Looking at how to hook a reader in the opening sentence and paragraph of a book. Pair work analysing opening sentences. Success criteria. Discussion what makes a strong opening. Analysis and feedback on extract of strong opening - The Graveyard Book. Writing their own opening. Peer assessment.

Looking at Duffy's reason for writing the poem. Kevin Carter and the Sudan photo. Questions to consider. Exam style essay question with links to context.

Lesson looking at connotation and denotation to help students look for meaning behind language. Extract to discuss and analyse. Model of how to analyse language. Model analysis to go though as a class. Differentiated tasks. Peer assessment.

How to write a strong essay and analyse language from the chapter ‘In the Nursery’ from WIB. Examples of A*-C grade writing. Strong quotes to analyse. Detailed analysis of quotes to model deconstruction of language.

How to find and use quotations. PEE - how to structure an essay. Example PEE paragraph. Essay question. Scaffold for support. Questions for peer assessment.

Four lessons on Sci-Fi Basic overview of what makes Sci-Fi - film clips, discussion etc. Creative tasks - imagining what the future might be like. Creative writing tasks with differentiated success criteria. Inference and deduction - group work analysing a text and working out if someone really spotted an alien! A Martain Sends a Postcard Home - reading and discussing and then creating a description of their own alien.

Close analysis of language in R&J Focus on death scene and themes present. Examples of close analysis of language + opportunity to have a go. Teacher model of top grade for analysis and annotation. Framework for analysis. Sentence starters for weaker students. Differentiated success criteria.

Focussing on getting strong interpretations of the text and develop language analysis. Example of quote to analyse. Teacher model for class to annotate and mark. Ideas to discuss as a class. Framework for answering essay question. Differentiated success criteria.

Looking at basic structure - beginning, middle and end and the drawbacks. New structure that makes writing more engaging. Short Pixar film to watch to note basic plot points. Development is to include more developed points that link to structure. Plan own story. Write engaging opening. Success criteria.

Comprehension KS3 - Tale of Three Brothers - Harry Potter. Inference and deduction. Ranging from easy technique spotting to interpretation and supporting quotations. Example of full mark analysis question.

A comprehensive 32 page revision booklet on ‘Birdsong’ for A-Level. Written around on ‘Aspects of Narrative’ - easily adaptable. Multiple interpretations and possible ideas with promt questions to help engage and develop ideas. Strongest quotes taken from throughout the book to aid analysis. ALAAL (A Lot About A Little) analysis ideas and examples.

Working in pairs to write what our senses would pick up in different settings. Brief analysis of Eel Marsh House as a setting - what language helps develop atmosphere. List of techniques needed for strong creative writing. Differentiated success criteria. Self/Peer assessment.

A 14 slide PPT. Revisiting the tragic events that lead to Eva Smith’s suicide. Creative writing task to write from Eva Smith’s perspective. Mark scheme. Teacher model. Success criteria.

Using Marley’s ghost in A Christmas Carol as inspiration. Analysing what his chain symbolises and why it has been included. Differentiated success criteria. Teacher model. Planning questions. Task and self assessment.

Two lessons for KS3 Persuasive speech analysis - Persuasive speech writing. Using Chief Joseph’s famous speech for something a little different. Lesson 1: Discussion questions to engage class. A little background for context. Chief Joseph’s speech differentiated. Blank and with devices highlighted. List of persuasive features. Questions to aid analysis. Lesson 2: Create a real life hero that would deliver a speech on something powerful. List of success criteria. Reminder of last lesson and Chief Joseph’s speech. Peer assessment.

14 slide lesson looking at how writers open their novels and what this can reveal. Focus on The Road by Cormac McCarthy. How to tackle a text - aspects of narrative. Different opening lines to novels - discussion on what they reveal to reader. Why were they crafted this way. Extract of opening of The Road - link to two aspects of narrative. Analysis of opening and symbolism used. Examples for class of strong quotes. Homework task/class task depending on speed of class.

Focusing on developing detailed and thoughtful analysis of language. Using an extract from The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Re-cap of PQEL structure. Individual analysis of extract - feed back as class. Connotation and denotation re-cap Teacher model Essay style question using skills developed in the lesson.

A really fun way to get students into writing poems! A collection of 23 images to help stimulate ideas for poems. Work in pairs, groups or combine images to create an interesting thread for a narrative! Each slide comes with a list of poetic techniques to include.