Close by Carol Ann Duffy
<p>A focused lesson on Close, worked really well and all had a clear grasp of the overall message/ themes in the poem.</p>
Carol Ann Duffy poems
A selection of A level poems that cover Carol Ann Duffy in the AQA anthology. Complete with lessons and ideas to compare and contrast ready for the exam.
Formal letters
2 lessons on formal letters and persuasive devices to aid pupils understanding. Both worked extremely well and enabled the pupils to understand the layout and requirements of persuasive devices and formal letters.
Base Details
War poetry lesson on base details. Taught to a lower set year 9 but can be changed to suit higher abilities. <br />
Lesson went excellently, strong build up and clear development and grasp of the poem and main ideas.
The Schoolboy by William Blake
Full lesson on the poem 'The Schoolboy' by William Blake- from the WJEC anthology. Goes through context, a build up to the poem and ideas and ways to annotate/ analyse.<br />
Worked well with my year 12s
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Stafford Afternoons
Lesson taught to year 13s on Stafford Afternoons by Duffy. The focus was on Loss of Innocence.
The Lovely Bones
<p>A range of lessons and exam questions on the AQA A level English language and literature module The Lovely Bones. It covers a range of lessons, pages, characters, quotes and mock exam questions to help classes of all abilities. I have scanned a lot of pages and attached them for help to work in groups or further extract practice.</p>
Hawk Roosting
A lesson i taught on the poem 'Hawk Roosting' to year 10's<br />
Was observed and got good- outstanding
Themes in Lord of the Flies
<p>A nice themes and symbols lesson for Lord of the Flies. Taught it to all abilities and all had a clear grasp of the themes and symbols in the novel. Likewise, when completing the task for key events for each theme, all were able to see how important that theme was, and how/ why Golding foreshadows and develops the theme throughout the novel.</p>
Banquo in Macbeth
<p>Two lessons I taught on the character Banquo in Macbeth. Tracks through the play, key scenes and ideas to effectively summarise Banquo’s importance and role in the play.</p>
Power Struggle in Lord of the flies
Lesson i taught on the initial power struggles between Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies. Complete with page numbers and varied tasks for all abilities
Narrative story planning
A double lesson for how to plan a story based on a disastrous day. I was observed with this and achieved good to outstanding. The pupils loved the planning and nature of the lesson and produced some great story plans.
Themes in Jekyll and Hyde
<p>A lesson that re-caps key themes in Jekyll and Hyde, as well as an A3 grid to revise themes and characters.</p>
Utterson in Jekyll and Hyde
<p>A lesson that tracks through Utterson’s importance to unravelling the mystery and secrecy in the novella.<br />
The lesson encourages independence as the pupils will need to find and collate evidence from chapters 1-8. Lesson comes with an extract and prepares students to answer an exam Q on Utterson.</p>
Jekyll and Hyde quotes
<p>A range of quotes for Jekyll and Hyde- Utterson, Lanyon, Jekyll, Poole and Hyde.</p>
Articles
Lesson i taught with year 10 and 11 pupil on articles. Resources included, worked really well and they produced great work
Eddie in A View from the Bridge
3 lessons on Eddie and how he reacts with other characters. Lessons worked really well and pupils understood and were engaged as a whole :)
England in 1819
A lesson looking at England in 1819 and On Looking into Chapman's Homer for the WJEC poetry anthology.