AIMED AT MIDDLE TO LOW ABILITY, THIS COMPLETE LESSON LOOKS AT THE POET'S USE OF PERSONIFICATION AND METAPHOR. INCLUDES WORKSHEET WITH QUESTIONS AS AN EXTENSION TASK.

AIMED AT MIDDLE ABILITY KS3, THIS COMPLETE LESSON LOOKS AT THE IDEA OF A POEM HAVING A SPEAKER. ALSO COVERED IS LANGUAGE USED TO CREATE TONE. INCLUDES LINK TO HOMELESS DOCUMENTARY AND INCLUDES SOME CREATIVE ACTIVITIES.

AIMED AT MIDDLE TO LOW ABILITY KS3, THIS COMPLETE LESSON USES EMOJIS TO LOOK AT HOW THE POET CREATES MOOD. THE LESSON ALSO LOOKS AT THE POET'S USE OF TECHNIQUES AND CONSTRUCTING A SHORT RESPONSE USING PETAL.

AIMED AT MIDDLE ABILITY KS3, THIS COMPLETE LESSON EXAMINES THE POET'S USE OF ONOMATOPOEIA. INCLUDES SOME CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND COPY OF THE POEM.

STEP BY STEP THROUGH AN EXAM QUESTION ON SCROOGE'S CHANGING CHARACTER. KEY QUOTES ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH STAGE OF THE STORY, FOR USE IN ANSWERING THE QUESTION. ENABLES STUDENTS TO WRITE A COMPLETE ANSWER WITH MINIMAL HELP FROM THE TEACHER.

Aimed at higher ability KS3 or 4, this is a couple of lessons looking at how Othello's language changes from the beginning to the end of the play. It also makes comparison between Iago and Othello's language. The lesson also looks at identifying the writer's methods, through extracts from the play, which focus on the language used by both these key characters. There is a focus on Othello's words to Desdemona before he kills her and then how he returns to his former control in his final speech.

This lesson aims to introduce students to some facts about youth crime. After recording key information, students will use given information about presentation techniques to produce an informative poster on the topic.

Aimed at low to mid ability KS4, this extract to whole question about poverty, takes students through an exam question. First, students will look at the extract part of the question. Secondly, the whole novel will be covered. Includes a brief example response and an annotated copy of the extract.

With step by step instructions, students will create a job role and character for themselves within a Victorian town of the class's own creation. This aims to further understanding of the working Victorians of the time and to be clear about the differences between the rich and poor. This can be taken further to develop characters and roles, and also used to facilitate descriptive or narrative writing.

Students should produce a word cloud on what they know of Victorian society so far. They are then asked to match the image with the children's job from this era. More information is given about different child jobs and then students use this to write their own job adverts, using given examples. See other lessons for sale.

Aimed at higher ability KS3 or 4, this lesson provides a range of WW1 poetry related tasks. Students are asked to consider what they already know about WW1 and create a colourful wordle (word cloud). Then, using stills from WW1 in Lego, students match lines from famous WW1 poems to the images. Finally, students decorate a template of a poppy (choice provided), with images and quotations from their learning. This could be provided as a competition. Possible introductory lesson to WW1 poetry.

These worksheets provide a handy outline of things to keep in mind when writing a narrative or a description. Could be given out to students as revision aids.

Using Anthony Horowitz's re-telling of the story, these couple of lessons look at the relevance of the four seasons and ask pupils to consider how they affect people in everyday life. This starter activity helps them understand the ending of the story later in the lesson. Following more reading, there is a 'What do we learn about Hades' Q2 type task, with given answers for use with peer or self assessment. Then, students examine Demeter's feelings for her daughter by selecting evidence to support a number of given inferences. After discussion of the ending, pupils are asked to invent a fifth season and a god / goddess to control it.

This resource contains 4 x complete lessons using a variety of recent High Street Store Christmas adverts as stimulus. It also contains 3 x home learning tasks with corresponding 10 minute DIRT / follow-up class activities for peer marking. Merry Christmas!

This is an assessment comprising of one question on A Christmas Carol and one question on Jekyll and Hyde. Includes extracts for both and written in the style of AQA English Literature Paper 1. Also contains a Section B for English Language Paper 1. In this case two descriptive writing options, one with a stimulus.

USEFUL FOR BROADENING KNOWLEDGE AT A LEVEL. CAN BE PRINTED OFF FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AS A REFERENCE GUIDE.

Seven lessons (the first three of which look at the context for the story) covering up to the end of Stave 1. Aimed at MA but contains tasks for all abilities. Easily differentiated.

Four lessons focusing on Stave 4.