First lesson for A Christmas Carol SOW.
Big Question: Who was Charles Dickens?
Lesson includes:
What is AO3? A brief exploration of AQA Assessment Objective 3
Fact sheet about Charles Dickens and questions
Activity focusing on students making connections between the novella and the context
What inspired Charles Dickens to write ‘A Christmas Carol’? Independent writing task with sentence prompts.
The second lesson in ‘A Christmas Carol’ SOW.
Big question: What are the typical conventions of a ghost story, and to what extent does ‘A Christmas Carol’ align with these genre expectations?
The lesson includes:
what is genre? Exploration of conventions suited to ghost stories.
questions to aid students’ analysis of the preface
read, re-read, read again the opening of the novella
analysis questions
big question revisited: indepedent writing task
A lesson exploring the character Sheila Birling. The lesson includes:
questions about Sheila Birling
character tracking activity.
class discussion question and sentence starters
An introduction to ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’.
The lesson includes:
Big question- Who was Tennessee Williams? To what extent might the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ be an expression of his identity?
Research into Tennessee Williams (questions provided)
Inference and prediction tasks using the ‘Poker Night’ painting by Thomas Benton and synopsis
Homework task (Tennessee Williams Interview with Mike Wallace in 1958)
A set of homework tasks for ‘Macbeth’. This includes:
- literature exam style questions
-other exams questions using ‘Macbeth’ as a stimulus, e.g. using a scene from Macbeth to look at how structure interests a reader (Question 3 of the English Language Paper 1)
Detailed lesson looking at AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3. The lesson includes:
-class structure game
-revision flashcard
-2 Jekyll and Hyde extracts (class work and homework) with guided questions
Useful worksheet for A-level students. Students will use questions focused around the Assessment Objectives to provide more effective revision notes.
Lesson idea:
Add document to Google Docs
Put students into pairs and give them a different AO question to focus on
Sit back and watch the students work! View their responses live on Google Docs and provide questions to aid them when necessary
At the end of the lesson, the students would have positively collaborated to create revision notes.
An English Language Mat that students can use each time they want to tackle section A of the English Language Paper 2 paper. It breaks down each question into steps to help answer the questions successfully. It also lists techniques and connectives they can use to help with question 2-4.
Introductory lesson for 'The Sign of Four'. The lesson breaks down the English literature paper and the Assessment Objectives for the exam. Students will then act as detectives using images, video clips and a summary of the novel to make their own predictions of the novel.
A series of questions for students to complete exploring the social, historical context of the novel. The workbook has website links to help students and extended writing tasks to complete.
The workbook looks at the following areas:
- Crime and policing
-Jack the Ripper
-Class
-British Empire (importing and exporting)
-Women
-Drugs
Questions for each act of 'An Inspector Calls', with an exam question for act 3.
To stretch pupils, most questions require them to make their own interpretations of characters and the language they use. In addition, questions focused on Priestley's use of dramatic irony and foreshadowing.
Some key quotes exploring themes of guilt, bravery and masculinity in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Students should 'explode' the quotes by analysing words and phrases.
English Language Paper 1 exam paper and feedback lessons, using the Inspector from 'An Inspector Calls'. Lesson breaks down each question and offers example paragraphs to help students' understanding. Mark schemes are also included for students to peer/self-assess.
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Series of detailed lessons for Passage to Africa.
Persuasive writing and context lessons:
Students will act as 'Save the Children' and research into the issues affecting the lives of those in Somalia due to the war (research pack provided). They will then write a persuasive speech to the Prime Minister using the research that they have learnt. This can be taught over a series of lessons.
Activities led to really interesting and insightful discussions, and students developed a more insightful understanding of the issues that affect their world :o)
Nice idea to extend learning outside the classroom:
- letters could be sent to the MP
-speaking and listening activities
-assembly presentations
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Descriptive Writing Lesson:
- Quiz testing students understanding of language techniques
- Stimulus (focusing on famine in Somalia) for creative writing with step-by-step success criteria
- Example answer to help students write a successful response
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Analysis Lesson:
-Lessons unpicking the language and structure of the text. Students will work together to identify key techniques and the effect of these.
-Exam style question provided with step by step instructions on how to approach the question. Student example also given to help student write a more successful answer.
Detailed lesson considering the role Mr Birling plays in the death of Eva Smith, making links with the context (working women in Edwardian Britain).
Lesson includes:
- AQA Question 1 (starter) and Question 4 (extension) revision tasks
- 'Explode' the quote activity
Lesson looking at the meaning of Christmas . Students begin by reflecting on what Christmas means to them, and then focus on how Christmas is a time of giving/being aware of those less fortunate.
Lesson includes poetry analysis (courtesy of Victoriafalls2k5) and a writing activity.
Activity getting students to identify the persuasive techniques Martin Luther King Jr. uses in his 'I Have a Dream' speech. Two example PEE paragraphs are also included for students to compare.