Lesson focuses on AO3 to help students understand and incorporate AO3 effectively in their response.
The lesson explores the life and poetry of Tupac Shakur. Students look at aspects of his life and consider how this influenced his poems ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ and ‘Jada’.
Students write a reponse as a class using ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ and attempt their own answer using the poem ‘Jada’.
Introductory lesson for 'The Sign of Four'. The lesson breaks down the English literature paper and the Assessment Objectives for the exam. Students will then act as detectives using images, video clips and a summary of the novel to make their own predictions of the novel.
Big question: What are the key features of a play? What do we learn about the Birling family though the stage directions?
Lesson includes:
Retrieval practice (J.B. Priestley brain dump)
Students explore the conventions of a play
Questions to help students’ analysis of the staging and opening stage directions
Revisit the big question. Series of sentence starters to help students answer the question
Students are given an exam question for Chapter 1 of 'The Sign of Four' (included in PowerPoint). The lesson is a feedback lesson breaking down how they should tackle the question, for example their initial response to task, planning, and analysis of another student's response.
Takeaway menu for KS3 detective fiction. 15 differentiated tasks that can be used for homework or extensions. Good resource for home learning.
Inspired by podmc002 takeway menus.
Lesson designed for Y11 ESL but easily adapted. Students will explore meditation and how it can be a stress reliever for celebrities like J Cole. Lesson also includes:
-Spelling test
listening task
debate question
meditation activity
An introductory lesson for English Language Paper 1: Exploration in Creative Reading and Writing.
Break down of assessment objectives and steps on how to approach a literary text, using chapter 2 of 'The Hunger Games'.
Text can be found online (The Hunger Games pdf/chapter 2/lines 1-45)
Useful worksheet for A-level students. Students will use questions focused around the Assessment Objectives to provide more effective revision notes.
Lesson idea:
Add document to Google Docs
Put students into pairs and give them a different AO question to focus on
Sit back and watch the students work! View their responses live on Google Docs and provide questions to aid them when necessary
At the end of the lesson, the students would have positively collaborated to create revision notes.
A lesson focusing on character development.
Students explore key techniques used by writers to shape convincing characters. Through analysis of a short animated film (GiveInToGiving) , students will construct a character profile for the protagonist and craft a descriptive piece of writing to bring the character to life.
The lesson also offers a writing model and success criteria to support students with their writing.
Lesson teaching students how to write a film review.
Lesson includes:
-homophone literacy task
-review activity for 'Black Panther'
- structure of a film review
-sentence starters/structure to help students write their review
Detailed lesson looking at the presentation of witches and their role in the play ‘Macbeth’. Lesson includes:
-spelling test
-guided questions to help students analyse the scene
-explode the quote language analysis task
-homework tasks (my YouTube video focusing on the context and exam question)
Detailed lesson looking at AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3. The lesson includes:
-class structure game
-revision flashcard
-2 Jekyll and Hyde extracts (class work and homework) with guided questions
Students will work collaboratively to analyse lines at word level from Romeo’s speech in Act 1, Scene 5. To help pupils think critically , key questions are given to guide them through. AO focused questions are also given for students to answer as well.
Big question: How does Priestley present Mr Birling?
Lesson is based on a cold reading of the play. Lesson includes:
Retrieval practice questions
Analysis of Mr Birling’s speech in Act 1
Topic sentence practice. Students have to write topic sentences for a series of analysis paragraphs
Return to the big question
A detailed lesson for Act 2.3 of ‘Macbeth’. Students are in role as police inspectors and must use observations and deductions to work out who killed King Duncan. Great way to get students to analyse the scene through role play.
Updated (January 2024)
Lesson exploring Mr. Fezziwig.
Lesson includes:
1.Do Now retrieval activity
2. Questions to help students analyse Dickens’ characterisation of Mr Fezziwig
3. Non-fiction article ('3 Reasons Fezziwig is the Best Boss at Christmas and Always’) and discussion questions
4. Comparison activity (Scrooge and Fezziwig)