A six-week weekly study of key extracts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Each week, students explore a different extract from the play and complete a close reading. Teachers have space to differentiate tasks and select work appropriate for their group. These booklets are used for the whole-class, but with intervention students identified for support by Accelerated Reader.
Easily adapted for any age or ability.
Short sequence for LA group (KS3) building an understanding of how to build tension and why it is important in certain genres of writing. Used before an assessment to prepare students for crime fiction creative writing.
Graded ‘Outstanding’ for LA Y8 Observation Lesson.
Researched collection of reading strategies to support students in their reading development in a post-lockdown era. The strategies are aimed at secondary school ages, but can be easily adapted.
Would appreciate feedback or tweaks based on effectiveness.
A four-part sequence exploring reading and writing skills in crime fiction:
Crafting a setting description
Exploring locked room mystery
Making inferences on Helen Stoner
Reflecting and re-drafting
A comprehensive collection of posters to immerse students in thematic and topical extracts across non-fiction and fiction. Each month has a collection of extracts linked to the day/event. Designed to be spread across the school, especially in canteens and common areas in menu holders, hence the name of ‘Snack Bite Reading’.
A sequence of lessons testing LP2 Q3 and Q5 skills through the darts speech in Apple TV show, Ted Lasso, and building up into a methodical construction of an inspiring speech.