A 10-15 minute lecture used for revising ‘Tissue’ by Imtiaz Dharker.
This lecture breaks the poem down into three images that run throughout the poem, with key quotations and links to the key themes in the anthology. This could be used as it is or used to create a lesson for KS4 students.
Quotation Quilts for four key GCSE texts:
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Macbeth
Power and Conflict Poetry
Each sheet contains 15 exam-style questions and 50-60 quotations. Students can then use this to select four quotations that are relevant to their chosen question and colour code them. This encourages independent quotation selection and analysis.
If used well, this sheet can then provide a good revision resource for a range of questions for each text and will help with retrieval and comprehension.
Full SoW aimed at developing narrative writing in the fantasy genre. Created for use with Y8 but would work for all of KS3 and KS4.
Each lesson contains starter which recaps prior knowledge (through quizzing, etc.), word of the lesson to develop vocabulary, modelling (including pre-written examples), writing tasks (with images to prompt) and plenary to assess learning. Notes are provided for teachers.
Masterclass lesson is available to purchase alone if other lessons are not required. Crafting Similes lesson (L04) is also available for free download.
Includes the following lessons and resources:
L00 - Masterclass
L01 - Introduction to Fantasy Conventions
L02 - Openings and Narrative Voice
L03 - Zooming In and Out
L04 - Crafting Similes
L05 - Crafting Metaphors
L06 - Slow Writing and Checkpoint Assessment
L07 - Building Tension and DiRT
L08 - Using Personification and Developing Agency
L09 - Using Alliteration for Effect
L10 - Creating an Interesting Structure
L11 - Preparation for Final Assessment
L12 - Final Assessment
Isolation Booklet
SoW intended to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of Shakespeare’s character types (specifically villains) in preparation for their study of Shakespeare at KS4. Created for Y9 but would be suitable for lower KS3 with adaptations.
17 lessons focusing on 3 different Shakespearean plays (King Lear, Hamlet, and The Tempest). SoW includes checkpoint assessment, DiRT, and final assessment. Focus is on developing AO3 through understanding of context and its applications to extracts.
The Tempest Analysis lesson is available to download for free. SoW also includes notes for teachers on each play (key ideas, plot summary, contextual factors) for those who may be unfamiliar with texts or who are teaching them for the first time.
L00: Notes on each play for teachers to refer to when teaching
L01-02: Context (Crime in Shakespearean England)
L03-06: King Lear (Plot, Analysis, Debate, Consolidation)
L07-10: Hamlet (Plot, Analysis, Debate, Consolidation)
L11-12: Checkpoint and DiRT (Focus on Hamlet)
L13-15: The Tempest (Plot, Analysis, Debate)
L16: The Tempest Consolidation and Preparation for Final Assessment
L17: Final Assessment
‘I Do, We Do, You Do’ worksheet aimed at developing students’ skills in creative writing and using linguistic devices.
Created for use with KS3 but would also work well with KS4.
Part of Masterclass lesson and Fantasy Writing SoW. Image is of a fantasy setting but could easily be changed if focussing on other genres.
Lesson analysing extracts from ‘The Tempest’ (Act 1, Scene 2 and Act 3, Scene 2), with a focus on the presentation of Caliban as a villain.
Preceded by lessons focusing on context and general plot of the play, along with analysis of other plays as part of a ‘Shakespeare’s Villains’ SoW.
Lesson aimed at developing the crafting of similes in the fantasy genre. Created for use with Y8 but would work for all of KS3 and KS4.
Part of a larger “Fantasy Writing” SoW (also available on Tes).
Teaching notes for three of Shakespeare’s plays (King Lear, Hamlet and The Tempest).
Designed as part of a ‘Shakespeare’s Villains’ SoW. Features notes about the villain and their key attributes, along with links to contextual factors, links to Macbeth, and a plot summary.