A lesson that talks about what needs to go into an adventure story and what one of these is. Focus is on creative writing in places.

Looking at an excerpt about Atlantis, students refresh their memories on sentence structures.

A short lesson on what students can do for their wellbeing with a practice at bulletjournaling to see if this is something that works for them.

A lesson helping students identify word types, especially in poems. This uses I’d love to be a fairy’s child to do this.

Part 2 to my language techniques in poetry lesson, this lesson teaches students how to analyse metaphors through the story of King Arthur.

A lesson introducing students to poetry & what they expect to see. Uses the poem ‘Becoming a Villainess’ for discussions.

Using a short story about Mulan, students look at identifying language techniques.

2 lessons on using vocabulary to create effects in gothic literature and how to use/identify figurative language.

An introduction to gothic literature, using Dracula by Bram Stoker. This goes through how to use the senses in writing and what gothic features/settings there are.

A lesson about improving sentence starters and paragraphing, using an excerpt from The Woman in Black.

A lesson on the background behind The Outsiders with a research project or two at the end.

Using the myth of Perseus and Medusa, this lesson discusses the demonisation of women (my 11-12 year old students really got this lesson!) in the media and myths and then discussed how language demonised the character.

A lesson where students discuss and explain the plot of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice. Students answer comprehension questions, discuss narrative structure, and plot this. Ends with a fill in the gaps exercise and an imaginative task.

A lesson where students use the title, cover, reviews, blurb and chapter one to make predictions about the characters, setting and plot of The Graveyard Book. This is part of a full 7-week unit I am putting together currently, which will be uploaded as a full SoW when completed.

A lesson on what emotive language is, identifying emotive language in examples, making their own examples, and looking at bias.

About identiftying theme in the myth Daedalus and Icarus. Discusses characters, has comprehension questions, writing a PEEZR, and what foreshadowing is.

A lesson where students decide whether Caliban is a villain or victim/man or monster, looking at the colonialist context, watching the animated tales, and writing a PEEZA paragraph at the end to explain both sides.

A lesson about writing to advise, using agony aunts work and teaching the difference between modal and imperative verbs.

A lesson on the Greek myth, Hades and Persephone, which discusses setting, using evidence, and comparing the two settings in the myth.

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.