Whole lesson for teaching London including:
Starter activity that encourages to pupils to infer what the poem will be about - challenge to consider key themes. Extra starter activity that tests pupils knowledge of the poem and others in the cluster.
Key contextual information about Blake and the French Revolution
Home Learning Activity
References to language and structural techniques with a poem dictionary.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Whole lesson for teaching Ozymandias including:
Starter activity includes key quotes, images and key themes to invite pupils to infer what the poem may be about and what views Shelley may have had on society.
Extra starter activity (can be used as a review) for pupils to summarise the poem in 10 words or less.
Copy of the poem for annotations and link of reading on YouTube.
Key contextual information.
References to language and structural techniques including match up activity with definitions.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Two home learning activities - research and exam style question.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Whole lesson for teaching The Charge of the Light Brigade including:
Starter activity with quotes from the news report on the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava to allow pupils to infer what happened and link this with the poem.
Review activity that tests pupils’ knowledge of other poems in the cluster.
Homework tasks to research Tennyson
Key contextual information about the Battle of Balaclava and Tennyson
A clear summary of the poem and references to key themes
References to language and structural techniques.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Great for revision or initial teaching.
Lesson for AQA Love and Relationships poem, Porphyria’s Lover including:
3 x starter/review activities to encourage pupils to recall key information about the poem.
Links to English Literature Paper and Assessment Objective match-up activity
Sorting activity for chronology of the poem
Links to key themes and feelings in the poem (table that explores feelings and attitudes in more depth)
References to language/structure/form techniques
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Starter activity introducing words from Polari in everyday use
Introduction to Martha’s Vineyard theory
Introduction to Lavender Linguistics and Polari with link to radio show
Legislation and sexuality timeline
Activity surround article written by Paul Baker
Links with Robin Lakoff’s work ‘A Woman’s Place’
Further reading: Extract from Gary Nunn article
Discussion activity surrounding language use surrounding lesbian and heterosexual women
Further links to articles surrounding Language and Sexuality for group work
Applicable to new AQA English Literature Paper 2 Exam: Modern Texts
A lesson exploring the features of form/genre within An Inspector Calls including:
A starter to encourage pupils to consider how An Inspector Calls is a morality/whodunit/well-made play with links to AO2.
Top tips on how to analyse form in relation to the play.
A grid activity with information stations to allow pupils to retrieve information about the three forms of the play, building on the starter activity and space for them to consider the effects of form.
A slide exploring the Three Unities - pupils to consider where these are evidence in the play.
A review comprised of questions to check understanding.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
An excellent revision resource which includes the following:
Whole lesson for teaching how to prepare for the new Section B English Literature Power and Conflict 2017 examination including:
Starter activity to invite meta-cognition about the importance of planning and the rating activity allows students to visibly demonstrate their understanding at the beginning and end of the lesson (AfL)
Review activity to revise language/structure/form terminology (teacher to provide)
Review of exam format and top tips
Assessment Objective grid phrased as questions
2 x exam style question (1 for Power and Conflict; 1 for Love & Relationships) for class deconstruction.
4 x options for planning an exam response
Revision activity: Create a text profile
Revision grid
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Applicable to new AQA English Literature Paper 2 Exam: Modern Texts
Revision lesson which contains the following:
References to Assessment Objective 3 using AQA wording
Questions to prompt thinking about society in 1912 and Priestley
Information on social class and how society changed between 1912 (set) and 1945 (first performance)
Information about the police force in 1912
References to ‘fallen women’ and a table activity to generate analytical thought
Information on politics and working life
Activities to encourage pupils to consider key settings, particularly the opening of the play with Priestley’s use of stage directions.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Lesson includes key information and activities to support learning of the following theories
Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment
Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice
Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study
The Workman Survey
Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’
The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020)
Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided)
Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984)
Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent
Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents
An Inspector Calls Plot Revision Grid:
A blank revision grid designed for revision.
Can be easily adapted for other plays or texts in this unit.
