In this lesson (7th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!

This assembly is interactive and covers the concept of Democracy, whilst also introducing the other British values. At the end, there is a task for students and a padlet competition.

This assembly is originally for year 9, reiterating acheivements from the previous term, asking students about their holiday, and stating expectations. Note: This was an online assembly, so adapt as necessary.

Using this worksheet the class will be able to prepare for creating a Dystopian world of their own (search creating a dystopia worksheet) by collecting and practicing using ‘dystopian verbs’. Suitable for KS3, low-mid ability.

Includes a student example, and labels with the techniques they’ve used, and why they’re effective

This display consists of poem titles, poet names, pictures for each poem, 3 quotes per poem, and poppies for decoration. Poems: London - William Blake Poppies - Jane Weir Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker Storm on The Island - Seamus Heaney Exposure - Wilfred Owen War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy

This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 3 sections - WWW, EBI, and a task. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked! There are also marking codes and their meaning at the top of the sheet, to help the students to understand your marking. The numbers at the bottom reflect the student grade.

This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 3 sections - WWW, EBI, and next steps. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked! There are also marking codes and their meaning at the top of the sheet, to help the students to understand your marking. The numbers at the bottom reflect the student grade.

This display includes 8 different poetic techniques, a visual for each, and the definition. It also includes two key terms for structure. The cover sheet is there to help guide you to make the display.

This includes a link to the IGCSE past paper that the assessment will be based on, (only section A) and a preparation lesson explaining to students how to best tackle Section A questions. I've chosen to only test my students on Section A, but this preparation lesson could help with Section B as well. This also includes a student assessment reflection sheet for when you give back their marked work.

This project allows students to work independently, and is split into instructions for 6 lessons. They will be writing an article on their ‘Time Person of the Year’, and in the final lessons, presenting it to the class. Lesson one and two will be a planning stage, in which the students will find their topic and research. Lesson three and four will be the writing stage, and a clear success criteria is provided for this. Lesson five and six will be the presentation stage, students are given instructions as to how to offer feedback verbally to each group.

This project allows students to work in groups, and is split into instructions for 6 lessons Each lesson, the students will be swapping stories with someone in their group, and continuing with theirs. The title of your story will be “How My Teacher Turned into a Monster”. For each section of the story, the students will be given a specific success criteria, images and language techniques to include. Lesson one and two: Students write the beginning Lesson three and four: Students swap, and write the middle Lesson five and six: Students swap and write the end

To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the context of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyse some themes of the play.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work about the play ‘Dara’. In this lesson, students will perform the whole of the first act (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main analysis task. Will help if teaching the 2020 component 1 past paper.

This lesson allows students to work within the skill-set and level that they are comfortable at. It teaches students to work together in creating a final performance piece (a scene with a genre of your choosing - here I’ve chosen tragicomedy).

This lesson continues from the creative writing: narrative hook lesson that I have posted previously. Please find a bundle deal for both lessons for a reduced price. However, this lesson can easily also work as a stand alone lesson on sentence types and evaluating their effectiveness in a written piece. Links to other cultures are also present in the excerpt of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid’s memoir.

Worksheet on Duffy’s poem ‘Valentine’ including starter activity, analysis questions, and a scaffolded paragraph task.

First lesson in a three lesson mini-scheme for Armitage’s ‘Remains’. This lesson in particular covers key themes, vocabulary, context, and offers a ‘first look’ at the poem.

This lesson is the fifth in a scheme of work on GCSE skills - however, it can easily stand alone. This lesson allows students to study a section of Of Mice and Men, and analyse any techniques they find. At the end, students will produce a question 2 style response.