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Back to School - Year 7 English first week lessons
This a fully-planned and fully-resourced first week of lessons for your new Year 7 English group.
It is designed to allow for very informal baseline assessments in speaking and listening, reading and writing. By the end of this first week, you’ll have got to know your class and had the chance to see what they can do in the three main areas of English.
Lesson one: Speaking and Listening
Simple design and presentation activity to allow pupils to introduce themselves.
Lesson two: Writing
The pack provides printable writing prompts to generate ideas for an first piece of narrative writing.
Lesson three: Reading
Four classroom reading ‘stations’ on the theme of travel. Each station uses an interesting activity based on a different reading skill: locating information, inference, summary and vocabulary. Tasks are multiple choice, true/false, wordsearch and summary.
This section has been updated - Sept 2023
What you get in the pack:
3 detailed lesson plans
Printable pack of 48 narrative writing prompts
Printable pack of 4 reading activites
Printable answer sheets for the reading activity
Skills tick lists for speaking and listening, reading and writing
Boys Don't Cry lesson - IEEL paragraphs
In this complete Year 9 or 10 lesson, pupils will learn how to write an IEEL paragraph which is the building-block of GCSE English Literature essays.
This stand-alone lesson fits into my series of lessons and resources on ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman, focusing on chapters 8 and 9.
This is a complete lesson with all the resources:
powerpoint
differentiated worksheets
example EDUQAS GCSE English Literature exam question
example paragraphs
detailed lesson plan
both word/PowerPoint and PDF formats are provided
Curriculum Objective:
Know how to write an IEEL (Identify, Explain, Example, Link) paragraph.
Outcome:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to construct an IEEL paragraph using appropriate subject-specific vocabulary.
This is a ready-to-go ‘Ofsted-proof’ four-part lesson with 4 sections: starter (inc. extension task), input, activity (with extra support for those who need it) and plenary. No planning or previous knowledge needed (from either teacher or students).
The lesson has been designed for a Year 9/10 class who have just begun reading the novel, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ as a GCSE text. It is suitable as a pre-reading lesson, to use as revision, or when moving on to exam questions. You could even use it as an introduction to writing IEEL paragraphs without reading the novel.
I have over 20 years in teaching English at GCSE. I am an experienced GCSE examiner with EDUQAS.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 37
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 37.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
homophobia
short tasks about chapter 37 testing: locating information; inference; language and structure; writing an IEEL paragraph
teacher feedback sheet
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapters 45 - 50
Five blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 45 to 50
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Questions
Writing multiple-choice questions
Types of narrative ending
Predictions
Features of a book review (inc. an example review)
Writing a review of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
6 x 'Boys Don't Cry' GCSE practice papers, plus extras
Six GCSE ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ practice papers for EDQUAS, each with a table to scaffold response writing and an indicative content list for marking.
Questions in this set explore the themes of parenting, friendship and family, and the characters of Adam, Tyler and Dante.
Some extra resources are also included:
One practice paper also includes examples of how to annotate the exam paper, and an example IEEL paragraph.
Two practice papers also include a teacher feedback sheet.
One practice paper also includes an annotated ‘what a good one looks like’ response (WAGOLL)
For marking, use the EDUQAS GCSE English Literature post-1914 literature mark scheme.
Please have a look at my TES shop for other Boys Don’t Cry and English resources, including a complete unit of work.
Bundle
'Boys Don't Cry' Bundle 2: Worksheets for chapters 23 to 50
This bundle of worksheets supports a blended learning approach to teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman at GCSE.
Included in this bundle are worksheets for chapters 23 - 50.
The worksheets cover skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.
Also included, is my scheme of work for all 34 lessons of this unit. All accompanying resources are available on my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.
Boys Don't Cry - Complete Unit of Work and all resources for Eduqas GCSE English Literature
This pack contains everything you need to teach ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature.
You will get a 34-lesson scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, and all of the resources you need to deliver it.
This scheme of work uses a ‘blended learning’ approach, covering skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. It incorporates the whole-class reading of the novel, activities on each chapter, non-fiction writing, narrative writing, literary and linguistic devices, punctuation and grammar. It also incorporates interactive and kinaesthetic revision activities.
