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A Level English Language Social Variation - Age and Social Groups Theories
Fully resourced scheme of work for A Level AQA English Language Social Variation
Age Theories
Social Groups Theores
**8 lessons of powerpoints with tasks on the powerpoints. **:
Lesson 1 - Intro to Social Variation: idolect/sociolect
Lesson 2 - How does age affect language use? Theories of age.
Lesson 3 - Slang / Michael Rosen Podcast / Jonathan Green’s ideas of slang
Lesson 4 - Slang / Stenström’s Teenage Talk / Research into slang usage / Ives / Teenspeak and textspeak
Lesson 5 - Defining age - Eckert and Chesire’s ideas / AO2 critiquing studies
Lesson 6 - Multi-Modal Language / Textspeak & teenspeak / Is text speak killing language? Ted Talk from John McWhorter / Thurlow’s Sociolinguistic Maxims (2003)
Lesson 7 - Jenny Chesire’s Reading study / AO2: Evaluate and Critique skills
Lesson 8 - Jocks and Burnouts - Eckert’s study / AO2: Evaluate and Critique skills / Copeland’s code-switching.
Also includes many example A Level questions.
Very helpful for A Level English Language teachers or students.
The Tell Tale Heart
KS3 Gothic Literature Reading - The Tell Tale Heart
6 lessons examining how Poe uses language in the Tell Tale Heart:
Reading
Examining Gothic conventions
Language analysis - use of punctuation, repetition, imagery, first person unreliable narrator
How does Poe present Madness?
Writer’s message
KS3 Speeches Fully Resourced Scheme of Work - 21 lessons
KS3 English Scheme: Speeches of Power and Protest
Can be used with Year 7 / 8 / 9 depending on ability. Can be adapted for your group also. Resources include some for LA/HA.
21 lessons fully resources with worksheets, powerpoints and fully anthology of speeches.
Developing both reading and writing skills.
First 12 lessons focus on Reading
Last 9 lessons focus on Writing
Topics by Week:
Week 1: Introduction to Rhetoric (Rhetorical methods / appeals to pathos/logos/ethos)
Week 2: Influential leaders (MLK / Churchill / Obama / Nelson Mandela)
Week 3: Contemporary Protests ( John Boyega / Emma Gonzalez / Malala)
Assessment 1: How does Malala use language to persuade her audience?
Week 4: Empowering Women (Elizabeth I / Emma Watson / Sojourner Truth / Suffragettes )
Week 5: Climate Change (Sir David Attenborough / Leonardo DiCaprio / Greta Thunberg / Obama / Writing Assessment)
Assessment 2: Writing to persuade: views on climate change
The Girl of Ink and Stars - Full Scheme of Work Year 7/8
The Girl of Ink and Stars - Full Scheme of Work Year 7/8
12 lessons (20 hours of learning)
Character
Setting
Plot
Exposition
Language Analysis
Genre - Bildungsroman
Non-Fiction Writing - Letter and Journal
Writing tasks
A Level English Language Original Writing Coursework Lessons Speeches Monologues Travel Writing
A Level English Language Original Writing Coursework Lessons:
Introduction to Original Writing Coursework Lesson
3 x Political Speeches Lessons
3 x Dramatic Monologues Lessons
3 x Travel Writing Lessons
Including many examples of style models and tips on how to write their own.
KS5 AQA English Language A Level
Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Annotations
Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Annotations GCSE Poetry
Christina Rossetti - Full A Level Scheme of Work - English Literature
Christina Rossetti - Full A Level Scheme of Work - English Literature
Edexcel
Lessons on all poems including annotations and contextual information.
A Level English Language Original Writing Coursework Commentary Lessons
A Level English Language Original Writing Coursework Commentary Lessons
What to include
Step by step how to write a commentary
How to meet the AOs
Some examples
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron (GCSE Poetry)
2 x Full lessons on She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron.
Part of the GCSE Eduqas Poetry Anthology.
Lesson includes:
Title predictions
Poet context
Romanticism context
Poem reading
Understanding of the overall meaning
Quick quiz about content / context
Analysis of key quotations from the poem
Understanding the form and structure
Writing task - ‘How does Bryon display his admiration of women?’
