I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
This dystopian fiction lesson focuses on analysing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyse an extract from Catching Fire.
This lesson focuses on the character of Aunt Lydia, and the concepts of internalized misogyny, and indoctrination. This is the ninth lesson in Dystopia SOW, though it can easily be a standalone lesson. The rest of the scheme is available in my shop for a discounted rate.
This lesson introduces students to the dystopian genre, explores key dystopian concepts and addresses common misconceptions (the difference between science fiction and dystopian fiction).
Students can use this planning sheet and also the interview Q&A sheet to work towards writing an article. This could work in the context of any lesson.
Lesson includes a word of the week (impregnable) with accompanying questions, context on Heaney, Stormont and The Troubles, a first reading of the poem and group/discussion work activities.
Lesson 1: King Cnut and Æthelred the Unready, the Viking presence in England, Edward the Confessor’s early years
Lesson 2: The reign of Edward the Confessor, his relationship with Godwine, the failures of his rule.
Lesson 3: The claimants to the throne after the death of Edward the Confessor, class research and presentation task.
Lesson 1: Focuses on England pre-1066, the reign of Cnut, and the difficulties Edward faced in his early life
Lesson 2: Explores the reign of Edward, his relatioship with Godwine, and the failures of his rule.
The Hunger Games: Lesson Summaries
Lesson 1: This lesson will give students an understanding of subjugation as a concept, and will allow students to detect evidence of government subjugation in an extract of ‘The Hunger Games’. After they have completed some analysis questions, students will be writing their own ‘choosing ceremony’ scene, and peer-reviewing each others creative efforts at the end.
Lesson 2: This lesson focuses on analyzing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyze an extract from Catching Fire.
Lesson 3: This lesson focuses on acts of rebellion in Dystopian Fiction, in particular the ‘berries scene’ in The Hunger Games. The students will detect rebellious/revolutionary language in the extract, and then write their own revolutionary speech against the Capitol and President Snow.
Lesson 1: Plot and Themes
Lesson 2: The pastoral and anti-pastoral
Lesson 3: Fate and Foreshadowing in the early chapters
Lesson 4: Fate and Foreshadowing – self assessed exam response
Lesson 5: Settings as a symbol of Tess’s tragic journey
Lesson 6: How to plan a section B (feedback from lesson 4)
Lesson 7: ‘The Nemesis within’ – to what extent is Tess to blame for her demise? Mapping external and internal influences.
Lesson 8: Critical reception and Victorian morality
Lesson 9: The assault of Tess and critical reviews
Lesson 9 (continued optional extra): The assault of Tess – the laws regarding women in Victorian England
Lesson 10: The Existentialist Lens
Lesson 11: Tess and Existential Crisis
Lesson 12: Comparative Analysis
Lesson One: Word of the Week (Monotony), context and key themes
Lesson Two: Guided analysis of techniques and deeper meanings
Lesson Three: Creation of revision table, and writing of critical analysis paragraphs
In this lesson (7th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!
This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text (excerpt from The White Tiger) in order to prepare students for answering language paper 1 question 3.
Students will watch a video and read an article on crocodiles, and then answer comprehension questions. Students will also build better vocabulary in order to be able to complete a more creative newspaper writing task at the end of the lesson.
This SOW contains 3 lessons each on the following poems: Storm on the Island, Wind, Hurricane Hits England, London, In a London Drawing Room, and Blessing.
Suggested Order:
Week One: Storm on the Island
Week Two : Wind
Week Three: Hurricane Hits England
Week Four: London
Week Five: In a London Drawing Room
Week Six: Blessing
This lesson includes:
Do Now activity with Challenging Vocab
Video task and questioning
Stretch and Challenge
Interactive Research Task with Resources
Discussion tasks and prompts
