Links in with the Body Image PSHE unit. Focuses on 'catch up lessons&', DIRT and writing to advise.

Worksheet designed to guide students through the poem.

Not My Business - Niyi Osundare

Consolidation lesson - students to create their own revision sheet on their favourite poem. To extend, students could also learn one of the poems off by heart and perform it.

In which students prepare in groups to teach a whole lesson themselves on a poem from another culture. Excellent for G&T independent learning.

Lesson on improving commentary writing for the text production task. Ideal for exam revision - encourages independent learning and reflection time. Also encourages students to use coaching skills.

Introduces students to key passages and use of the framework in the opening section of the novel. The sessions may take a series of lessons.

These can be used to save you time when researching the poems to teach or issued to students to help them whilst preparing for their controlled assessments or the literature exam.

Lesson plan and resources based on an extract from Maggie Gee's 'The Ice People'. Designed to help middle set students extend their writing. Lesson is differentiated and encourages peer assessment.

Lessons encourage students to analyse a Shakespearean sonnet and apply a simple writing frame of analysis. Encourages them to think cratively about language and use of imagery.

Lesson designed for top set groups: differentiated for levels 5 to 6 or C to A students. Guides through inference and deduction as well as selection of relevant quotations.

Lesson designed to guide students through the study of the poem - contains activities throughout.

Series of activities to guide students through the study of the elegy. Ideal for key stage 3 but can be used with Key stage 4 lower sets.

Writing to persuade. Guides students through learning the necessary skills for GCSE as well as encouraging them to write a sales pitch. Could be assessed as an individual speaking and listening.

Guide for students to evaluate their own lesson.

Prep for independent learning students will teach the lesson. Ideal for speaking and listening assessment as well as introducing poetry in preparation for key stage 4 examinations and coursework.

Three detailed guidance sessions to help students prepare for a controlled assessment on the dramatic devices used by Priestley in Act 1 of the play.

This part of the scheme requires students to bring in a few empty bottles of hair or beauty products. This could also be done as part of their independent study. They need a list of ingredients from products they regularly use themselves ideally, or the teacher can just bring in some empty boxes/bottles for the students to investigate. Again, links in with the PSHE body image unit and helps students to write basic articles ready for GCSE.

Hope this is helpful - this was generally just a quick one lesson a week revision session with homework designed to help the middle sets revise the text. The revision sheets the students had were taken from a basic revision guide.

Weekly lessons including a market place activity for students to learn reading and writing skills for non-fiction texts. Links in with PSHE covering body image. Works really well with top set year 9 students or even year 10 students who need to learn non-fiction analysis ready for their language exam.