Eduqas KS4 A Christmas Carol Full Term (45 Lessons) including Language Paper 2 Resources
Context infused GCSE English Literature A Christmas Carol scheme
Split across a whole term (Autumn term works well).
45 lessons of in depth analysis of the whole novel, including 5 lessons on Language Paper 2 covering themes evident in the novel: Homelessness, Charity, Shelter, Poverty, Ragged Schools etc.
2 weeks of context lessons on The Victorian Era, Victorian Authorities, Social Classes, Industrial Revolution, The Poor Law, Crime in 1800s, Thomas Malthus, Ragged Schools, Sabbatarianism, Workhouses, Charles Dickens’ upbringing, 19th Century Religious Views.
Stave 1: How Scrooge is presented, Bob Cratchit, Interaction with charity workers, Interaction with Fred, Marley’s Ghost.
Stave 2: The Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge’s childhood and seeing Fan, Fezziwig, Belle.
Stave 3: The Ghost of Christmas Present, Abundance of Food, Greed in 19th Century London, The Cratchits’ Christmas, Parallel Scenes: The Lighthouse, The Miners, Fred’s Christmas, Ignorance and Want, Analysis of Poverty across the whole text.
Stave 4: The Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come, Context: Grave Snatching, Old Joe and Mrs Dilber, The family in debt, Scrooge’s Grave, Redemption.
Stave 5: Analysis of Stave 5, How Scrooge has changed, Comparison to Scrooge at the start vs end.
The Whale Rider - Chapter 4 Summary & Key Quotations & Context
The Whale Rider - Chapter 4 Summary & Key Quotations & Context
Narrative perspective of the chapter
Summary of key events of the chapter
Up to 20 key quotations from the chapter
Contextual links for the chapter
Authorial intent for the chapter
KS3 The Crucible by Arthur Miller Fully Resourced Scheme
KS3 The Crucible by Arthur Miller Fully Resourced Scheme
Aimed at Year 8/9, covers reading of the whole play:
Plot
Characters
Themes
Language analysis
Writer intent
Conventions of a play
Stage directions
Witch Trials
Pendle Witches
Salem Witches
Context
McCarthyism
Modern day hysteria
Fully resourced
2 Assessments
Mark Schemes
Example answers
AfL resources
The Whale Rider - Themes Overview
An explanation of all themes for Edexcel iGCSE Literature: The Whale Rider
Christina Rossetti - Up-Hill Annotations
A Level English Literature Named Poet - Christina Rossetti
Full Annotations:
Up-Hill
Eduqas Poetry Anthology Fully Resourced ppts and booklet - all poems
KS4 English Literature - Eduqas Poetry Anthology
Full set of lessons on every poem
2 lessons per poem
Lesson 1) includes context / poet information / a copy of the poem / AO1 meaning of poem
Lesson 2) Tasks allowing for analysis of language, form and structure / poet’s intent / writing tasks
Booklet for students - pdf and word document
Booklet has a space for every poem for students to fill in context/poet/meaning and has key quotations and context for each.
Prayer Before Birth Annotations by Louis MacNeice Poetry GCSE
Prayer Before Birth by Louis MacNeice Annotations GCSE
Edexcel iGCSE English Literature
Half Caste by John Agard Annotations
Half Caste by John Agard Annotations
GCSE Poetry
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Context
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Context:
Aestheticism
Hedonism
Dandies
Wilde’s Parents
Hellenic ideal
Importance of reputation to 19th Century middle class society
Robbie Ross and Wilde – double life
Initial reception of DG by critics
Wilde and Stoker friendship
Cleveland Street Affair – Blackmail and Scandal
Influence of Friedrich Nietzsche
Literary Context
Decadent Gothic / Urban Gothic
Remember by Christina Rossetti Annotations iGCSE
Remember by Christina Rossetti Annotations iGCSE
Rossetti Annotations: Apple Gathering
A Level English Literature
Christina Rossetti - Full Annotations: Apple Gathering