Witch Child - AQA Lit Paper 1

A full scheme of work with presentations and extracts for Witch Child by Celia Rees based on the skills/assessment objectives of AQA GCSE Literature Paper 1. Aimed at KS3 - has been taught to medium to high ability Y8.

The unit aims to encourage close reading/annotation/inference skills. Lessons focus on understanding the text, its key themes, wider historical/religious context, and narrative/descriptive choices. The homework project also encourages independent research/AO3 skills; it also allows for some very creative responses. The lessons focus mostly on the first two-thirds of the novel - the remainder can be incorporated into reading lessons as an end of unit wind down.

This SOW has been created from scratch so is original and planned carefully with the GCSE Literature criteria in mind. There are a lot of images/discussion opportunities. All you need is copies of the text itself. There is also a link to a fascinating documentary presented by Simon Armitage on the Pendle Witch trials. This SOW would work well for Y7 or Y8 as a gentle introduction to the GCSE Literature assessment criteria.