<p>This resource has been created for studing poetry on the theme of Remembrance. This lesson gives students a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a themed poem.</p> <p>The first part poses comprehension and language activities. The tasks ensure the poem is carefully read.</p> <p>The second part of the lesson looks at vocabulary building and writing skills. Students are encouraged to write about their own experiences of Remembrance.<br /> This resource is suitable for cross curricular lessons in both PSHE and History.</p>

<p>This extract gives students an introduction to the theme of Fate in Tudor / Jacobean England. There is a comprehension exercise which allows students to develop a full understanding of how contemporary beliefs affected people.</p> <p>Then there is an extract-based activity closely analysing Act 3 Scene 5. Students will be able to bring lots of contextual knowledge to this section of the play.</p> <p>The final part gives an exam style question which can easily be edited for either the AQA or Edexcel exam specification. The question focus is patriarchy.</p> <p>The lesson comes with a writing activity which allows students to imaginatively develop ideas from the extract. This resource is suitable for KS3 students, or weaker KS4 students.</p>

<p>This resource has been created for Halloween themed lessons. Students are given a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a writing task. The first part poses language activities looking at prepositions and how to use them. The second part of the lesson looks at vocabulary building, writing skills and punctuation. The picture is suitably Gothic, creepy, supernatural and gives students plenty of material to work on. This lesson is suitable for KS3 students, but it can easily be adapted to suit KS4 students, particularly those who are less able.</p>

<p>A step by step resource which allows students to develop a written response to a picture stimulus. Tasks include vocabulary building, sentence development and punctuation exercises. Students are encouraged to look carefully at an image of an abandoned sports stadium, thinking about the story behind the image, the context of the image and the details included in the picture.</p> <p>This lesson is suited to both KS3 and KS4 students. Activities are suited to less able students, but can also be used for more able students. It can easily be adapted to suit any GCSE curriculum.</p>

<p>In this lesson an extract is used to analyse Old Major’s Speech from Chapter 1 of the novel. Activities support examining Orwell’s use of language to manipulate / influence the other animals. The extract is taken from Chapter 1 of the novel. The extract has activities to support weaker students to look closely at language features.</p> <p>A creative writing activity is also included in the lesson which also looks at the effect of the speech on the other animals.</p>

<p>A fully differentiated and resourced lesson on William Wordsworth’s ‘The Prelude’, one of the poems in the AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology, with the lesson ideally suited for both KS3 and KS4 students.</p> <p>Activities include a cloze exercise on the contextual theme of the Romantic Poets to support weaker students or those revising the topic.</p> <p>There is an activity which looks at analysing the structure of the poem, and tasks which look at each stanza separately, focusing on language techniques. There is a section which explores how the poem explores the theme of Conflict.</p>

<p>This resource has been created to help students understand and celebrate Black History Month. This lesson gives students a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a non-fiction text. The first part poses comprehension and language activities looking at a biographical text. The activities ensure the text is carefully read.</p> <p>The second part of the lesson looks at the poem ‘Invictus’ which inspired Nelson Mandela during his long imprisonment. skills. This resource is suitable for cross curricular lessons in both PSHE and History.</p>

<p>This resource has been created for the Day of the Dead celebrations, which take part on 1st November each year. This lesson gives students a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a non-fiction text based on a popular theme. The first part poses comprehension and language activities. The activities ensure the text is carefully read.</p> <p>The second part of the lesson looks at vocabulary building and writing skills. This resource is suitable for cross curricular lessons in PSHE.<br /> This lesson is suitable for KS3 students, but it can easily be adapted to suit KS4 students, particularly those who are less able.</p>

<p>This resource has been created to help students understand and celebrate Black History Month. The lesson is based around the autobiography of Mary Seacole during her time as a nurse in the Crimean War.</p> <p>This lesson gives students a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a non-fiction text. The first part poses comprehension and language activities. The activities ensure the text is carefully read. The second part of the lesson looks at vocabulary building and writing skills. Although the activities are based around Literacy / English skills, this resource is suitable for cross curricular lessons in both PSHE and History.</p>

<p>This is an extract based activity on a popular dystopian novel, the Hunger Games. Students will be able to bring lots of contextual knowledge to discussions about this text. There are lots of activities, including assessing prior knowledge of the text, and of the dystopia style genre. This extract gives students a simplified and broken down way of accessing the text. The first part poses comprehension and language activities to ensure the text is carefully read. The second part gives questions which follow the style of Language Paper 1 for AQA - analysing language, writing about structure and evaluating a section of the extract. This lesson can easily be edited for the Edexcel exam specification.</p> <p>This lesson can easily be adapted for KS3 students studying the Dystopia genre</p> <p>There are writing activities to include vocabulary building, as well as the usual exam style writing activity, with 2 writing options.</p> <p>This lesson can easily be edited for the AQA or Edexcel exam specification.</p>

<p>This extract gives weaker students a simplified and broken down way of accessing an exam style fiction text. The first part poses comprehension and language activities to ensure the text is carefully read. This is an extract from the beginning of a popular dystopian novel. Students will be able to bring lots of contextual knowledge to discussions about this text. The second part gives questions which follow the style of Language Paper 1 for AQA - analysing language, writing about structure and evaluating a section of the extract. This lesson can easily be edited for the Edexcel exam specification.</p> <p>The lesson comes with a writing activity which allows students to imaginatively develop the ideas from the extract.</p> <p>The lesson can also be adapted for KS3 students studying the dystopia theme</p>

