Lesson Four: Evaluating Fairy Tales Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of how writers successfully use description in their writing by exploring crafting of writing in ‘The Ickabog’. To begin with, the lesson recaps and identifies important subject terminology. Teachers should set a quiz on any misconceptions. Lesson Five: Famous Fairy Tale Subversions As students have developed an understanding of fairy tales in week one, supported with their homework tasks, this week explores fairy tales and how famous writers have subverted them in the past. This lesson explores The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perault. Lesson Six: Crafting Fairy Tale Descriptions To identify early progress, students will describe a typical fairy tale setting using the knowledge developed from the previous lessons studying The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perault. Weekly Overview: By the end of the week, students should be able to plan a description based on fairy tale conventions and begin to subvert expectations in the style of The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perault.

A two-part, fully resourced lesson introducing students to fairy tales, including conventions. Lesson Two: What are fairy tales Students will gain an initial understanding of the genre to support their homework research, which will include conventions and key-terms to be utilised throughout the topic. Students should be informed of their assessment task and informed of the skills they will need to develop over the course of this term. Lesson Three: Fairy tale conventions Students will explore and identify the conventions in fairy tales. This lesson should link, yet differentiate the conventions in Fantasy fiction (Term 5 SOL). Week Overview: By the end of the week, students need an understanding of what makes a fairy tale, common conventions, different types of fairy tales, and the oral origins of the genre.

A document linking to the resources for the Fantasy fiction SOL.

A collection of assessment resources to assess students on their ability to make inferences on a character in Fantasy fiction.

A lesson exploring archetypal characters in Fantasy fiction (with links to Harry Potter).

An engaging lesson consolidating understanding Fantasy fiction characters,.

A Fantasy fiction lesson exploring the appearance of Gollum to develop annotation and inference skills.

A lesson exploring narrative structure and the role of characterisation during exposition. The text linked to this extract is A Pinch of Magic - the website has a fantastic resource bundle which I use with the lesson. All copyright to the author and not available as part of this purchase.

A lesson exploring the use of dialogue in Fantasy fiction through exploration of an extract from Harry Potter. Students will then be explored to a new form through an extract study of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

A lesson exploring a range of Fantasy fiction conventions and extracts.

A three-lesson sequence exploring Alice in Wonderland and the ability to make inferences on character. The lesson explores annotation skills, reading strategies, inference skills, and crafting analytical responses.

An engaging two-part lesson introducing students to the magical world of Fantasy fiction.

Useful resources to demonstrate comparing Remains and Exposure, and Remains and Bayonet Charge, with supporting dual-coded images and a breakdown of structure analytical paragraphs. Aimed at LA/MA. Highlight WWW and EBI (such as: lack of development on certain points/not re-reading for spelling mistakes, etc)

A lesson exploring tips and tricks to help ‘ace’ Language Paper 1, Question 5. Based on the 2019 past paper: The Sound of Thunder. Including a follow up lesson to consolidate learning. Q4 detailed deconstruction is also available. All resources are formatted at the back of the PowerPoint.

A lesson exploring the theme of guilt in ‘Macbeth’. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.

A lesson using Alice in Wonderland as a stimulus to make inferences on more challenging texts. Designed specifically with online learning in mind.

A single lesson on creating a Dickensian villain using Dickensian writing methods.