One lesson exploring the four main dystopian character archetypes. Suitable for year 7 and up.

A differentiated KS3 lesson on an extract of The Maze Runner. This 8 slide lesson focuses on: INFERENCE SKILLS ADVANCING STUDENT VOCABULARY EVIDENCING UNDERSTANDING OF GENRE LOCATING LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES Two sided student resource also included. For further instructions and teacher help, please view the preview pdf, also attached!

This lesson will teach students: Ethos, logos and pathos, and how to utilise all three in a persuasive piece The AFOREST persuasive techniques, and how to write examples of each technique How to combine AFOREST and ELP to write a persuasive piece about the banning of school uniforms How to write an effective peer review

Students will use this lesson to write a narrative opening to a story about skydiving. This includes a speedy starter, a matching up activity with accompanying worksheet, an extended writing task and a peer assessment opportunity at the end.

This 50-60 minute lesson includes: Do Now with Challenging Vocab Task Class Comprehension Task with Accompanying Resource Creative Main Task with Prompts and Self-Reflection Task Two Clear Progress Checks Stretch and Challenge Opportunities Throughout

This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Mr. Birling in AIC Side one: Quote analysis Side two: Contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.

This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Mrs. Birling in AIC Side one: Quote analysis Side two: Contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.

This is a stand-alone lesson which helps students to consider how sound can be used to create fear in a piece of gothic writing.

This lesson focuses on the character of Aunt Lydia, and the concepts of internalized misogyny, and indoctrination. This is the ninth lesson in Dystopia SOW, though it can easily be a standalone lesson. The rest of the scheme is available in my shop for a discounted rate.

Lesson 1: Plot and Themes Lesson 2: The pastoral and anti-pastoral Lesson 3: Fate and Foreshadowing in the early chapters Lesson 4: Fate and Foreshadowing – self assessed exam response Lesson 5: Settings as a symbol of Tess’s tragic journey Lesson 6: How to plan a section B (feedback from lesson 4) Lesson 7: ‘The Nemesis within’ – to what extent is Tess to blame for her demise? Mapping external and internal influences. Lesson 8: Critical reception and Victorian morality Lesson 9: The assault of Tess and critical reviews Lesson 9 (continued optional extra): The assault of Tess – the laws regarding women in Victorian England Lesson 10: The Existentialist Lens Lesson 11: Tess and Existential Crisis Lesson 12: Comparative Analysis

Very low-level differentiated lesson. Students will recap simple word types (adjective, verb, etc.), and simple language techniques. They will then try to find these techniques in the poem ‘Daffodils’. This is very scaffolded and should be quite straightforward.

This worksheet can be used in teaching the use of interesting verbs and adjectives, in teaching spy fiction, or just for a one-off cover lesson.

This Romeo and Juliet lesson focuses on the relationship between Capulet and Juliet, and how the patriarchal systems of the time served as a catalyst for the final events of the play.

This Jekyll and Hyde context lesson introduces the students to the idea of nature versus nurture, and applies Freudian theory (Id, ego and superego) to the story.

This lesson introduces some key themes of the poem (industrial revolution, strict rules and punishments, monotony). It also allows the students to understand a bit of the context behind the poem, and the feelings of restriction and helplessness that inspired George Elliot (or Mary Evans) to write this poem.

This lesson includes: Word of the week (tragedy) Intro to tragic heroes and hamartia Study of Oedipus and his hamartia Study of tragic soliloquies (using ‘Out out brief candle’ soliloquy).

This lesson follows a context lesson (also available in my shop), and helps the students to analyze key techniques and ideas through specific questioning.

This display is great for encouraging reading in your classroom. The butterflies are also resources that can be completed by students before being stuck on the wall.

This lesson can be used for mid-top set KS4, used as a double lesson or simplified/split in two for a single hour lesson. Includes how to analyse personal pronouns, concrete and abstract nouns, and Mrs Birling/The Inspector’s use of superlative adjectives. Great way to push your students to conduct some deeper analysis of the text. Lots of visual aid (videos), differentiation (challenge activities), example analysis and comparative essay sentence starters. Hope you find this useful!