Form and Genre Revision Lesson:
A starter to encourage pupils to consider how An Inspector Calls is a morality/whodunit/well-made play with links to AO2.
Top tips on how to analyse form in relation to the play.
A grid activity with information stations to allow pupils to retrieve information about the three forms of the play, building on the starter activity and space for them to consider the effects of form.
A slide exploring the Three Unities - pupils to consider where these are evidence in the play.
A review comprised of questions to check understanding.
Context and Setting Revision Lesson:
References to Assessment Objective 3 using AQA wording
Questions to prompt thinking about society in 1912 and Priestley
Information on social class and how society changed between 1912 (set) and 1945 (first performance)
Information about the police force in 1912
References to ‘fallen women’ and a table activity to generate analytical thought
Information on politics and working life
Activities to encourage pupils to consider key settings, particularly the opening of the play with Priestley’s use of stage directions.
Introductory starter activity about accent/dialect prejudice
Discussion and definitions of difference between accent and dialect
Introduction to Received Pronunciation with supporting video
Discussion of attitudes surrounding R.P
Videos tracking how R.P has changed over time - Fiona Bruce in 1999 vs. The Queen in 2020; attitudes to particular accents with supporting videos
Introduction to Standard English
Homework activity to research an accent and current attitudes towards it
Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment
Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice
Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study
The Workman Survey
Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’
The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020)
Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided)
Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984)
Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent
Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents
Review activity of theory covered so far.
Introduction to Multicultural London English with discussion activities, videos, two articles which invite students to compare attitudes towards MLE and its replacement of Cockey (articles included with lesson)
Introduction to Estuary English
A look at ‘famous’ speakers of Estuary English
Discussion and question activity surrounding the concept of ‘dialect levelling’
‘Initial ideas’ support
AO1 and AO2 phrased as questions to supporting thinking
Data from question included in presentation, too
What to include in an introduction with exemplar
Ideas to ‘build response’ with scaffolded questions
Exemplar ideas for how to include theorists in response to the data
Model paragraph for main body of essay on Slide 18
Homework task
Full SOW for teaching of key theoretical concepts for the spoken language aspect of Child Language Acquisition, alongside inclusion of practice exam questions and revision resources.
Bundle SOW for teaching of AQA A Level English Language, Diversity and Change - Gender Theory.
The lessons are structured to be taught through the different ‘models’ of gender theory: Deficit, Difference, Dominance and Diversity and are interspersed with exam style questions to prepare students for the styles of questions presented at both AS and A Level.
Key revision materials for the content are also included, and accompanied with a lesson to introduce the ‘Waves of Feminism’ to support contextualisation of the key areas of theory.
The lessons are structured as follows:
Lesson 1: Introduction to English Language and Gender & Representation
Lesson 2: Deficit Model: Robin Lakoff and Women’s Place
Lesson 3: Difference Model
Lesson 4: Introduction to the Dominance Model and Conversation Terminology
Lesson 5: Review and Exam Style Question
Lesson 6: The Dominance Model Continued
Lesson 7: The Diversity Model
Lesson 8: Exam Question
Additional Lessons: Gender and Interaction Revision & Gender & Representation Revision
All 15 poems included. High quality SOW for teaching Power and Conflict Poetry (Resources are applicable to AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam 2017 onwards: Grade 9-1 course). Great to use for revision and first teaching of the poems.The materials include:
Precise summaries of each poem
Links to key themes (Assessment Objective 1)
Overviews of the context of each poem (Assessment Objective 3).
Extensive focus on subject terminology for each poem to support students with identifying the language/structure/form of each poem. (AO2)
Homework tasks which are accessible for all pupils with a key focus on independent research and unseen poetry practice (Section C).
Practice exam questions
References to success criteria with a ready-made plan to support all learners.
Final slide on preparing for an exam style question lesson includes a poetry grid to allow pupils to visually present their knowledge as they move through their study of the poems.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.