This Jane Eyre context activity is designed to develop student knowledge of the social, cultural and historical context of the novel and support their understanding of the novel as a whole.
Five topics are included. They are:
The Gothic
Gender
Social Class
Religion
Children
HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE
Split the class up into five groups. Each group should work through one topic. They should find and summarise key information and then present this to the rest of the class. While each group is presenting, the rest of the class should be making notes so that each student has notes on each topic by the end of the lesson. I reccomend allowing 30-35 minutes for research preparation and 20-25 minutes for presenting and note taking.
You may also want to ask students to write down questions they have about each topic so that they can conduct further research.
This can be used for an exam board that teachers Jane Eyre.
Word construction bell work/bell task/bell ringer PowerPoint to help students develop their understanding of and competency of word construction.
Each side features two circles. In the inner circle is a word, in the outer circle there are prefixes and suffixes that pupils must add to the word to create new words. Each slide also contains a challenge task to stretch more able pupils and an example and an explanation of what affixes are to support those who need a little extra help.
A free preview version of this resource can be found by clicking on the following link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y6LG0p3lPtrobkDIa0TzFcn5xmkHB2Fl?usp=sharing
60 slides are included of varying (and random) difficulty.
A display of root words and affixes for your classroom to support and develop your students’ understanding of etymology.
PDF and Publisher Files Inlcuded
A4 Size
Includes the following roots (and a selection of affixes for each one):
Norm
Act
Form
Legal
Aud
Micro
Bio
Vis
Mat
Pat
Terr
Auto
Multi
Agon
Chron
Circ
Imag
Vac
Super
Turb
Types of Nouns Posters for English Classrooms. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.
Each poster includes a photograph, a definiton and an example.
Posters Included:
Noun
Collective Noun
Concrete Noun
Abstract Noun
Proper Noun
Compound Noun
Countable Noun
Uncountable Noun
A display of 14 different persuasive techniques, each one with an example, a definition and an advertisement that shows the technique - the only exception is the Repetition poster which is accompanied by a printed version of MLK Junior’s famous ‘I have a dream speech’.
14 Techniuqe posters, each including a definition and an example.
14 accompanying ads showcasing real use of the techniques.
Title Letters: Persuasive Techniques. Left white so it can be printed on coloured paper or edited to a colour of your choisce on Publisher.
CASH FRIED FORTS: An anagram of the first letters of the techniques to help students remember them.
I don’t own the rights to the images.
Brighten up your English classroom with a display of different prefixes and suffixes for KS3&4 including definitions of prefixes and suffixes, the meanings of individual suffixes and prefixes and word examples. PDF and publisher files included.
Font used is Sassoon Primary which can be downloaded online if you wish to make any changes to the display and retain the font.
Key Appearances VS Reality Scenes for Juliet from Romeo and Juliet.
Has been developed for use with the question " For most of the play. Juliet appears to be obedient and respectful. With particular attention to Shakespeare’s language, explore how Juliet hides her real feelings" but could be used for similar questions about Juliet and her character development.
Includes five key Juliet scenes.
PDF and Publisher version incuded for easy editing.
Developed for WJEC English Literature NEA but can be used for other examination boards.
Images from FAV PNG.
This resource is intended to be used as emergency cover for Secondary English or as an overflow task for when some pupils are finished, and some are still working – but of course you can use it however you see fit!
The resource contains 5 pages, each containing 9 challenges that pupils can choose from. Each challenge has a different purpose; narrate, describe, persuade, letters and exposition.
I would recommend printing the writing challenge sheets and distributing them 1 between 2 or per pupil. The pupils should then choose a challenge to complete and work on this, aiming to write either 300 words or a page, depending on the task.
Help is given to the pupils on the left hand side of the page so they should keep the sheet with them while they write so they can refer back to it.
**What’s included? **
Publisher Version (5 pages of writing challenges)
PDF Version (5 pages of writing challenges)
Notes on Resource
Here are two worksheets for pupils to use to write down what is each happening in each of the respective poems. These poems are two of the options for the Welsh Writing in English NEA task for GCSE English Literature (WJEC) 2021-2022.
A great lesson to begin any Of Mice and Men Scheme of Work/Learning. Pupils look at 8 variations of the book’s cover, find similarities and differences between them and then make five predictions focusing on the plot, setting and characters of John Steinbeck’s novella. The lesson includes; a lesson plan, a bell task/bell work, learning objectives and a starter main and plenary.
EDIT 06/07 Spelling and punctuation errors which appear in the icon on the first slide have now been corrected in the resource.
A differentiated version of the task has also been added to the resource to support lower ability learners.