The Empress - Lit in Colour Teacher Conference

The resources in this pack are to support teachers who are considering auditing and amending their curriculums to include The Empress (KS4). This resource provides into key details about the text, so that you can consider whether you would like to teach this text and what direction you might take in doing so.

For the text, we have

• summarised the plot,
• selected some key quotations for some of the themes explored in the text,
• included some classroom discussion questions
• and some assessment ( analytical KS4-5) questions

as a spring board for creating future lessons and homework tasks.

We have also included a short book review for each text, just in case you would like to encourage students in your tutor group or classes to read it for their own interest and enjoyment.

The teachers who spoke on the panel for the reflective teacher sessions have come together and created some tips to help support teachers who might be considering diversifying their English teaching, learning and assessment in their classrooms. We have collated all of their thoughts and created a powerpoint presentation. In addition to the tips, the teachers have also suggested books for the classroom or to progress teacher knowledge and understanding about racial and cultural diversity in the UK.

The aim of this resource is to inspire further action within your own classrooms or to help initiate conversations with other staff members in your department or senior leadership team.