Boys Don't Cry - GENDER - No prep lesson

This is a ready-to-go lesson on the theme of gender in Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman. No preparation needed - you don’t even need print anything out!

This lesson features lots of discussion, including opportunities to explicitly teach the skills required to organise a group productively and listen effectively to others’ ideas. Differentiated to include support for less able students, extension tasks for early finishers, and challenge tasks for more able students. Includes suggested homework tasks. Fully editable. Suitable for GCSE English Literature (EDUQAS or EDEXCEL).

You will receive:

• a full lesson plan, including teacher’s notes and answers (both Word and PDF)
• accompanying PowerPoint (both PPT and PDF)

Learning objectives:
• To understand the terms ‘gender stereotype’ and ‘masculinity’.
• To apply these terms to characters in ‘Boys Don’t Cry’.

National Curriculum Links:
Understand and critically evaluate texts through
• identifying and interpreting themes, ideas and information.
Speak confidently, audibly and effectively including through
• working effectively in groups of different sizes and taking on required roles, including leading and managing discussions, involving others productively, reviewing and summarising, and contributing to meeting goals/deadlines
• listening to and building on the contributions of others, asking questions to clarify and inform, and challenging courteously when necessary

Resources needed:
• Essential: copies of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman
• Recommended: the PowerPoint accompanying this lesson plan
• If available: ipads/tablets/laptops, whiteboards, large sheets of paper, felt pens

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