Mountains (SOW - Touching the Void, 127 Hours & Report Writing)

A comprehensive scheme of learning, with all related resources, which encompasses many of the skills required to be successful at KS3 in English. The holistic unit is designed to assess pupils across these skills and ascertain their current working position. Two KMOS assessments are included, one testing reading skills and one testing writing skills, focused on report format.

The lessons included are:

!! Knowledge Organiser
01 Introduction Cloze activity about mountaineering
02 TTV - Plot Overview Reading and recap activities
03 TTV - Extract Analysis Vocabulary builder and guided reading
04 TTV - Quote Analysis I do, we do, you do analysis
05 TTV - Question Types Defining and answering types of reading questions
06 TTV - Thoughts & Feelings Focus on T&F question type
07 Reading KMOS Mini reading assessment (KMOS = key moment of success)
08 Epilogue Debate lesson considering actions of mountaineers
09 Famous Explorers Research lesson on famous explorers
10 Mini Biographies (Model) Unpicking model biography writing
11 Mini Biographies (Planning) Planning our own biographies
12 Mini Biographies (Writing) Writing up biographies
13 127 Hours - Retrieval Extract reading and retrieval tasks
14 127 Hours - Creative Writing (Planning) Planning creative writing inspired by events of 127 Hours
15 127 Hours - Creative Writing (Writing) Writing up pieces
16 Expedition Planning Lesson generating ideas for report writing
17 Report Writing (Model) Unpicking model report writing
18 Report Writing (Planning) Planning our own reports
19 Report Writing (Writing) Writing up reports
20 DEAP Reflection Detailed reflection on writing activity