Relax...
All of the resources have been created to ensure that students are engaged and inspired by their learning.
Each lesson has a clear learning journey to enable all students to make progress and to help them to understand the skills required for them to be their most successful.
The aim:
to create independent, perceptive and creative learners.
Relax...
All of the resources have been created to ensure that students are engaged and inspired by their learning.
Each lesson has a clear learning journey to enable all students to make progress and to help them to understand the skills required for them to be their most successful.
The aim:
to create independent, perceptive and creative learners.
A lesson that explores the themes, context and characters of the scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Students are provided with a clear learning journey that is linked to blooms skills and the assessment objectives from the new spec AQA. The lesson follows a clear structure where students are introduced to the main idea, the theme/character analysis is developed and students then have the opportunity to apply their own skills independently.
Learning objectives and activities are clearly differentiated using RAG and stretch and challenge opportunities are in the form of 'Shakespeare Challenge' questions to help encourage students to extend their ideas.
This lesson is aimed at KS4 but could be adapted for use with KS3 students.
Planned as a double (2 hour lesson) but could easily be split into two separate 1 hour lessons.
Lessons to introduce English Language Paper 2 & Paper 1 Section A.
The lessons introduce students to the skills and AO’s required for each question and provide students with a clear structure to answer each question.
There are also model answers for students to mark and match against the mark scheme.
Activities are aimed to be kept to close timings where indicated to help students build their time management skills for the exam.
Additional lesson information is available in the notes sections of some slides.
A series of lessons that introduce the new specification AQA English language Paper 1 Section A.
The lessons focus on an extract from The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1905.
Each lesson is planned around the AQA assessment objectives and aims to build students knowledge of the paper and the skills required to be successful.
This resource introduces students to the AQA English Language Paper 1 (Explorations in Creative Reading).
This pack provides individual lessons that are tailored to each question.
The text used is ‘The Return of Sherlock Holmes’.
Each lesson is planned for a middle ability group and is easily adaptable to challenge the more able or to support the less able.
Each lesson takes students through the assessment objectives required and breaks them down into chunks so make them more accessible to students (stepping stones to success).
This is the first set in a series of lessons that will explore a range of different texts from across the century.
50+ slides
Please note that some images and extracts have been removed due to copyright. Where possible I have tried to list what these items were either on the slide or in the notes section to enable you to try and locate if desired.
A lesson that explores the poem Ozymandias by Percy Shelley.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of war
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
Group work activity
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
A modelled paragraph
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
21 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of power and conflict
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
Group work activity
A summary grid for students to use
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
A lesson that explores the poem Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of power & conflict
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
Group work activity
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
A modelled paragraph
A summary grid for students to use
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
19 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of war
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
A modelled paragraph
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
22 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of war
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
A modelled paragraph
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
18 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem Tissue by Imitaz Dharker.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of representation
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Language analysis activities
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
19 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of war
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Consideration of viewpoints activity
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
A model paragraph
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
19 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A lesson that explores the poem Remains by Simon Armitage.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students’ analytical skills.
The lesson comprises of:
Starter activity linked to the idea of war
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Consideration of viewpoints activity
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO’s
2 model paragraphs that show students how to create comparisons
This lesson is planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
23 slides.
All additional resources are embedded within the PPT.
A bundle of lessons on poems from the anthology that are clustered together to make links between power & conflict and modern war.
The learning journey is linked to the AQA assessment objectives and develops students' analytical skills.
The lessons comprise of activities such as:
Starter activity linked to the idea of viewpoints/types of war/representation
Links to video clips to enhance understanding
A first impression grid for students to use
Modelled annotations with questions to scaffold annotation
Contextual information
Linking grids
A sample essay question with success criteria linked to AO's
Modelled paragraphs
This lessons are planned for a year 10 middle/high ability group and can be easily differentiated to suit the personalised needs of your students.
Yellow lightbulbs on slides mark out stretch and challenge questions that have been included.
These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination.
Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read.
There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment.
There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.
These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination.
Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read.
There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment.
There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.
These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination.
Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read.
There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment.
There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.
This scheme is intended to accompany a class reading of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination.
Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read.
The scheme has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment.
There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.
These lessons are intended to accompany a class reading of each chapter of the novel and develop skills needed for the new specification AQA Literature examination.
Some lessons focus on a more detailed exploration of the chapter which encourages students to perform detailed analysis of character, plot and theme. Other lessons are tailored to giving students the time to read the novel either as a class or as individuals with accompanying activities for students to complete as they read.
There is a full scheme that is available to buy in the shop section which has a focus on the presentation of conflict within the novel and contains two formative assessment points and a final summative assessment.
There are links in the notes section of the PPTs to an audiobook of the novel that is available on youtube and has specific times for each chapter listed in the comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-X3PU1WFs.