as well as famous poets and lines of poetry. The questions are split into four rounds - each containing 10 questions. This resource would be ideal for use at the beginning or end of a poetry unit for key stage 3 or 4. This could be used as one whole lesson, or as a detailed starter across multiple lessons. 29 slides in total. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert ">LikeAnExpert</a> shop.

A full paper 1 for CIE 0500 IGCSE English Language. This resource includes a full practice paper for Language paper 1 with three texts, answers/marking guide and references. All the questions and answer scheme have been based on the Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500 syllabus and the questions have been worded so that they are similar/identical to the specification paper. The resource is included as a pdf for easy printing or as a word doc in case you wish to edit it. Freebies: A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper One here. A free lesson giving an overview of CIE 0500 Language Paper Two here. Free marking templates for CIE 0500 here. If you find this lesson helpful, have a look at my CIE 0500 Language Paper 1 bundle here or the Language Paper 2 bundle here. If you’re interested in both, there is a combined bundle here which is cheaper than buying them separately. Please leave a review as I value all the feedback I receive, and have a look at other resources available in my shop. **

Two fully resourced and ready-to-teach one-hour lessons which introduce students to the skills of annotating a poem and then writing an analytical PEE paragraph about it. These lessons are designed so that they can be downloaded and taught immediately and all printing instructions are included. The poem used is ‘I am Offering this Poem’ by Jimmy Santiago Baca. This lesson is aimed at KS3 and would be suitable for an introduction to poetry unit - but it could easily be adapted to younger or older students. Students will need to know what personification, similes, alliteration and repetition are already. These lessons include: A 22-slide Powerpoint Differentiated learning outcomes Copies of the poem with a glossary (in both word and pdf formats - for editing or printing). Explanation of annotation A model PEE paragraph Structured peer assessment Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Fully resourced and ready-to-teach 1 hour lesson which introduces students to assonance and encourages them to question why writers use it and what its effect is. Students then write a poem using assonance. This lesson is aimed at KS3 and would be suitable for an introduction to poetry unit - but it could easily be adapted to younger or older students. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Fully resourced and ready-to-teach 1 hour lesson which introduces students to sibilance and encourages them to question why writers use it and what its effect is. Students then write a poem using sibilance. This lesson is aimed at KS3 and would be suitable for an introduction to poetry unit - but it could easily be adapted to younger or older students. This lesson includes: Differentiated learning outcomes An extract from Harry Potter for students to discuss the use of sibilance Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed booklet to prompt students to create their own mini anthology of poetry. This would be suitable for key stage 3 but could easily be adapted for older or younger students. It is included as a word document (for editing) and as a pdf (for easy printing and safe formatting). It includes grading criteria. Please see the accompanying scheme of learning which teaches all the techniques mentioned (similes, metaphors, personification, sibilance and assonance etc). For other English, PSHE and Media activities, see my Like An Expert shop.