Coraline English Literature KS3 SoW

This is a full, engaging scheme of work that explores English structures and techniques, linking to the novel Coraline.

It helps students to develop the skills needed for literature analysis carefully through varied pedagogical activities and application tasks.

All lessons have recall and interleaving based ‘Do it Now’ tasks.

Although there are 11 lessons, often this will take more time that this, getting close to a whole term when combined with the time for reading the book.

• Introduction lesson: used for Year 7 as an introduction to English.

• Lesson 1: The Garden: examining how techniques are used to describe the garden. A PEE paragraph with peer marking assesses understanding.

• Lesson 2: The parents: evaluation based activity after reading part of the book. As students are reading, there is an evidence building activity to complete so that they get in to the habit of looking for useful quotes. There is then a modelled ‘I do, we do, you do’ PEE paragraph task.

• Lesson 3: Creating and effect on the reader. Exploring the pathetic fallacy and personification techniques to create an effect. This links to chapter 2. There is then an application through a story writing activity with peer marking.

• Lesson 4: Annotating to make comparisons: comparing two cats from literature (Coraline and Alice in Wonderland) by using evidence. Solidification of concepts through their application in a PEE structure with leveled feedback opportunities.

• Lesson 5: Descriptions and the effect on the reader. Using quote from the text to explore techniques used to give an effect on the reader of the ‘other mother’.

• Lesson 6: Improving vocabulary. Using adverbs and adjectives, what the difference is and application of knowledge. This structures to support the work moving in to further analysis of English techniques.

• Lesson 7: Symbolism: what it is and its impact on the reader. This looks at sections of the book to explore the symbolism that is used. Leveled work opportunity.

• Lesson 8: Language techniques to convey meaning. Exploring adjectives, similes, metaphors, adverbs, alliteration, verbs. Looking for examples of these and then using them to write a PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) paragraph with WWW/EBI marking descriptor opportunity.

• Lesson 9: The effect of punctuation: exploring quotes and the impact that punctuation has in these quotes. A PETAL and peer marking opportunities as well as a model answer activity with help sheet.

• Lesson 10: Anthropomorphism and symbolism: exploring the meaning of the rats in the text.

Lesson 11: Analyising the meaning of non living components. I do/we do/you do annotation of quotes. Help sheet for students to complete a PETAL paragraph with marking and EBI/WWW opportunities