All about engaging pupils through innovative and inventive resources. Inspiration from all forms of popular culture in order to create top quality, engaging resources for both English and Media Studies. From superheroes to zombies - anything that pupils find interesting!
All about engaging pupils through innovative and inventive resources. Inspiration from all forms of popular culture in order to create top quality, engaging resources for both English and Media Studies. From superheroes to zombies - anything that pupils find interesting!
Want to get your students interested in poetry? Fed up of the groans whenever you mention the dreaded “P” word? Then use this lesson to get them analysing poetic techniques in popular music.
All materials needed for an activity where students create their own superheroes battle cards - the card whose score is top trumps the other card. Great activity to keep students engaged while tackling the topic of superheroes. Blank battle cards can be used for a wide range of other topics as well.
A unit of work on satire looking at episodes of 'Family Guy'. Resources can be altered for use with episodes of The Simpsons, Futurama, Americn dad etc.
Full unit of work containing various lessons and worksheets looking at advertising. Designed for an early secondary class. Outcome is a Dragon's Den/Apprentice presentation in groups.
Complete unit of work including all worksheets and lesson plans for the Tim Burton film 'Corpse Bride'. At end of unit pupils will be able:
• To recognise and analyse cinematic devices: camera angles,
colour, sound, costumes, props, facial expressions, appearance
• To recognise and discuss film genres and stereotypes
• To describe a film scene using adjectives, adverbs, similes, metaphors and conjunctions
• To analyse the storyline, characters, setting and film techniques
• To develop ability to work successfully in groups
• To recognise and construct an effective dialogue
• To recognise an effective ending
• To storyboard a scene
• To write a successful character study of a cinematic character
Resources to introduce dystopian/post-apocalyptic literature conventions to students. Focused specifically on 'The Handmaid's Tale'. 36 Page complete unit of work included detailed lesson plans and homework sheets for an 18 lesson unit of work.
A unit of work created to run alongside the old 'Escape from Kraznir' fantasy writing unit. This is a workbook tailored specifically for girls in the class using a Mean Girls/Pretty Little Liars type scenario. Very uiseful at engaging girls who do not connect well with the fantasy element of Kraznir. Similar writing activites to Kraznir but more modern and girl focused.
A full unit of work looking at a selection of poems written during World War 1, Created for a unit lasting for 11 1hr lessons. Includes all deatiled lesson plans and worksheets as well as various differentiated tasks. I normally show an episode of Blackadder, the film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' or a documentary on WW1 in order to act as a prompt for some of the activites and to give a fuller background on the conflict and the conditions of the soldiers. Assessment in the form of a critical essay and creative writing.
Complete unit of work including detailed lesson plans and worksheets looking at the poetry of Edwin Morgan. A selection of 3 poems looked at in depth dealing with such themes as: disability, violence, prejudice, social problems.
Unit of work based on the play version of 'Gregory's Girl' aimed towards writing an essay on how the playwright subverts societal expectations of gender and age roles. Contains full detailed lesson plans and powerpoint presentations for each lesson.