A higher-education deconstruction of Harry Potter as a piece of didactic children’s literature for the injustices in 21st century society. Used with a sixth-form study into morals and messages.
HA terminology / concepts.
A lesson exploring the openings of Gothic novels and introducing students to key texts. The aim is to encourage students to use their own narrative hooks.
Sequence on improving creative writing with the goal of peer assessing the work of others and analysing language choices. A focus on crafting and building better writing. LA-MA KS3.
An engaging lesson which focuses on tackling trickier extracts and vocabulary. The strategies are fully researched and are designed to promote reading independence. The extract focus is a small section of Chapter 7 of Alice in Wonderland.
Learning Challenge: Can I make inferences on a Gothic setting
description?
Skills Tested: Inference and selecting appropriate textual evidence.
Text Focus: Wuthering Heights setting description.
Researched collection of reading strategies to support students in their reading development in a post-lockdown era. The strategies are aimed at secondary school ages, but can be easily adapted.
Would appreciate feedback or tweaks based on effectiveness.
A lesson which introduces students to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ through an exploration of the role of the Prologue. Students are encouraged to think about the role, impact and summary of the Prologue.
A three/four lesson sequence with a focus on science-fiction.
Lesson 1: Identifying and recapping literary devices.
Lesson 2: Crafting literary devices into a description.
Lesson 3: Using sensory imagery.
A lesson introducing students to personification, quizzing knowledge, addressing misconceptions, making connections to pop-culture and including this in their own creative writing.
Always a very engaging lesson.