This unit contains 18 lessons (1 hour or more depending on the class) and supports students with their understanding of descriptive and narrative writing. There are 125 PPT slides with hyperlinked worksheets to support/challenge your students. The unit of work focuses on reading and writing skills using speaking and listening as a mechanism for fruitful discussions. There is a range of independent, paired and group activities in the unit (as the teacher, you can group/pair the students into differentiated teams). Each lesson has a clear objective and outcomes that are supported through use of AFL strategies. These lessons would suit students from year 9 and above in preparation for GCSE or iGCSE exams and/or coursework. Copyright Education Lifeguards.

This unit contains 6 objectives that support students to create a number of non-fiction text types (letter writing, blog/vlog, a magazine article and a class debate) while encouraging students to utilise a range of language and structure in their own writing. The reading components develop the skills required for the GCSE Language papers. The final lesson focuses on using language and structure effectively in a class debate. The unit will probably take 8-14 lessons depending on the group if lessons are one hour in length.

This structure can be used to support students with writing points, supporting them with evidence (how to embed), explaining/analysing and developing detail in context and writing a linking, yet concluding sentence at the end of the paragraph. I have also included a video of the full ppt at the start of the lesson with me speaking about how it all connects etc. Feel free to use both or either. It would probably be useful to put the video on the school’s platform so students can access it for hwk or revision. Keep in mind that once students understand the basic structure and how to do the above then they can be more creative with their answers and embed additional evidence throughout etc.

This PowerPoint teaches students how to understand what Ozymandias is about and the context in which it was written. The lessons look at context, language, structure and creating suitable responses. LO: To be able to identify and understand what the poem is about. LO: To be able to consider how the context played a role in the relevance of the message. LO: To be able to understand and analyse how language and structure are used in the poem.

Exploring the poem London by Blake in three lessons. This PowerPoint teaches students how to understand and research context (background information), annotate a poem, retrieve relevant evidence, create points and write an analytical response. Worksheets are all hyperlinked in the PowerPoint and support students with the activities. Please note that lesson one may take 2-4 lessons depending on the class size. These lessons do not spoon-feed students with information but get them to think for themselves, build their skills and draw their own conclusions. LO: To be able to identify and understand what life was like in England in the late 18th century. LO: To be able to retrieve information and explore the purpose in context. LO: To be able to analyse and evaluate how and why Blake used language and structure to engage the readers in context.

This PowerPoint identifies and comments on the language, structure and form in the poem, ‘London’ by William Blake.

This unit teaches students how to understand poetry (it’s more suitable for 13+ or high ability students). There are 10 objectives and the unit looks at Christina Rossetti (‘A Birthday’) and Wilfred Owen’s (Dulce) poems. It also uses the UN’s Global Goals and gets students to think about what is important to them and allows them to create their own poems using the techniques etc. There are model examples and structures to support writing analytical paragraphs and opportunities for students to create their own Podcast interview with Owen and get creative with some PETAL response mobiles. The whole SOW is linked to the GCSE OFQUAL AOs so is useful for any exam board, GCSE and/or iGCSE. It could be utilised for the MYP or KS3 lessons depending on the topic and the class. Potentially suitable for weaker IB/A-level students to grasp the art of analysing and how to consider the writer’s intentions in context using the 4 lenses.