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Teacher of English and Curriculum Leader of Media Studies | MA in English Studies | NPQLT 2022-23 | PGCE Mentor | Passionate about oracy, metacognition, modelling, stretch + challenge, and effective use of feedback/ feed-forward
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A Christmas Carol- Exam Walkthrough (Scrooge)
Ideal for AQA GCSE ‘Lit P1: A Christmas Carol’ SOWs. Fully resourced walkthrough/ walking-talking mock on Scrooge and an extract from Stave 1. Especially useful for students aiming for grades 7-9.
Retrieval practice ‘do now’ activity
Vocabulary builder
Tips for tackling the question and extract
Quotations to link with from the wider novella
How to write an effective introduction and thesis
Sample answer peer assessment task
High-level WAGOLL answer
Success criteria and ‘unstuck’ prompts
Self-assessment using the exam mark scheme
Metacognitive plenary
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Another Night Before Christmas
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’.
Learning objectives displayed
Vocabulary builders
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Walkthrough- A Gentleman in Moscow
Ideal for AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 revision/ walking-talking mocks. Fully resourced walkthrough/ walking-talking mock on an extract from A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Especially useful for students aiming for grades 7-9.
Exam-style questions
Tips for each question
Indicative content for each question
Paragraph structures for each question
High-level WAGOLL model examples for each question
Self-assessment tasks using the exam mark schemes
Metacognitive plenary
A Christmas Carol- Knowledge Organisers Bundle
Ideal for AQA GCSE ‘Lit P1: A Christmas Carol’ SOWs. Complete set of knowledge organisers.
Context + themes
Plot + characters
Writing an essay + tier 3 vocabulary
Tier 2 vocabulary
GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision Lesson- Violence
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of violence in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of violence in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Oracy task- Talking Point debate
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (the Captain’s speech Act 1, Scene 2)
High-level WAGOLL model example
Essay structures
Peer-assessment task
Blood Brothers- The Psychology of Nature vs. Nurture
Ideal for stretching and challenging KS3 + KS4 students when studying the context of Blood Brothers and exploring the psychology of nature vs. nurture! Fully-resourced. Intended for BB but could be applied to the majority of GCSE literature set texts/ A-Level set texts, or could even be used in citizenship/ PSHE.
What does this lesson include?
LO: To demonstrate an understanding of the nature vs. nurture debate in psychology.
Key vocabulary
‘Do Now’ task defining nature and nurture
Links to Blood Brothers
Nature vs. nurture personal venn diagrams
Nancy L. Segal research
Building knowledge- YouTube link with handy explanation video
Exploring a twins case study
Hinge questions to assess understanding
Twin + triplet studies- looking at the ‘Three Identical Strangers’ documentary and research documents
Cornell notes activity
Oracy plenary- whole class Talking Point-style debate
AQA GCSE Lang P2- Analysing Persuasive Writing
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2-based SOW/ non-fiction scheme/ exploration of rhetoric/ media studies SOW. Fully-resourced lesson.
What’s included?
LO: To analyse how journalists use language to persuade readers to agree with a viewpoint.
Key words and a word of the week.
Front page articles from The Sun and The Guardian on the topic of leaving the EU/ the Brexit vote
Lang P2 Q1, 3 + 4 practice
GCSE A Christmas Carol: Theme Revision Lesson- Redemption
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of redemption in ACC and demonstrate an understanding of the novella’s historical/ social context.
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Key quotations recap
Wider academic reading activity- extract from Henry Mayhew’s ‘London Labour and the London Poor’ (1865)
Oracy task- Talking Point-style class debate
Tracking Scrooge’s redemption
5 questions on redemption in 5 mins
Exam-style question (Stave 5 extract- Scrooge’s changed personality)
High-level WAGOLL model example
Essay structures
Peer-assessment task
AQA GCSE Lang P2 Q5 Revision- Dialects
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
‘Do Now’ recall activity on non-fiction formats and conventions
Literacy development + vocab builder
Tips to tackle the question
Practice questions examples
Sample answers
Practice question + planning activity on the topic of dialects and accents (article writing)
Link to Guardian article to prompt ideas
Self-assessment task
AQA GCSE Language P1 Q5 Revision- Embedding Ambitious Vocab
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson/ creative writing lessons at KS3 + KS4. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To demonstrate consistent application of sophisticated, ambitious vocabulary in order to effectively describe (AO5).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Revision strategies
Vocabulary booster tasks
Progress check- short writing task with WAGOLL model example
Risks of overusing ambitious vocab in creative writing
Sample answers
Practice question- descriptive writing task with recommended structures
Self-assessment task + upgrading
Metacognitive reflection task
Bundle
Unseen Poetry- A3 Sheets X11 Bundle
Ideal for GCSE English Literature revision
A bundle of 11 A3 double-sided unseen poetry worksheets including a variety of poems, space for annotations, visible learning objectives, structure/ language techniques tasks, modelled examples and space to write analytical paragraphs. Perfect for Year 11 revision!
