A challenging and detailed unit focused upon Dickens' classic 'Great Expectations'! This unit has been created specifically to intigrate KS4 skills into the KS3 curriculum to prepare students for the rigors of the new 100% exam GCSE specification, particularly the 19th Century Texts requirement of both English Literature and English Language. The unit works particularly well with higher ability or gifted Year 8 or 9 students. The unit focuses upon how Miss Havisham is presented as a disturbed character in Chapters 8, 11, 29 and 38. The unit culminates in an end-of-unit reading and writing exam styled upon the 2017 GCSE Specifications for English Language and English Literature.
This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 24 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 110 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (16 sheets)
* Teacher copies of key chapter extracts, annotated in meticulous detail
* Homework project (6 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills
* End-of-unit reading/writing exam
* End-of-unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4-8, with GCSE 1-9 coversion)
Unit's lessons include:
* Contexts cloze activity
* Mapping the characters of the novel and their relationships
* Storyboarding the novel
* Reading and analysing the key chapters
* Analysing how Miss Havisham is presented as disturbed
* Exploring Miss Havisham's psychology
* Exploring mental illness in the 19th century
* Structuring an essay response
* In role writing as Miss Havisham
* Creative writing inspired by an image
* Huge 60-question revision quiz
* Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level)
* SPaG starter activities
* Crosswords
* End-of-unit reading exam (GCSE English Language/Literature style)
* End-of-unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style)
* Teacher/peer/self assessment opportunities
This is very confusing. It seems that it is for the film versions and the students don't actually read the book. I can't see how this resource is useful for a literature student. Unless I'm totally mistaken (I've written to the author but no reply) I'd like a refund please.
ryan_wood16
7 years ago
Firstly, and contrary to your statement, I have not in fact received any 'messages' from you either before or after this review. Therefore, to say otherwise could potentially create a negative impression of my conduct as a TES author, which is entirely incorrect: with the previous review below, it can be seen that I always respond to questions. Secondly, given that this unit of work is 24 lessons in length (i.e. 24 hours), it stands to reason - and, I would like to think, common sense - that the pupils do not read the novel in its entirety. 'Great Expectations' is, after all, over 450 pages and 180,000 words in length. Therefore, the pupils focus upon four key chapters, which is explicitly stated in the unit's description. The film version of the novel is used to give the pupils an understanding of the plot as a whole, allowing them to access and analyse the extracts more easily and with greater insight. Furthermore - and again, as clearly stated in the unit's description - the unit is designed to introduce KS3 pupils to GCSE-style 19th century texts; it is NOT designed for 'literature students' i.e. GCSE and above. Given the amount of resources and level of detail included in this unit pack, coupled with the previous reviews which use language such as 'Amazing' and 'an excellent resource, superbly planned', I believe that your one star 'review' is wholly unjustified.
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Hello,<br />
Where are the chapter 28 and 29 extracts for Miss Havisham?
ryan_wood16
8 years ago
Hi. You will find them on one sheet among the resources. They each have key quotes highlighted, with corresponding questions for independent group work analysis. With my classes I enlarge the sheet to A3. The focus is upon stepping the students up from whole class, teacher assisted analysis of the previous two chapters, encouraging independent analysis by the time they get to the latter two extracts.
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