A three-lesson sequence exploring Alice in Wonderland and the ability to make inferences on character. The lesson explores annotation skills, reading strategies, inference skills, and crafting analytical responses.

A lesson exploring a range of Fantasy fiction conventions and extracts.

A lesson exploring the use of dialogue in Fantasy fiction through exploration of an extract from Harry Potter. Students will then be explored to a new form through an extract study of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

A lesson exploring narrative structure and the role of characterisation during exposition. The text linked to this extract is A Pinch of Magic - the website has a fantastic resource bundle which I use with the lesson.

A lesson exploring archetypal characters in Fantasy fiction (with links to Harry Potter).

An engaging, fully-resourced lesson consolidating understanding of a range of Fantasy fiction characters, such as: Harry Potter, Queen of Hearts, and Gollum.

A collection of assessment resources to assess students on their ability to make inferences on a character in Fantasy fiction.

A document linking to the resources for the Fantasy fiction SOL.

A lesson exploring utopian and dystopian descriptive writing through evaluation of others examples. This lesson focuses on developing different AFL strategies.

Students will craft their subverted fairy tale this week for their end of term assessment. Throughout this week, students will plan, craft, and evaluate their writing by utilising the skills and knowledge developed over the past 6 weeks.

A 7 week scheme exploring Fairy Tales.

Weekly intervention booklet exploring literary characters through academic reading steps.

Resources reflecting on Romeo and Juliet knowledge.

A lesson exploring the characterisation of Scrooge during the exposition of the novella.

A single lesson identifying and analysing the use of animalistic imagery in Of Mice and Men through the character of Lennie.

A lesson exploring how to craft a traditional fairy tale which has been subverted from the norm.

Students will complete a baseline assessment to demonstrate their current ability to write descriptively. This will inform planning for week three and establish the needs of the group. To support marking of this, please use the ‘Whole-Class Feedback’ sheet attached in the week one folder.

Following on from the previous lesson, students will craft their linguistic devices into their writing using a visual stimulus. This lesson covers an introduction to planning, but predominantly focuses on the use of linguistic devices and varied vocabulary (LP1, Q5 – A05 – Strand 3)

A visual guide for all staff to support dyslexic students.

A strategy poster equipping staff with steps to support students with dyslexia.