Introduction lesson for conflict poetry.
Lesson includes:
questions to aid class discussion about different types/topics of conflict poetry
students using extracts from different poems to develop their understanding of the different topics that could be explored in conflict poetry
group activity involving students creating their own conflict poem using words from ‘Where is the Love?’ by The Black Eyed Peas
As it’s International Women’s Day, I thought it would be fitting to create an exam paper to celebrate :oP.
Sources from Mary Wollstonecraft’s ‘A Vindication of the rights of Women’ and Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the UN Youth Takeover.
Enjoy! Let me know how it goes :o)
Detailed lesson looking at the presentation of witches and their role in the play ‘Macbeth’. Lesson includes:
-spelling test
-guided questions to help students analyse the scene
-explode the quote language analysis task
-homework tasks (my YouTube video focusing on the context and exam question)
Detailed PowerPoints focusing on question 1 and 2 of the English Language Paper 1 examination.
Lesson 1: Introduction into English Paper 1, using an extract from 'The Hunger Games'
Lesson 2: Understanding the differences between implicit and explicit information using 'The Hunger Games' and visual aids.
Lesson 3: Group based lesson/activities focusing on language techniques
Lesson 4: Breakdown of Question 2 using 'The Sign of Four'
Lesson 5/6: Understanding more ambitious language techniques, such as antithesis and Satire using 'Tale of Two Cities' and 'Animal Farm'.
Lessons provide scaffolding for lower ability students, including sentence starters and activities to suit needs of different abilities.
A set of homework tasks for ‘Macbeth’. This includes:
- literature exam style questions
-other exams questions using ‘Macbeth’ as a stimulus, e.g. using a scene from Macbeth to look at how structure interests a reader (Question 3 of the English Language Paper 1)
Detailed lesson looking at AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3. The lesson includes:
-class structure game
-revision flashcard
-2 Jekyll and Hyde extracts (class work and homework) with guided questions
Useful worksheet for A-level students. Students will use questions focused around the Assessment Objectives to provide more effective revision notes.
Lesson idea:
Add document to Google Docs
Put students into pairs and give them a different AO question to focus on
Sit back and watch the students work! View their responses live on Google Docs and provide questions to aid them when necessary
At the end of the lesson, the students would have positively collaborated to create revision notes.
An English Language Mat that students can use each time they want to tackle section A of the English Language Paper 2 paper. It breaks down each question into steps to help answer the questions successfully. It also lists techniques and connectives they can use to help with question 2-4.
Introductory lesson for 'The Sign of Four'. The lesson breaks down the English literature paper and the Assessment Objectives for the exam. Students will then act as detectives using images, video clips and a summary of the novel to make their own predictions of the novel.
A series of questions for students to complete exploring the social, historical context of the novel. The workbook has website links to help students and extended writing tasks to complete.
The workbook looks at the following areas:
- Crime and policing
-Jack the Ripper
-Class
-British Empire (importing and exporting)
-Women
-Drugs
Questions for each act of 'An Inspector Calls', with an exam question for act 3.
To stretch pupils, most questions require them to make their own interpretations of characters and the language they use. In addition, questions focused on Priestley's use of dramatic irony and foreshadowing.
English Language Paper 1 exam paper and feedback lessons, using the Inspector from 'An Inspector Calls'. Lesson breaks down each question and offers example paragraphs to help students' understanding. Mark schemes are also included for students to peer/self-assess.
Exam paper can be found for FREE on my TES Shop.
Series of detailed lessons for Passage to Africa.
Persuasive writing and context lessons:
Students will act as 'Save the Children' and research into the issues affecting the lives of those in Somalia due to the war (research pack provided). They will then write a persuasive speech to the Prime Minister using the research that they have learnt. This can be taught over a series of lessons.
Activities led to really interesting and insightful discussions, and students developed a more insightful understanding of the issues that affect their world :o)
Nice idea to extend learning outside the classroom:
- letters could be sent to the MP
-speaking and listening activities
-assembly presentations
(A VARIATION OF THIS LESSON FOCUSING ON THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS CAN BE FOUND ON MY TES SHOP FOR FREE AND IS A TES RECOMMENDED LESSON)
Descriptive Writing Lesson:
- Quiz testing students understanding of language techniques
- Stimulus (focusing on famine in Somalia) for creative writing with step-by-step success criteria
- Example answer to help students write a successful response
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Analysis Lesson:
-Lessons unpicking the language and structure of the text. Students will work together to identify key techniques and the effect of these.
-Exam style question provided with step by step instructions on how to approach the question. Student example also given to help student write a more successful answer.
Detailed lesson considering the role Mr Birling plays in the death of Eva Smith, making links with the context (working women in Edwardian Britain).
Lesson includes:
- AQA Question 1 (starter) and Question 4 (extension) revision tasks
- 'Explode' the quote activity
Activity getting students to identify the persuasive techniques Martin Luther King Jr. uses in his 'I Have a Dream' speech. Two example PEE paragraphs are also included for students to compare.