POST-READING booklet of ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Academic Reading)

A PRE-READING booklet for ‘A Christmas Carol’ GCSE study.

An addition to the POST-READING booklet (HA Challenge).

A term of instructions linked to the lesson resources (Oak National) for covering Gothic fiction lessons.

A completed Y7-Y11 curriculum map, useful to use as a template for new HODs/Department training.

A collection of weekly grammar sessions for tutor time.

Tracking stickers to use in exercise books to monitor reading development and growth discretely.

A model answer to annotate and live model the thought process of academic essay structuring and a whole class feedback sheet to respond to the responses produced by students.

LP1 analysis of ‘An Unwelcome Appearance’.

A lesson used to introduce the Gothic to a HA KS3 group. However, the document of character diamonds is the perfect diamond 9 for older groups as it references popular culture characters. Laminate the print out and cut them out, ask the students to order characters and think about what makes them popular.

Short sequence for LA group (KS3) building an understanding of how to build tension and why it is important in certain genres of writing. Used before an assessment to prepare students for crime fiction creative writing. Graded ‘Outstanding’ for LA Y8 Observation Lesson.

LA 2-part lesson (KS3)

LA KS3 double lesson.

A MA lesson which links personification to pop-culture and builds towards a descriptive task. Used for a LA class and was the most successful method in understanding personification. (Links to videos are salient to the lesson). Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Lesson plan available on request.

A fully resourced, differentiated and challenging lesson aimed at introducing KS4 to themes in the AQA Power and Conflict cluster. Full lesson plan is available on request. Please check poems which are on the PowerPoint and edit accordingly. This lesson took a lot of time to create and focused on researched strategies and a real emphasis on strecth and challenge. Feedback or suggestions of tweaks would be greatly appreciated.

Students will gain an initial understanding of the genre to support their homework research, which will include conventions and key-terms to be utilised throughout the topic. Students should be informed of their assessment task and informed of the skills they will need to develop over the course of this term.

Formatted labels for classroom resources and trays.

Building on and consolidating knowledge from the previous two lessons, the lesson today explores sensory imagery and how to apply it to descriptive writing. Through the use of soundscapes, students will write creatively and be encouraged to justify descriptions based on just the sense of sound. Students will then green pen reflect on their descriptive piece this week and develop the quality of sensory imagery to meet a purpose.

To develop SPaG, students will explore different sentence types, lengths, and openings to develop the quality of their written expression. To begin with, students will explore the effect sentences can have on the reader, focusing on pace, emphasis, and development of ideas.

Template for class book stickers for split classes/moving classrooms.