In this HUGE bundle, you will get ALL of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ resources:
Scheme of work (medium-term plan)
Vocabulary slides to support reading in class or at home
Worksheets for each chapter
6 practice exam papers with support grids and suggestions for content of responses
WAGOLL examples
Prompts for quick-writes and discussions
Lesson plan and resources: Writing IEEL paragraphs
Lesson plan and resources: Gender
2 colour-by-numbers revision sheets
Who said that? card sort
Chapter 10 and 11 maze
Author’s techniques self-marking activity
Cover lesson about Malorie Blackman
Exploring the title
Black History Month 2024 - Authors Posters
9 printable, editable posters of black authors for Black History Month 2024 (8 authors and one title).
Authors featured are: Malorie Blackman, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah, Toni Morrison, Grace Nichols, John Agard, Zadie Smith, Alice Walker.
Designed for a secondary school library.
Boys Don't Cry: Exploring the Title
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Fully differentiated task for grades 9-1. Students explore the meaning of the novel’s title. Contains links to online articles.
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry: Author's Techniques Self-marking Activity
This is an interactive, self-marking activity for engaging pupils with ten of the main** author techniques **in ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman.
Students are given a riddle and must match each definition to a choice of techniques in order to solve it. A word bank is provided on the activity. This activity will help to engage your students with the names, definitions and spellings of key subject terminology for GCSE English Literature.
Self-marking - if the student’s screen spells out the whole word, they’ve chosen all of the terms correctly! Great to use as a starter, plenary, revision or homework activity. Can be used at any point of teaching the novel, or at the pre-reading stage, as no characters or events from the novel are featured in this activity. I found that this activity took my Year 9s about 10 minutes to complete.
Please note: This is a Microsoft Excel activity. Students will need access to Excel to be able to use this.
If you have found this resource useful, please leave me a positive review and take a look at my other English teaching resources in my TES shop.
*Answer: LITERATURE
protagonist 2. simile 3. exclamation 4. foreshadowing
linear structure 6. dramatic irony 7. parallels 8. internal monologue
stock phrases 10. dual narrative*
Word Class Maze - Disney Version
This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
In this activity, all of the sentences are about Disney films. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze.
Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity.
Answers are included.
I also have a Marvel version of this resource on my TES shop, along with lots of other teaching resources.
If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.
Word Class Maze - Marvel Version
This is a fun activity for KS2 and KS3 pupils to help them practice identifying differerent word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
In this activity, all of the sentences are about the Marvel superhero world. Pupils read the sentence and decide if the highlighted word is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. They follow their answers to lead them through the maze.
Depending upon ability, this activity should take pupils about 5-10 minutes to complete. It is ideal to be used as a starter, plenary or homework activity.
Answers are included.
I also have a Disney version of this resource in my TES shop, along with lots of other resources for teaching English.
If you’ve found this resource useful, please leave a review.
Boys Don't Cry Chapters 14-17
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Chapters 14-17
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content includes: commas in lists, hyperbole
Boys Don't Cry Chapter 18
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ chapter 18.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, cover lesson, homework or independent learning.
Boys Don't Cry Chapters 12 & 13 worksheets
Blended teaching worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman.
Can be used as a taught lesson, as homework, as a cover lesson, or for independent learning.
Content: Boys Don’t Cry chapters 12 and 13, dialogue, speech punctuation, speech marks, speech tags, direct speech, inverted commas, summarising
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 38
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Adam, before and after the attack
Skimming
Scanning
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 31
Four blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 31
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
research task: careers working with children
apostrophes for possession
features of a report
writing a report
answer sheet for all tasks
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapters 39 and 40
Four blended learning worksheets, plus a teacher feedback sheet, for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 39 and 40.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Malorie Blackman’s Style
Characters’ thoughts
Characters’ feelings
Planning to write a chapter from Josh’s point of view
Self-assessment task
Teacher feedback sheet
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Eduqas GCSE Component 2 Writing Targets
Targets for different GCSE writing grades (component 2).
Use these as posters or to stick into exercise books.
Transport Word Search
This transport word search is designed to increase the vocabulary of KS3 students.
It features 50 transport-related words, with common ones such as ‘car’ and ‘road’ to much more difficult ones such as ‘biodiesel’ and ‘autonomous vehicle’.
Students are encouraged to use a dictionary or the internet to find out what new vocabulary means.
This is a free resource. If you’ve found it useful, please do check out my other resources and leave me a review.