Coram Boy GCSE Full Unit of Work & additional resources

This bundle contains 19 lessons and a Scheme of Work specifically for the NEW modern novel “Coram Boy” on the Pearson Edexcel English Literature GCSE.

Resources include 19 lesson PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, lesson plans and timings, vocabulary glossary, key quotations and bonus activities all desigined specifically for the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.

Lessons are structured chronologically in line with the chapters of the novel and include:

1. Introductory lesson
2. Chapter 1 - Gloucester, Otis and the concept of charity
3. Chapter 2 – Metaphors, sensory language and child abandonment
4. Chapters 3&4 – Angels for Meshak and meeting Thomas and Alexander
5. Chapter 5 – The Slave Trade
6. Chapter 6 – The Orphanage, hypocrisy and social care
7. Chapter 7 – Themes, poverty and writing practise
8. Chapter 9 – The Ball and the concept of jealousy
9. Chapters 9&10 – The class divide, the National Health Service
10. Chapters 12&13 – Music throughout the novel, friendships
11. Part Two - 1750
12. Parting from parents, a surprise return
13. Mementoes
14. Trauma
15. Exploitation Continues
16. 18th Century London, a change at Ashbrook
17. Trust and comprehension practise
18. Suffering and sounds
19. Epilogue

The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge questions and exam questions plus at least one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment.

The pack also includes a Key Quotations document, ordered by character and theme.