This bundle includes worksheets on:
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’
Joseph Coelho’s ‘February’
Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’
Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’
Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ and Henry Vaughan’s ‘The Retreat’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ and Phillis Wheatley’s ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’
Owen Sheers’ ‘On Going’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘Clearances’
Brian Bilston’s ‘The Caveman’s Lament’ and Anon’s ‘You’re the One’
Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ and John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’
Introduction to Shakespeare- 1. Context
**Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available). **
LO: To develop an understanding of the historical, social, political and literary context of Shakespeare’s plays.
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Recalling prior learning and understanding
Shakespeare’s language and insults
Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters
Independent research into key areas of Jacobean life
The Great Chain of Being
The Globe Theatre
Persuasive writing task
Introduction to Shakespeare- 2. Comedies
**Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available). **
LO: To develop an understanding of the conventions of Shakespearean comedy.
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Conventions of the comedy genre
Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters
Analysis of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (extract)
Exploring comedy settings
Descriptive writing task
Mini plenaries
Introduction to Shakespeare- 3. Tragedies
**Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available). **
LO: To develop an understanding of the conventions of Shakespearean tragedy and the role of the tragic hero.
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Conventions of the tragedy genre
Dramatic structure
Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters
The Great Chain of Being + King Lear
Analysis of King Lear (extract)
Mini plenaries
Introduction to Shakespeare- 4. Histories
Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available).
LO: To develop an understanding of Shakespeare’s histories and the legacy of Richard III.
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Introduction to Richard III
Quote analysis
Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters
Persuasive writing on the King in the car park
Mini plenary
Introduction to Shakespeare- 5. Leading Ladies
Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available).
LO: To develop an understanding of the characterisation of Lady Macbeth.
BIG QUESTION: How is Lady Macbeth presented as an unconventional Jacobean woman?
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Jacobean gender conventions
Quote analysis
Analytical writing (complete with structures and modelled examples)
Mini plenary
Bundle
An Introduction to Shakespeare- KS3
Highly challenging and fully resourced 5 lesson introductory unit to Shakespeare. All lessons contain 18-20 PowerPoint slides with a variety of tasks, formative assessment opportunities, analysis of key play extracts, scaffolding and modelling.
Topic 1- Context and introduction
Topic 2- Comedies (AMND)
Topic 3- Tragedies (King Lear)
Topic 4- Histories (Richard III)
Topic 5- Shakespeare’s Leading Ladies (Lady Macbeth)
Bundle deal- typically £2.50 per lesson (saving over 50%)!
Power & Conflict Poetry- Introduction (Power Poems)
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To analyse and compare unseen poems on power by applying my prior knowledge of language techniques and structural devices in order to demonstrate a wider understanding of how meaning is created.
Poetic techniques recall ‘do now’ task and exploration of types of modern power + conflict
Expectations of the GCSE exam and helpful tips/ tricks
Introducing the ‘power’ cluster through art
‘Talking Point’- style whole class oracy task
Unseen Poem analysis practice- ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ by W.H. Auden (1939) and ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’ by Phillis Wheatley (1768)
Prompts for annotations, analytical writing practice, and a high-level modelled example (WAGOLL)
Metacognitive reflection plenary
GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision- Corruption
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of corruption in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of corruption in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (discovery of the regicide- Act 2, Scene 3)
Essay planning mat
Context development
Quote explosion + practice time
An Introduction to 19th Century Literature- Miss Havisham
Ideal for any KS3 curriculum as an introduction to 19th century literature, using extracts from canonical Victorian texts and a variety of activities to develop analytical writing skills!
This lesson includes:
LO: To develop an understanding of themes and characterisation in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
Literacy-based ‘do now’ starter activity
Examination of Victorian primary sources to gain understanding of women, wives and female identity during the 19th century
Revisiting and deepening understanding of the role of women
A clip from Great Expectations to start thinking about characterisation and whether or not Miss Havisham is a conventional Victorian woman
Extract analysis of Great Expectations- focus on characterisation of Miss Havisham
Vocabulary builder
Deepening understanding by looking at ‘Havisham’ by Carol Ann Duffy
‘Talking Point’- style whole-class oracy debate task
Victorian women- monologue writing
Reflection plenaries