Two worksheets which encourage students to reflect on the plot and main characters. Useful for revision, recapping or making connections throughout the study of a class novel/play. I have included both PDF versions of the worksheets as well as word documents that can be altered with ease. Suitable for KS4 support groups or KS3 learners.

Lesson one: Focus on Gothic descriptions and the door. Students read an extract from Dracula then complete as peer-assessed piece of creative writing about a doorway and the occupant. Lesson two: Analysis of the introduction to Mr Hyde including highlighted focus points and guided questions. Lesson three: Looks at non-fiction. Students analyse a newspaper report for emotive language and then must produce their own for the girl trampling incident in chapter one.

How to Cut a Pomegranate by Imtiaz Dharker A poem which explores identity and childhood. This is a fully resourced lesson with a language analysis activity worksheet, guided questions and a creative homework task. Aims: Students will focus on AO2 and language analysis, considering the effect and connotations of particular word choices and imagery. Activity 1: In pairs students must complete a DART activity worksheet- circling the word they believe is the correct choice. Then as a class, dicuss their decisions before comparing what the poet actually wrote. Students analyse the poem and comment on the imagery- answering questions worth 8 stars. Homework: students write their own nostalgic poem anout a significant object in the style of Imtiaz Dharker.

Students write a response to the question: ‘How does Shakespeare present the theme of guilt in this extract, and elsewhere in the play?’ Using the powerpoint, encourage students to consider key quotations from this scene. Students then highlight on the worksheet where the model paragraph has met AO1, AO2 and AO3 before continuing the response and writing an additional two paragraphs. Finally, students re-read their work and use the self-assessment checklist.

A whole lesson on the poetic form of a sestina. Students are introduced to the structure before looking at two examples by Elisabeth Bishop and Anthony Hect. Finally, there is a planning worksheet so that students can write their own sesitna poem with the correct structure.