A lesson exploring techniques in poetry. I am giving the students a series of unseen poetry. Using the technique flashcards (available to purchase on my page), the students worked in groups on specific techniques within Havisham. All students were able to access this learning and the cards worked really well as a support to the learning process.

A scaffolded poem for very low ability GCSE

Low ability - I did a saturday skills day with my 11s where we looked at questions 2 and 3. We spent most of the time on question 2. for each question type, we did one together slowly and then they had a more independent go. All resources are labelled - it should be clear on the ppt which resources to use when.

A scaffolded copy of first half of stave 1 of ACC. Questions around edge of text so students can work independently. Ideal for top set year 9/10.

A lesson - which took me 2 to teach - about the initial impressions of Mrs B in Act 1 and then how she is developed through her part in Eva’s suicide in Act 2 - complete with my notes for the worksheets.

A lesson analysing chapter 1 of Freak the Mighty. Teaches students to use the SEED paragraph struture and begins language analysis skills.

A lesson I used to help year 10 explore and analyse the development of Gerald in Act 2. I had previously done an initial impressions of him in Act 1 which this developed from. That sheet is also attached to this.

A lesson, following on from previous 3 uploaded, which skips to chapter 6 to explore the presentation of Tony D - used as a mid-term assessment.

A resource used with my lower ability year 9 - studying ACC. Lesson designed to get them to think about the contrast between F and S - e.g. cold and loneliness in opposition to family; 2 different attitudes to Christmas; representation of Fred as family and therefore showing how Scrooge makes choices to prolong his misery.

A fourth lesson in a scheme for year 8 (adaptable) of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This lesson explores the attitudes of Lysander and Helena to the love triangle and also gender and love.

A model essay I have written to demonstrate how to write about the Inspector - refers lots to ideas about capitalism and socialism; develops ideas about the final speech and Priestley’s message; also looks at Inspector Goole as a regent of God.

A lesson exploring how to analyse a difficult poem - I used this with top ability year 9 - but could be adapted for poetry unseen skills for GCSE. This is 2 lessons worth - all resources are clearly shown on powerpoints so it’s clear where different ones are needed.

A lesson analysing the intro of Kevin in the novel. Builds on from lessons 1 and 2 uploaded. Begins to get students to think about retrieving quotes from multiple chapters. Opportunity for extended writing task to develop essay skills. Differentiated work sheets included.

A lesson exploring how Max is presented in chapter 2. Builds on from Lesson 1 uploaded on to Tes. Includes: Chance to read the chapter Worksheets to enable students to find quotes and analyse. Extended writing task. Peer assessment should follow this.

A lesson about Mr Birling during the beginning of Act 1. They are a very weak year 10 and so I showed them the film first in order then to simply teach key extracts. This lesson looks at the engagement extract and the dramatic irony extract.

A lesson exploring Mrs B's character in act 2

A set of flash cards of poetic techniques - there is an example with an explanatory comment; ways each technique is used; what it is etc. I have been using them to enable students to explore poems independently. In a recent lesson with year 7, I split them into groups and gave them each a specific technique to find in Havisham and comment on. They then taught each other. A weaker student in the class was able to identify an oxymoron in the poem and comment "it shows she has a lot of different emotions and it confuses her". Proves that these cards are effective :) Aimed at KS3

A lesson where the students were improving their draft assessments. I had considered the 5 areas of persuasive writing that they were struggling on and created support cards with models. I asked the students to peer assess their work and set targets - from there, they chose which support card to focus on.

first lesson looking at Dulce

for use with the final assessment