A collection of English exam posters for weekly revision sessions for the following: AQA LP1 and LP2, ‘AIC’, ‘ACC��, ‘Macbeth’ and Power and Conflict poems.
A weekly reading lesson booklet exploring different topics in the news to develop reading skills and enhance cultural capital in preparation for KS4 studies. Each week, teachers plan bespoke intervention tasks to support reading skills, utilising the data collated from the Accelerated Reader STAR tests.
A fully-resourced HA lesson breaking down how to answer Language Paper 1, Question 4 through tips, modelled examples, broken down mark schemes, teacher feedback, and peer-assessment.
A highly engaging lesson aimed at a high-ability KS3 group. The lesson aims to make students think about the role of importance of magic in AMND, including an explanation of what a theme is. The final task is to begin to analyse a small extract in the play.
This fully-differentiated lesson is based on creating a setting description using basic (some advanced) language techniques, including a summary of word classes. Based on the description of District 12, students are pushed to create their own dilapidated setting.
Learning challenge and arrival activity (Introduce), fully differentiated with clear outcomes to show progress.
Learning journey explained (easy to adapt)
Low-stakes true or false quizzing on Chapter 1 of The Hunger Games (Assess)
Discussion of setting and popular settings in children’s literature (Link)
Identification of language techniques (Identify)
Task One: Identify word classes and language devices- (see teacher’s copy for discussion points, great for feedback especially with a visualiser). Address gaps in knowledge before moving on.
Task Two: Using previous task, create a run-down setting using stock images as a stimulus. (Create and Apply)
Feedback: Snapshot of two memorable lines (Review)
Plenary: Bronze-Silver-Gold differentiated questioning linked to outcomes (Assess, Review, Capture)
Lesson plan available on request, feedback and tweaks would be hugely appreciated.
Explores the theme of power in ‘Macbeth’ and encourages subjectivity and discussion. Used for a double lesson and prompted a great discussion on the role of power in the 21st century and then linked to the play.
Use with ‘Ozymandias’ also.
A three/four lesson sequence with a focus on science-fiction.
Lesson 1: Identifying and recapping literary devices.
Lesson 2: Crafting literary devices into a description.
Lesson 3: Using sensory imagery.
A bundle of engaging knowledge recall starters for a study of ‘An Inspector Calls’. Recall explores:
Language Paper 1
Language Paper 2
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Power and Conflict: War Poems
Tier 2/3 Language
A lesson used to introduce the Gothic to a HA KS3 group. However, the document of character diamonds is the perfect diamond 9 for older groups as it references popular culture characters. Laminate the print out and cut them out, ask the students to order characters and think about what makes them popular.
A chronological study of 10 dystopian texts, from 1909 to 2013 (featuring classics, modern texts, and an extract from a popular video game). Each week features a short extract, followed by a task sheet to capture notes (based on research to maximise reading retention).