The lesson focuses on the theme of redemption through the character of Jacob Marley.
The lesson includes:
Do now activity: non-fiction article ‘Ghost stories: why the Victorians were so spookily good at them’ and questions.
Explanation of purgatory with links to Jacob Marley.
Breakdown of the AQA English Literature Paper 1 Section B
Extract analysis task
Instructions on how to write a thesis statement and model example
Model analysis paragraph and sentence starters to help students analyse theme of redemption in the extract.
A lesson focusing on how does Dickens uses setting to establish mood, character and themes.
Lesson includes:
Do now: retrieval practice (setting)
Slides focusing on the importance of setting and methods to create a vivid setting.
Quotation analysis task . Students collaborate in groups to analyse how Dickens uses the setting of Scrooge’s home to establish mood, character, and themes. Key quotations and guiding questions are provided to assist students in their analysis.
A lesson focusing on Dickens’ initial description of Scrooge.
Lesson includes:
Do Now inference task
Etymology of Scrooge’s name
Questions to help students analyse the opening description of Scrooge
Language analysis task
Independent writing task with sentence stems
Lesson focusing on Chapter Two of the novel. Students learn how to make comparisons between the setting (Justice Strauss and Count Olaf’s house). The lesson includes:a
literacy task looking at discourse markers.
comprehension questions for the chapter
differentiated questions to help students make comparisons between the two settings
comparison task
homework task
In this lesson, students will think like a writer and learn to adapt their language to align with various intentions.
Lesson includes:
*Do Now Activity: Students work in pairs to analyse the intentions of writers in various articles related to a TikTok ban.
Understanding Writer’s Intention: Explanation of the concept of writer’s intention.
Question 5 Task on AI: Students engage with a Question 5 task related to artificial intelligence.
Class Planning: Collaborative planning session for a writing task.
Writing Tasks: Students practice identifying intentions in sample paragraphs and adapt model sentences to suit different intentions.
Lesson looking at how Priestley introduces the Inspector to the play. Students will unpick key quotations and analyse the methods Priestley uses to present Inspector Goole. Questions are given to help students ‘Explode the Quote’ and an exam style question is provided.
An AQA Q5 writing task starter has also been included for revision.
Lesson focusing on the presentation of fairies (Puck) in the play. Students will explore the fairies at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1. They will analyse the language used to present Puck, with the opportunity to write their own PEED paragraphs (sentence starters included). There is a creative task allowing students to become ‘film directors’ and create their own version of Puck (worksheet also provided for this).
PEEDC (point, evidence, explanation, development and a comparison one too) posters to use as classroom displays or as flashcards for students to help write a successful PEE paragraph.
Lesson for the Power and Conflict poem ‘Kamikaze’.
Big Questions:
What was Garland’s intention for writing the poem ‘Kamikaze?
2.How does Garland present her ideas about the effects conflict can have on an individual?
What historical events inspired Garland’s poem?
Lesson includes:
-Starter activity exploring analytical verbs
-Fact sheet exploring the contextual factors that influenced the poem
Analysis worksheet with a series of questions to help students analyse the poem
Homework task
Lesson teaching students how to write a review. Students will look at features of a review and examples in order to help them write their own successfully.
Detailed and relatable assessment preparation lesson focusing on English Language Paper 1: Q5, using 911 as a stimulus for descriptive writing. The lesson includes:
1. quiz to test students' knowledge of writing skills
2. student friendly mark scheme
3. student example
4. independent writing task
5. opportunity for guided self assessment
Worksheet looking at sentence structures. Students will first look at the definitions of simple, compound, complex and minor sentence. They will then have to identify what sentence type has been used in a series of sentences, ending with rewriting a piece of writing using a variation of sentence forms.
Lesson for Chapter Six of The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will focus on A03, researching into Puritan society and making links with the novel. An exam style question is also included as homework or an extension.
An introduction lesson into dystopian literature. Students will look at the similarities, differences and features of utopian and dystopian literature. The lesson includes discussion based activities to develop students’ critical thinking and analysis of the short story, ‘The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas’.
An introductory lesson into The Sign of Four. Lesson includes:
idiom starter activity
short story which students use to identify the conventions of crime fiction
a writing task using a range of stimuli
Lesson exploring Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the Blue’. Lesson focuses on students making meaningful comments about the effect language and structure has on a reader. Lesson includes:
word class activity
TSLAP questions to help students analyse the poem
practice question and example answer
AQA Q5 style writing activity
Lesson looking at Atwood’s use of religious allusions in The Handmaid’s Tale. Lesson includes:
-series of questions for Chapter Four and Five
-group task involving students researching into the biblical references used in the novel
essay question
A series of detailed lessons focused on students creating their own theme park. Each lesson requires students to write for a different purpose or form (writing a review, pitch, leaflet). SPaG tasks are also included.