Detailed and relatable assessment preparation lesson focusing on English Language Paper 1: Q5, using 911 as a stimulus for descriptive writing. The lesson includes:
1. quiz to test students' knowledge of writing skills
2. student friendly mark scheme
3. student example
4. independent writing task
5. opportunity for guided self assessment
Worksheet looking at sentence structures. Students will first look at the definitions of simple, compound, complex and minor sentence. They will then have to identify what sentence type has been used in a series of sentences, ending with rewriting a piece of writing using a variation of sentence forms.
Lesson for Chapter Six of The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will focus on A03, researching into Puritan society and making links with the novel. An exam style question is also included as homework or an extension.
An introduction lesson into dystopian literature. Students will look at the similarities, differences and features of utopian and dystopian literature. The lesson includes discussion based activities to develop students’ critical thinking and analysis of the short story, ‘The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas’.
An introductory lesson into The Sign of Four. Lesson includes:
idiom starter activity
short story which students use to identify the conventions of crime fiction
a writing task using a range of stimuli
Lesson exploring Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the Blue’. Lesson focuses on students making meaningful comments about the effect language and structure has on a reader. Lesson includes:
word class activity
TSLAP questions to help students analyse the poem
practice question and example answer
AQA Q5 style writing activity
Lesson looking at Atwood’s use of religious allusions in The Handmaid’s Tale. Lesson includes:
-series of questions for Chapter Four and Five
-group task involving students researching into the biblical references used in the novel
essay question
A series of detailed lessons focused on students creating their own theme park. Each lesson requires students to write for a different purpose or form (writing a review, pitch, leaflet). SPaG tasks are also included.
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.
Detailed lesson focusing on Chapter 1 of ‘The Sign of Four’. Students will focus on observations and deductions. Lesson includes:
-spelling test using unfamiliar words from Chapter 1
-observation and deductions task using extract from Chapter 1
-critical thinking/collaborative task (students use observations and deductions to solve a crime)
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Lesson exploring Chapter 2 and 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Students will analyse how symbolism is used by Atwood (clothing and flowers) to shape meaning. Questions are given for each chapter and task.
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Detailed lesson for the AQA Power and Conflict poetry text ‘Remains’. Students read and watch interviews from ex-soldiers to gain understanding of the contextual ideas that may help their understanding of the poem. A series of questions are given to aid students’ analysis of the poem. In addition, an exam style question and Assessment Objective planning sheet is also included.
Detailed lesson for IGCSE looking at how to write a review. The lesson includes:
-spelling test
-compound adjectives activities
summary and true and false exam style questions
written task (review)
A full lesson (could be used over a series of lessons) which focuses on the presentation of a Southern belle in the play. The lesson includes:
- Examples (videos and theories) of Southern belles in American novels
- Collaborative LIVE learning using Google Docs. Students will work together to create A0 focused revision notes around Williams representation of the archetype of a Southern belle through the character of Blanche
- In depth quote analysis (Explode the Quote)
An introductory lesson into A-level English. The lesson breaks down the Assessment Objectives into language that students understand. Furthermore, an 'audit' form for students to track each AO skill is included.
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
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.