A sequence exploring the role of Jacobean women, linking this to ‘Macbeth’, and exploring the wider theme of masculinity in society and the play as a whole.
Weekly reading lessons to complement an adventure non-fiction scheme of learning. 5 MA - HA non-fiction texts followed by space for comprehension activities selected by the teacher.
A comprehensive full term’s collection of weekly reading texts. Once a week, students read aloud a selected text/extract and then complete carefully selected active reading tasks based on their individual needs (predominantly identified by Accelerated Reader, but easily adapted to suit needs of your cohort).
A trio of engaging lessons on Carol Ann Duffy poetry (Valentine, Human Interest and Medusa).
Includes a whole-class feedback template sheet for a poetry assessment at the end of the week.
A booklet comprising of response tasks and exam strategies tackling the exam question: How does Priestley present Mr. Birling as self-centered in ‘An Inspector Calls’?
A unit of work exploring ‘Ghost Stories’ and tackling reading skills for individual classes/students. This booklet has room to develop ideas, challenge, and differentiate tasks (we do this based on Accelerated Reader data). Through these lessons, students develop: annotation skills, comprehension skills, decoding, tackling tier-2 language, and many other skills.
The final task is a competition where students create and perform their own ghost story based on the extracts and short stories they have read each week.
A 7-week booklet of study for ‘Treasure Island’ with evidence-based strategies to develop comprehension, reading fluency, and other intervention strategies identified by Accelerated Reader STAR tests. Easily adapted to suit the needs of the class.
This is an adaptation to our current SOL and therefore, it is only from Page.60 onwards of the Wordsworth Edition of ‘Treasure Island’.