Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter five of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson teaches students the difference between direct and indirect characterisation (with an exercise to practise writing their own examples). It then prompts them to consider the characterisation of Father. Students then write a personal response to an emotional extract from the text in which Father expresses his opinion on the Jewish people in Auschwitz. Learning Objective: Write a personal response explaining how I feel about an extract. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Describe how you feel about an extract. Silver: Explain the reasons for your feelings. Gold: Ask questions and make links between what you know from the text and your other background knowledge. Lesson Overview: Do It Now: True or false questions about the Holocaust Starter: Indirect vs direct characterisation – explanation and whole-class activity. Activity 1: Popcorn reading and class discussion of how Father is characterised. Activity 2: Write a personal response to an extract from the text. Plenary: Think-pair-share: how did this extract make you feel? What do you think the author wants us to feel? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A fun, detailed and ready-to-teach lesson which prepares students for the changes in friendships they will most likely encounter when moving to secondary school. Students will roleplay different scenarios using scrips provided to act out how they could have healthy conversations with friends. They will then complete a table with ideas for strategies they could use when they are feeling certain emotions. I really value all the feedback I receive. Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A fun, detailed and ready-to-teach lesson in which year 6 students will reflect upon their organisational strengths and areas for improvement. They will then discuss strategies for improving their organisation and then complete a planner quiz which prompts them to problem-solve when using a planner. This is designed to last an hour but could be spread out over two one-hour lessons if more discussion time is given. This includes: A 27 slide PowerPoint with all teacher instructions and two different quizzes for students to complete. I really value all the feedback I receive. Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

Fully resourced and differentiated 1 hour lesson in which students use inference to propose solutions to a crime scene based on the objects found in it, and then create their own crime scene. This is easily adaptable and includes opportunities for students to work independently and in groups. Oracy and writing activities are included as part of the lesson. This could be used as part of a detective fiction scheme of learning or to precede students writing a piece of crime writing. This resource includes: * The powerpoint (12 slides) * 1 inference worksheet * 1 crime scene creation worksheet Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

An engaging hour-long lesson which introduces students to the relationship between Antonio and Bassanio in Act 1 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. This is aimed at students in Key Stages 3 and 4. Learning Objective: Analyse the relationship between Antonio and Bassanio in Act 1 Scene 1. Learning Outcomes: Students will complete comprehension questions on Act 1 Scene 1. Students will practise ‘exploding’ a quote for deeper analysis. Students will write an analytical paragraph using the PETER framework. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Think – pair – share – students infer details about Antonio from quotes. Starter: Introduction to Antonio and Bassanio. Activity 1: Read up until line 68 and discuss questions. Activity 2: Read until the end of the scene and discuss questions. Activity 3: Teacher modelling of how to explode a quote. Students write an analytical PETER paragraph to examine a quote in detail. Plenary: How are the audience meant to feel at the end of the scene? More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

Engaging and ready to teach one hour lesson to cover chapter three of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. This lesson introduces the key word mondegreen (misheard words that are given a new meaning) and prompts students to analyse the effect of the Fuhrer being misheard as “The Fury” and Auschwitz being misheard as “Out-With”. Students are given scaffolding to write an analytical paragraph to consider the effect of this technique. Learning Objective: Analyse the effect of mondegreens as symbols in the text. Learning Outcomes: Bronze: Understand what a mondegreen is and give examples from the text. Silver: Explain clearly how these words are used as symbolds. Gold: Explain clearly what the effect is on the reader. **Lesson Outline: ** Do It Now: What do you notice about the chapter titles? Starter: Listen to ‘Message in a Bottle’ – what is a mondegreen? Activity one: Discussion and reading Activity two: PETER paragraph Peer assessment Plenary: Would all readers of this book be able to consider the mondegreens? Freebies: Two pre-reading lessons to introduce students to the context of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A lesson on chapter 1 of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is available for free here. A scheme of work for teaching the entire novel is available for free here. If you find this lesson useful, please consider purchasing this ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Bundle or have a look at other resources available in my shop. . Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A fully-resourced one hour lesson to introduce students to the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in the context of the history of anti-Semitism. Students will read the scene and consider how Antonio and Shylock treat each other as well as considering how Shakespeare presents Shylock. Students will be scaffolded to independently find quotes from act 1 scene 3 and explain what this shows us about the characters. Learning Objective: Explore Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock. Learning Outcomes: Students will understand a basic history of anti-Semitism. Students will understand the events of act 1 scene 3 and consider how Shylock is introduced. Students will work in pairs to independently find and analyse quotes to show what they learn about Shylock. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Think – Pair – Share: What do we learn about Shylock from his opening quote? Activity 1: The history of anti-Semitism teacher explanation and student discussion of anti-Semitic propaganda. Group and class discussion of propaganda posters. You may want to edit this down if you feel it would be distressing to members of your class. Activity 2: Read act 1 scene 3. Activity 3: In pairs, students complete worksheet by finding quotes and considering what this tells us about the characters. Plenary: Who do you have more sympathy for: Antonio or Shylock? Class discussion More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed and comprehensive knowledge organiser/revision mat for the unseen poetry and poetry anthology questions for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This is comprised of two A3 pages of information. This knowledge organiser contains the following sections: Form and structural terms Language terms An overview table with all the poems, their themes and the poetic form of each. I have included it as a Powerpoint (for easy editing) and a PDF (for easy printing). If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to analyse the use of dramatic irony for dramatic effect. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A fully-resourced one hour lesson to guide students through annotating an extract from Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 of Macbeth by Shakespeare. This resource includes: a full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions that is ready to download and teach straight away. a photo of an example annotation a printable version of the extract which includes a glossary for key words. For detailed character profiles, please click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Ed in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This lesson supports students to consider Ed’s personality and his relationship with Christopher. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A detailed lesson/series of lessons which show students how to reach the top band of the mark scheme for AO5 when evaluating critic quotes for King Lear. This includes: A 25 slide PPT including the lesson overview and printing instructions A worksheet for students to fill in when practising AO5 A model answer Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

