Pigeon English - approx 30 hours of lessons

This scheme was planned for a low-ability class of year 10 students studying Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman for their GCSEs. Most students were working at level 3 with targets of 4 or 5.

Benefits to teachers:

1. Revision pack with key quotations, model paragraphs and essay planning sheets for practice questions.
2. Scheme focusses on the high-level concepts of motifs, religious imagery and the use of cyclical structure as a way of more easily developing lower-ability students’ responses to the higher levels.
3. Scheme also incorporates development of the skills needed to access Section B in the AQA Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 exams (creative writing and persuasive writing).
4. Focussed and integrated use of context - specifically Damilola Taylor’s death, the London riots, relgious imagery and the cycle of poverty.

Single lessons = 50 minutes.
Double lessons = 100 minutes.

Edition used: ISBN 978-1-4088-6659-7 (2015 edition)