<p>This lesson gives students a simplified and broken-down way of accessing a non-fiction text. The text is around a diary entry of a family preparing for the Diwali festival. The first part poses comprehension and language activities looking at a the features of an autobiographical text. The activities ensure the text is carefully read. The second part of the lesson looks at images of Diwali celebrations, and tasks allow students to write about the festival.</p> <p>The lesson also looks at some examples of Diwali poems, and students are given the opportunity to write their own Diwali poems.</p> <p>This lesson is also suitable for PSHE lessons, as it looks at multiculturalism and celebrates diversity</p>

<p>This extract gives weaker students a simplified and broken down way of accessing a fiction text. The first part poses comprehension and language activities to ensure the text is carefully read. This is an extract-based activity on a popular novel. Students will be able to bring lots of contextual knowledge to discussions about this text. The second part gives questions which follow the style of Language Paper 1 for AQA - analysing language, writing about structure and evaluating a section of the extract. This lesson can easily be edited for the Edexcel exam specification.</p> <p>The lesson comes with a writing activity which allows students to imaginatively develop the ideas from the extract.</p> <p>This lesson can also be used for cross curricular History lessons, as the extract focuses on the use of animals in WW1</p>

<p>This lesson provides a step by step method of understanding the Prince’s Speech in Act 1 Scene 1 and its purpose and effects. It is suitable for KS3 students, or for weaker KS4 students who find Shakespeare’s language difficult.</p> <p>The activities include analysing the language and the impact of Shakespeare’s use of language by identifying techniques and their effects. There are also comprehension questions to ensure students have full understanding of the meaning of the speech.</p> <p>The lesson also includes writing tasks, both to demonstrate understanding of the text, and also to enable students to explore the purpose and impact of the text.</p>

<p>This lesson can be used as a one-off resource for National Poetry Day 2024 which allows students to look at the poem ‘Invictus’ by William Ernest Henley. It is suitable for KS4 students, but can easily be modified for KS3 pupils. There are several tasks, looking at context, language and structure. Activities include finding evidence in the poem to support ideas, looking at the use of contrast in the poem and finally writing their own inspirational poem. However, this lesson can also be used as a resource for the Unseen section of the GCSE Literature specification.</p> <p>‘Invictus’ is a well-known and thought-provoking poem which is inspirational in its content. The resource can also be used in a cross curricular way to include PSHE, as students are encouraged to consider the poet’s personal life and his life as a disabled writer in Victorian society.</p>

<p>This lesson can be used as a one-off resource for National Poetry Day 2024 which allows students to look at the poem ‘Etymology’ by Lucy Webb. It is suitable for KS3 students, but can easily be modified for KS4 pupils. There are several tasks, looking at language and structure. Activities include finding evidence in the poem to support ideas, looking at the use of language in the poem and finally writing their own etymological poem. However, this lesson can also be used as a resource for the Unseen section of the GCSE Literature specification.</p> <p>‘Etymology’ is a thought-provoking poem which is fascinating in its content. The resource can also be used in a cross curricular way to include PSHE, as students are encouraged to consider themselves and their identity.</p>

<p>This is a one off resource for National Poetry Day 2024 which allows students to have fun with Haiku style poems. There are several tasks, culminating in students creating their own Haiku poems. Activities include thinking about poems in general, understanding the rules of Haiku poems, looking at examples and finally writing thier own.</p> <p>This resource will suit all ages and abilities! It’s lots of fun, and the resource can also be used in a cross curricular way to include Art, as students are encouraged to consider the format, style, layout and design of the Haiku poem they are creating</p>

<p>This resource allows KS3 students or weaker KS4 students to consider the rules of the Gothic genre. The activities include using synonyms, advanced punctuation and a selection of cloze activities. This lesson could be used to introduce students to Gothic in preparation for the study of Jeckyll and Hyde or A Christmas Carol.</p>

<p>This lesson provides a step by step method of understanding the Prologue and its purpose and effects. It is suitable for KS3 students, or for weaker KS4 students who find Shakespeare’s language difficult.</p> <p>The activities include analysing the language and the impact of Shakespeare’s use of language by identifying techniques and their effects. There are also comprehension questions to ensure students have full understanding of the meaning of the Prologue.</p> <p>The lesson also includes writing tasks, both to demonstrate understanding of the text, and also to enable students to explore the purpose and impact of the text.</p>

<p>This extract and associated activities gives weaker students a simplified and broken down way of accessing a non-fiction text, on the theme of ‘Mental Health Day’, In 2024 this day falls on Thursday 10 December. This extract is suitable for KS3 students but can be adapted for less able KS4 pupils. The first part poses keywords for the subject. The second part has comprehension and language activities to ensure the text is carefully read. There are tasks which allow the student opportunities to analyse the use of persuasive language.<br /> There is a writing activity which encourages the use of a wide vocabulary, whilst giving students the opportunity to use information from the text they have just read.<br /> This lesson can easily be adapted to suit any GCSE curriculum.<br /> As the content is linked to personal health, it can be used to support PSHE as well as English</p>

<p>A reading comprehension task which looks at an extract from the novel ‘The Hobbit’ by Tolkien. There are basic comprehension questions, language analysis questions, vocabulary questions and an original writing task. This resource is based on skills needed for Language Paper 1 (all exam boards) but it is modified to make it accessible for KS3 pupils. The theme is Mirkwood. The extract could also be used as a resource for analysing the Gothic genre.</p>