An engaging and detailed quiz style Powerpoint containing 40 questions and answers that covers poetic forms and techniques as well as famous poets and lines of poetry. The questions are split into four rounds - each containing 10 questions. This resource would be ideal for use at the beginning or end of a poetry unit for key stage 3 or 4. This could be used as one whole lesson, or as a detailed starter across multiple lessons. 29 slides in total. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert ">LikeAnExpert</a> shop.

This revision workbook is ideal for any student preparing for an exam and for teachers and parents supporting them. This 12 page guide walks students through how to prioritise revision topics, create an effective revision timetable using spaced learning and how to revise using retrieval practice. The guide contains a revision template so that students can complete a RAG analysis of what they already know. It also contains a revision plan template. This would be ideal for teaching PSHE or Study Skills. Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A detailed and engaging one hour lesson to support students in their analysis of Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play by Simon Stephens) for Edexcel English Literature IGCSE 4ET1. This resource contains a ready-to-teach Powerpoint with all teacher and printing instructions included. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review and have a look at other resources available in my shop.

A thorough revision quiz that covers all 30 of the Gillian Clark poems on the CIE AS level English Literature syllabus (9695). This takes between one and two hours to complete. Round one asks students to identify the poem and the poetic techniques used in quotes from the poems. Round two asks them to identify poems with specific themes. Poems covered: Advent Apples Baby-sitting Blaen Cwrt Burning Nettles Catrin Climbing Cader Idris Cold Knap Lake Death of a Cat Death of a Young Woman February Hare in July Hearthstone Icthyosaur Journey Lunchtime Lecture Miracle on St David’s Day My Box Neighbours Pipistrelle Post Script Ram Scything Seal Stealing Peas Sunday (‘From the mahogany…’) Sunday (‘Getting up early…’) The Lighthouse Times Like These White Roses Leave a review and choose any other resource of up to the same value for free from my shop.

A detailed knowledge organiser to support students studying ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. It includes the following: A brief section on William Shakespeare Key quotes and explanation of their importance Overview of all the important characters Important literary terms for studying the play This is suitable for any age group studying the play. It is an excellent resource to be used for setting homework, quizzing in classes or as a support mat. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert ">LikeAnExpert</a> shop.

A fully-resourced one hour lesson to introduce students to the character of Jessica in act 2 scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice . Students will complete a guided annotation and then consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica appear more or less sympathetic. Learning Objective: Explore Jessica’s Character in Act 2. Learning Outcomes: Students will read a summary of act 2 scenes 1 and 2. Students will read act 2 scene 3 and be guided through annotation of the scene before participating in a class discussion. Students will consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica more or less sympathetic to the audience. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Summarise act 1 in five sentences and then five words. Starter: As a class, read a summary of Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2. Then as a class, read Act 2 Scene 3. Students then answer questions and share in a class discussion. Activity 1: Guided annotation of scene. Activity 2: Stage the scene with Jessica portraying different emotions to make her sympathetic to the audience. Plenary: Personal response – to what extent is Jessica a victim? More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

An engaging hour-long lesson which introduces students to the main characters and themes in The Merchant of Venice before studying the play. This is aimed at students in Key Stages 3 and 4. This resource includes: A full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions (including printing instructions) A graphic organiser for students to record their notes. 5 detailed character profiles: Antonio, Bassanio, Shylock, Jessica and Portia. Learning Objective: Understand the main themes and characters in The Merchant of Venice. Learning Outcomes: Students will consider the title and posters of the play to mind-map themes. Students will work in groups to use an example summary and success criteria to write their own summary of a character from the play. Students will share features of their character with other students in the class. Lesson Outline: Do it now: Mind-map your ideas about the play based on the title. Starter: Look at these covers and posters; add your ideas you have about themes and ideas in the play to your mind-map. Think-pair-share ideas with the class. Activity 1: Modelling of an effective summary. Students read character profiles in groups and write a summary. Activity 2: Students circulate, share information and write down notes about the other characters. Plenary: Character quiz. More Resources for The Merchant of Venice Click here for a bundle of all the lessons to take you through the play plus a quiz, knowledge organiser and character revision posters. Freebies: For character revision posters for your classroom, click here. For an English/Drama lesson based on Portia’s choice in Act 1 Scene 2, click here. For a Scheme of Work overview for the unit, click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.

A fully-resourced one hour lesson to guide students through analysing the persuasive techniques used by Lady Macbeth in act 1 scene 7 of Macbeth. This resource includes: a full Powerpoint including all teacher instructions that is ready to download and teach straight away. a ready-to-print worksheet. For detailed character profiles, please click here. Leave a review and choose any other resource for free from the LikeAnExpert shop.