KS3 Full Scheme of Work Fairy Tale Carnival Unit

A FULL and ORIGINAL scheme of work on Fairy Tales, titled ‘Fairy Tale Carnival’. Can also be taught under the title of ‘Myths & Legends’. For mixed ability teaching.

A Year 7 Term 1 Scheme of Work, i.e. their first unit/introduction to critical English study at Secondary School level. It can of course be used to teach a Year 8 class, or even used as a supplementary/intervention scheme of work for in-school teaching, extra or tutor support, since there is a wealth of material and activities with assessment included.

The unit was created under a wider theme of ‘Origins’ and each week of lessons explores a Tale (primarily a fairy tale) from a variety of countries/cultures, so it is great for inclusivity. Following the reading of each tale there are analytical and creative skill-based lessons, again designed to support a Year 7 class in learning Secondary English level skills for the first time. There are 29 lessons in total.

First 2 lessons introduce the ‘whys of reading’ and a method of reading known as ‘Reciprocal Reading’. Instructions/resources included and students employ these RR roles/skills in a small group to discuss each tale once read.

First lesson of each week includes a ‘Starter’ as the initial task, but subsequent lessons have a ‘Do Now’ in the form of a retrieval quiz.

Included in this SOW are:

1. WEEKLY LESSONS for each fairy tale in PowerPoint format. All supporting resources for each lesson are included and labelled accordingly.
2. FAIRY TALE ANTHOLOGY. Organised in the order they are covered in the lessons.
3. LEARNING JOURNEY. A document for weekly reflection. The vocabulary list are words for a weekly spelling test and students record their scores on the W1, 2, 3 etc. columns. Other sections are self-explanatory with instructions . The ‘Love of Literature’ panel is for Wider Reading skills, i.e. prose, fiction or poetry texts that are in some way related to the unit.
4. HOMEWORK MENU. Homework tasks for each week. Mixture of Analytical and Creative tasks. Instructions included.
5. ASSESSMENT TASKS with corresponding ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK SHEETS.

Notices:

• Underneath each title is a BQ (Big Question). This frames the aim of the lesson that I pose students and we come back to as a review activity at the end. Depending on your preference, you may use this as an LO or LA alternative. Or, simply delete altogether.
• The assessment model was for a mid-unit open-book test (referenced as ‘Assessed Task’ in the slides) and a closed-book End of Unit test.
• There is a racial slur in the Andersen fairy tale ‘The Shadow’ on the first page indicated by a black box. Delete/keep according to your preference of teaching, but just to make you aware.
• A mnemonic for analytical writing is included (PrETZ)- its criteria labelled on the slides. Obviously, it’s interchangeable with whichever method of analytical writing you would like to use.

LOTS for students to enjoy. I hope you love teaching it!

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