This lesson was used to introduce Morris Gleitzman's novella Once for a LA Year 8 class

Used for a LA Year 8 class. Exploring the implicit and explicit details within Chapter One.

Component Two of the new English Eduqas syllabus with resources.

A creative fun and innovative lesson to teach both persuasive writing and speeches.

Graded outstanding. Additional crime scene was used as a visual stimulus. Pupils had to observe the crime scene to use as inspiration to write their own article. Support materials were used such as 5W's cups. Roll-it recap, starter and CSI sheet included. The pupils' LOVED this lesson!

A lesson exploring Narrative Perspective In Morris Gleitzman's Once. Lesson include quote explosions. Used with a LA Year 8 Class

Two lessons that explore tension within Once. First lesson involves an extract that pupils have to identify any techniques used to create tension. Followed by a second lesson, plotting a tension graph.

Pages 57-65. Looking at how fear is presented within the chapter. Pupils had to use a thesaurus to identify other synonyms for fear. Used with LA Year 8 class.

A worksheet looking at some of the techniques used in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet. For a low ability class. I found that this worked great!

An introduction lesson to Scrooge that includes: Connotation Circles. Visual Hexagons. EDUQAS style exam style question. Opportunity for a class exam style paragraph for support. Self-Assessment Plenary with a WWW and EBI section. Extract included. This was used for a LA class but could be adapted for HA.

A Scheme of work focusing on persuasion, using the theme of Dragon’s Den. Lessons Include: Introduction What makes a good pitch x2 Planning your new business Levels of Formality Names and Associations Premises and Finance Personality Sells Responding to Questions Presenting the Pitch

This lesson was graded as a 'good' lesson with the promise to be 'outstanding'. There are differentiated resources for pupils to access to help with their understanding of how tension is created in texts. All resources are attached.

Lessons are fully resourced looking at a variety of extracts from the Mystery Genre. This should build student up to writing an effective story opening. Includes 9 PPTs

This Scheme of work has 28 literature lessons that are fully resources and then another 14 language lessons that include looking at specific extracts and poetry. Every lesson starts with a ‘Do-Now’ activity based on KS2 SPAG for recall. Each lesson also has a slide for both lesson objecitves and outcomes as well as key words. I have included some frayer models within lessons and some low stake quizzes. The GAP lessons have very little as it depends on how pupils have preformed.

This resource includes: Articles Formal and Informal letters Reports Leaflets Reviews There is a PPT for each lesson including all of the resources and focuses on the EDUQAS assessment objectives. This could be adapted for other exam boards.