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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.

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I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
Language Paper 1 Question 2 Lesson: Of Mice and Men
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Language Paper 1 Question 2 Lesson: Of Mice and Men

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This lesson is the fifth in a scheme of work on GCSE skills - however, it can easily stand alone. This lesson allows students to study a section of Of Mice and Men, and analyse any techniques they find. At the end, students will produce a question 2 style response.
SPAG Lesson: Speech marks and Semi-Colons
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SPAG Lesson: Speech marks and Semi-Colons

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This SPAG lesson focuses on the specifics of speech marks and semicolons. Students are given a spelling test, knowledge questions, and then a creative task to prove all they have learned. Included in this bundle is an easy teacher marksheet, in which teachers can simply highlight a student ‘What went well’ and ‘Even better if’.
IGCSE Drama: Dara Act 2
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IGCSE Drama: Dara Act 2

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This lesson gives students the chance to act out Act 2 of Dara, and answer some component 1, section A style questions in preparation for their mock exam (the June 2020 Paper 12).
GCSE Skills: Language Paper 1 Question 1 Lesson
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GCSE Skills: Language Paper 1 Question 1 Lesson

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This lesson introduces students to Paper 1, Question 1. This lesson also allows students to practice their identification and creative writing skills, as they write their own sample Question Ones (complete with sources) for each other.
Drama (Devising): Tragedy
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Drama (Devising): Tragedy

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In this lesson, students will be planning a tragic piece of theatre, using art as a stimulus. This lesson involves freezeframing, inference skills, and planning not only plot, but set design.
Call of The Wild Chapter 4 Lesson
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Call of The Wild Chapter 4 Lesson

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This lesson includes interesting discussions about ancestry and heritage, a character tracking table, comprehension questions, a creative writing task, and an option for a reflective purple pen plenary.
Comprehension Lesson
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Comprehension Lesson

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Students will watch a video and read an article on crocodiles, and then answer comprehension questions. Students will also build better vocabulary in order to be able to complete a more creative newspaper writing task at the end of the lesson.
Commedia Dell'Arte Lesson: Practice
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Commedia Dell'Arte Lesson: Practice

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This lesson should come after an initial introduction to comedy, and Commedia Dell’Arte. This lesson explores the four key character types of Commedia, with a key focus on the ‘master’ and the ‘servant’. Students will analyse their physicality, and then attempt to emulate it in an improvised performance.
Analysing an Essay Lesson
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Analysing an Essay Lesson

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An excellent, high level lesson on critical analysis, with a focus on Albert Camus’ ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’. Perfect for a non-fiction SOW. Key concepts include: Existentialsm, futility, absurdism and nihilism. Key technique focused on: Extended metaphor
Drama Scriptwriting Lesson
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Drama Scriptwriting Lesson

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This lesson allows students to find their role within a group, and also choose their level of learning and contribution towards the scriptwriting process. By the end of the lesson, students should show the class a ‘sneak peek’ of their future performance piece.
2 Lessons on Descriptive Writing
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2 Lessons on Descriptive Writing

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Lesson 1: Students will be introduced to the 5 senses, and how to implement them into a descriptive piece Lesson 2: Students will consolidate their understanding of the 5 senses, and also language techniques. They will write a descriptive piece about the sinking of the Titanic.
'Dara' Act 3-4: 2 Lessons
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'Dara' Act 3-4: 2 Lessons

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Lesson One: In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb. Lesson Two: This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in it’s entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.
Language Paper 1 Question 3: No Country for Old Men
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Language Paper 1 Question 3: No Country for Old Men

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In this lesson (8th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of 'No Country for Old Men’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!