Detailed lesson for the AQA Power and Conflict poetry text ‘Remains’. Students read and watch interviews from ex-soldiers to gain understanding of the contextual ideas that may help their understanding of the poem. A series of questions are given to aid students’ analysis of the poem. In addition, an exam style question and Assessment Objective planning sheet is also included.
TEN writing starters for Paper 1, Question 5. Students are given a series of pictures as a stimulus (some of the photography is taken by me!) and a success criteria for each picture. This will help guide their writing and create more imaginative openings using ambitious writing techniques to impress an examiner!
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A full lesson (could be used over a series of lessons) which focuses on the presentation of a Southern belle in the play. The lesson includes:
- Examples (videos and theories) of Southern belles in American novels
- Collaborative LIVE learning using Google Docs. Students will work together to create A0 focused revision notes around Williams representation of the archetype of a Southern belle through the character of Blanche
- In depth quote analysis (Explode the Quote)
Worksheet looking at sentence structures. Students will first look at the definitions of simple, compound, complex and minor sentence. They will then have to identify what sentence type has been used in a series of sentences, ending with rewriting a piece of writing using a variation of sentence forms.
Lesson exploring Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the Blue’. Lesson focuses on students making meaningful comments about the effect language and structure has on a reader. Lesson includes:
word class activity
TSLAP questions to help students analyse the poem
practice question and example answer
AQA Q5 style writing activity
Lesson for Chapter Six of The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will focus on A03, researching into Puritan society and making links with the novel. An exam style question is also included as homework or an extension.
Lesson looking at Atwood’s use of religious allusions in The Handmaid’s Tale. Lesson includes:
-series of questions for Chapter Four and Five
-group task involving students researching into the biblical references used in the novel
essay question
Lesson exploring Chapter 2 and 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Students will analyse how symbolism is used by Atwood (clothing and flowers) to shape meaning. Questions are given for each chapter and task.
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Lesson designed for Y11 ESL but easily adapted. Students will explore meditation and how it can be a stress reliever for celebrities like J Cole. Lesson also includes:
-Spelling test
listening task
debate question
meditation activity
Three writing starters for AQA English Language Q5. Students are given a success criteria of language and structural techniques to help make their writing more creative and ensure they are including devices that will impress the examiner.
A writing starter for AQA English Language Q5. Students are given a success criteria of techniques to help make their writing more creative and ensure they are including devices that will impress the examiner.
A detailed lesson breaking down, in a step by step format, how to tackle the English Literature question on 'An Inspector Calls'. Students will break down an example answer and attempt their own. Lesson includes success criteria and peer assessment.
Why don't you make your classroom displays more productive with these colourful, easy to understand posters breaking down the English Language Assessment Objectives.
* Assessment Objectives are based on the Edexcel IGCSE, however it can be adapted easily to suit your exam board.
'The Sign of Four' booklet, including 7 exam style questions. The booklet also includes space for students to plan, write and self/peer assess work, as generic feedback sentences have been provided. There are also opportunities for students to rewrite their response using the feedback given.
Lesson focusing on Chapter Two of the novel. Students learn how to make comparisons between the setting (Justice Strauss and Count Olaf’s house). The lesson includes:a
literacy task looking at discourse markers.
comprehension questions for the chapter
differentiated questions to help students make comparisons between the two settings
comparison task
homework task
PEEDC (point, evidence, explanation, development and a comparison one too) posters to use as classroom displays or as flashcards for students to help write a successful PEE paragraph.
Full lesson that aims at students writing a leaflet, including an exam style question (Q5) . To engage students, the subject area focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis.
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.