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Reading Intervention Booklet Unit 2
A 6 week reading intervention unit aimed at students in Year 6 and Year 7. Each session involves looking at a short speech on a contemporary topic (topics include homework, school uniform, the environment) working on a range of fluency strategies to develop students’ confidence in accessing the text. Full details are included for how to structure each session. At the start of the unit and in week 6, the teacher should assess students against Rasinski’s rubric to help measure progress in reading fluency.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene 5
Detailed 41 slide lesson analysing scene 5 from A Streetcar Named Desire to over 2 or 3 lessons. Includes detailed analysis of 12 key quotations from Scene 5 along with a blank template for students to explore their own thoughts about the quotations. Includes an analytical writing task based on the episode at the end of the scene.
Tall Feminine Gospels
An 18 slide lesson covering this key poem from the Feminine Gospels collection in detail. Includes discussion of key ideas in the poem, comprehension questions, detailed annotations of each stanza, 2 exemplar analytical paragraphs and extension tasks.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene 3 Notes
Analysis of 16 key quotations from Scene 3 of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Also includes a blank template for students to try and explain the quotations themselves first.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene 4 notes
36 slide lesson looking at Scene 4 of A Streetcar Named Desire over 2 lessons. Contained detailed analysis of 12 key quotations. Also includes a blank template for students to write their own thoughts about the key quotations. Lesson 2 includes the planning for an essay based question on Blanche based on scenes 1-4.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene 6
Lesson on Scene 6. Analysis of 12 key quotations from Scene 6 of A Streetcar Named Desire. Also includes a blank template version for students to explore the significance of the quotations themselves.
Identifying and commenting on semantic fields in Paper 1 Question 2
A lesson that teaches students how to identify and comment on the impact of semantic fields within the short extract in AQA Paper 1 Question 2 and Paper 2 Question 3.
Students will be familiar with zooming in to analyse the key word choices but they can make a more sophisticated point if they can discuss the combined effect of a range of words which are linked semantically.
This lesson gives students lots of opportunities to practice developing this skill using 6 different extracts.
Appositive Phrases for GCSE English literature
Using appositive phrases in your English literature responses will improve the sophistication of your writing. If used correctly, they will impress your examiner. Here are some examples on how to use appositive phrases when writing about the 6 main characters in the following texts:
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Lord of the Flies
Animal Farm
Chain of Events An Inspector Calls Grade 9
A grade 9 response to the following question on An Inspector Calls from the 2022 EdExcel exam:
Explain how the chain of events is important in An Inspector Calls
The Light Gatherer - Feminine Gospels
Lesson looking at The Light Gatherer. Includes an engaging starter, a range of comprehension and exploratory questions, detailed annotations of the poem, high level model paragraphs. Overall, an ideal introduction for teachers who are new to teaching Feminine Gospels.
Also contains a range of essays at bands 2, 3, 4 and 5 exploring the theme of motherhood in the collection.
Beautiful - Feminine Gospels
Lesson introducing this key poem from The Feminine Gospels collection. Includes discussion questions, annotations of each section of the poem, research tasks, comparison tasks and an analytical paragraph to guide students towards producing their own response to the poem.
History - Feminine Gospels
A lesson introducing this key poem from the Feminine Gospels collection. Includes annotations of each stanza, an overview of big ideas and extension tasks.
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Appositive Phrases for English literature
Using appositive phrases in your English literature responses will improve the sophistication of your writing. If used correctly, they will impress your examiner. Here are some examples on how to use appositive phrases when writing about the 6 main characters in the following texts:
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Lord of the Flies
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'Because, But, So' for GCSE English Literature Texts
If you want your students to write better exam responses which demonstrates more depth to their thinking, you should consider using the ‘because, but, so’ method from the writing revolution.
This resource collates a wide range of exemplar ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on the most popular GCSE English literature texts for AQA;
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Power and Conflict
After studying the wide range of models, students should gain the ability to write their own ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs in the same style.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Notes on Scene 11
50 slide PowerPoint with detailed analysis of 10 key quotations from Scene 11 of the play along with critical discussions about the final scene and a band 5 model essay about the ending.
For analysis of key quotations from all scenes, try my bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12899413
A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene 2 Lesson and Notes
Detailed analysis of 16 key quotations from Scene 2 on one handy printable revision sheet.
Also includes a blank version for students to have a go at first exploring the significance of the quotations themselves.
Also contains a PPT exploring the scene.
Sub - Feminine Gospels
A 16 slide PowerPoint that includes an engaging starter, comprehension questions, annotations of key lines in the poem, discussion questions, 2 sample paragraphs to compare and contrast, a task to get students to think about comparing Sub to other poems in the collection and a challenging research task to consolidate ideas in the poem.
The Map - Woman Feminine Gospels
A detailed 26 slide PowerPoint which offers a comprehensive overview of The Map Woman. Includes discussion of big ideas, detailed annotations of all 13 stanzas, exemplar paragraphs, and extension tasks to consider the thematic similarities to other poems in the collection.
The Cord - Feminine Gospels
A detailed lesson that is ideal for teachers new to teaching this poem. It includes an engaging starter, line by line annotations of the poem, comprehension questions, a quotation comparison activity, two example high level paragraphs following by an analytical task looking at the theme of motherhood in the collection.
Themes in The Handmaid's Tale
Revision sheet analysing in detail 5 key quotations for 6 different themes/big ideas in The Handmaid’s Tale. 30 quotations in total. Ideal for exam preparation.