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Hey all! I'm an English teacher, currently living in New Zealand. I have a couple of years experience teaching years 7+. I have experience teaching in both England and Ireland and have taught all exam-level content. My lessons mainly focus on discussion-based learning, alongside lots of peer-feedback.

Hey all! I'm an English teacher, currently living in New Zealand. I have a couple of years experience teaching years 7+. I have experience teaching in both England and Ireland and have taught all exam-level content. My lessons mainly focus on discussion-based learning, alongside lots of peer-feedback.
The Graveyard Book - L2 First impressions
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The Graveyard Book - L2 First impressions

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A lesson where students discuss the meaning of first impressions and make some of their own. Students then read Chapter 2 and 3 and make first impressions of Bod and Scarlett before writing mind-maps with the info and finding quotes to back up their impressions. This is part of a full 7-week unit I am putting together currently, which will be uploaded as a full SoW when completed.
Back to School poetry
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Back to School poetry

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A lesson that aims to have a back to school poem written by the end of it. Students will discuss what a poem is and what features a poem may have. Teacher and students then discuss form, alliteration and similes, and planning a poem. There is an opportunity here to mark a given poem and find reasons why they give it that mark, alongside self-assessment using a success criteria. Some slides have printable resources but these can just be copied into a student’s book too. Poetry was written by me - I know it’s shoddy, feel free to bin that and never use again!
EDUQAS Evaluate - Environment theme
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EDUQAS Evaluate - Environment theme

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Looking at a letter written by Chris Packham to Ant and Dec, this lesson builds students up to analyse language and write up an evaluation of the lesson. Continues on from my other evaluate lesson.
Queen Elizabeth II - Writing a Poem
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Queen Elizabeth II - Writing a Poem

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A brief lesson where students write a poem about Queen Elizabeth II and her reign. It’s a nice way to let students reflect on their feelings or even just put a bit more thought into her reign. The first few slides discuss what we think of to do with the Queen, some fun facts, and why people will be grieving and how we can mourn/grieve or pay tribute to the Queen. It then teaches about what form is with a few examples. The lesson gives an example of a poem about the Queen, which students critique. They then plan their own, using a table. I have wrote an example of this but I’m not the best writer of poetry. Students then can self-critique their poems and decorate them at the end. May be a nice lesson to outline some homework or something.
Welcome to Nowhere SoW
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Welcome to Nowhere SoW

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A 6-week unit of work on the novel, Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird, which is about the Syrian Civil War and being a refugee. The unit focuses on analysing skills and using quotes as evidence up until chapter 11. The second half focuses on writing a short story, based on the novel whilst still reading it.
The Lovely Bones SoW with resources
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The Lovely Bones SoW with resources

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A unit that should take 6-8 lessons on The Lovely Bones novel. Students must have read the novel before completing these tasks. There are printable resources, etc. This covers context, themes, characters and essay writing for NCEA L2.