First week’s lessons.

A short unit of inquiry about poetry with a focus on dramatic readings, literary festivals and creative writing. The unit follows the MYP curriculum.

First week’s teaching Curriculum scope and sequence Copy of the play

Unit of Inquiry - Student Knowledge Booklet - Year 8

Student Knowledge Booklet

Year 8 Winter term 2 Adventure Fiction & Satire Holes by Louis Sachar Knowledge Booklet with tasks.

I wrote this rap to support understanding of structure, character and characterisation, and context.

Source: Copyright © 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. All rights reserved. The Atlantic Monthly; August 1963; The Negro Is Your Brother; Volume 212, No. 2; pages 78 - 88. I’ve cited this source in my learning experience, which I designed for Year 11 students beginning their studies in language and literature. I really wanted to explore, readers, writers and texts. The lesson begins with a DO NOW, which could be adapted. I’ve included question that reflect the knoweldge areas I am currently teaching. There is an overview to the context in which King wrote his letter. The letter is annotated which helps to model the persuasive language techniques. The task is inlcuded in the resource (2) which is a differentiated written commentary.

A series of lessons on Part One and Part Two of the Stranger. Obviously, the active analysis Socratic Seminars will need to be adapted to reflect your own teaching group. Connected to IB DP Year 1 Intertextuality Paper 2. A complete unit of work with Powerpoints.

A series of ten lessons (PPTS) based on the work in translation: One Hundred Years of Solitude. Learning objectives explore the novel in time and space. Obviously, you’ll need to adapt my active analysis Socratic Seminars to reflect your own teaching group. The assessments focus on Paper two questions in the IB Diploma.

Year 10: Perspective is the position from which we observe situations, objects, facts, ideas and opinions. Perspective may be associated with individuals, groups, cultures or disciplines. Different perspectives often lead to multiple representations and interpretations. MYP key concept: Perspective. Related concept: Point of view Summaries of the Staves. Drill questions. Four extended writing points. Modelled writing. Original copy of the text.

Contents Glossary of Key Poetic Terminology Wilfred Owen: Exposure (summary – form and structure – analysis/context). (DISPLAY WORK) Ted Hughes: Bayonet Charge (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Simon Armitage: Remains (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Jane Weir: Poppies (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Carol Ann Duffy: War Photographer (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Imtiaz Dharker: Tissue (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Carol Rumens: The émigree (summary – form and structure – analysis/context) Beatrice Garland: Kamikaze (summary – form and structure – analysis/context)

A PPT lesson to develop skills in preparation for an assessment on: Do newspapers matter in the digital age? This is an MYP lesson which you could adapt.

A single lesson to explore the concept of culture with reference to Adorno and Horkheimer to develop thinking skills and prepare students for reflective writing.

Is all the world a stage? I’ve put this Year 7 MYP English Language and Literature Knowledge Booklet together using the play, Sparkleshark by Philip Ridley Feel free to adapt the assessments

Literacy week and World Book Week resources focus on: Extreme Reading Extreme Writing Genre Triptych Display Boards

A lesson study of short story writing displayed in the English classroom.

A resource for running an after school club to promote mindfulness. The activity focuses on a Sanskrit chant.

A resource to help teachers promote the competition organised by the English Speaking Union.