3x lesson series looking at different types of transactional writing
Learning objectives:
To be able to adapt my language depending on audience
To be able to use effective evidence when writing a speech
To be able to craft my ideas in an engaging way in transactional writing
All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation.
Some activities analyse a short extract or model, which is included.
Designed for G9/ KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson looking at transactional writing - article
Learning objective:
To be able to adapt my language depending on audience
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short model article, which is included.
Total of 5 slides.
Designed for G9 / KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A LESSON BUNDLE
Lesson looking at transactional writing - writing a speech to peers
Learning objective:
To be able to use effective evidence when writing a speech
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short model article, which is included.
Total of 4 slides.
Designed for G9 / KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A LESSON BUNDLE
Lesson looking at transactional writing - complaint letter
Learning objective:
To be able to craft my ideas in an engaging way in transactional writing
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Designed for Pearson IGCSE syllabus, but can be easily adapted.
There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short model answer, which is included.
Total of 14 slides.
Designed for G9 / KS4 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A LESSON BUNDLE
Lesson analysing the opening of the novel ‘A Monster Calls’
Learning objective:
To understand the extract
To be able to explain the effect on the reader
To be able to use a range of vocabulary to describe the tone of the extract
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included.
Total of 4 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson analysing the opening of the dystopian novel ‘The Hunger Games’
Learning objectives:
To understand the opening to ‘The Hunger Games’
To be able to explain how the writer creates a dystopian world
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included.
Total of 8 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
25% saving on the bundle
2x lesson series on ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ short story by Edgar Allen Poe
Learning objectives:
To explain how Poe creates tension in the story
To explain the tone of the story using a range of adjectives
To analyse how Poe uses language and structure to create tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation.
Some activities analyse a short extract, which is included, and some refer to the whole story, which is also included.
Designed for G7/ KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson analysing the creation of tension in the short story ‘The Tell Tale Heart’.
Learning objective:
To be able to explain the tone of the story using a range of adjectives
To analyse how Poe uses language and structure to create tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities, model answers and sentence starters for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included.
Total of 5 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson analysing the creation of tension in the short story ‘The Tell Tale Heart’.
Learning objective:
To be able to explain how Poe creates tension in the story
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities and definitions of key words for differentiation.
There is a short extract and then a longer extract from the story, included in the resource.
Total of 10 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson analysing the theme of fear in ‘The Woman in Black’
Learning objective:
To be able to analyse how a writer creates tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity.
There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation.
The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included.
Total of 8 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 3 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson studying the role of the Gothic literature in ‘The Woman in Black’
Learning objective:
To be able to explain why ‘The Woman in Black’ is an example of Gothic literature
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation. This lesson has a focus on oracy skills.
Total of 8 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 3 LESSON BUNDLE *
Lesson analysing the description of setting in ‘The Woman in Black’ and linking to features of the Gothic.
Learning objective:
To be able to explain how description of a setting can create tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities, sentence starters, and a model answer. The analysis focuses on a short extract (provided) from ‘The Woman in Black’.
Total of 7 slides.
Designed for G7 / KS3 students.
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 3 LESSON BUNDLE *
A mini scheme of work on Dystopian fiction
65% saving on the bundle!
SOW designed originally for G7 / Y8 / KS3
Contains a series of lessons on various Dystopian fiction texts, with a copy of the relevant extract booklet to support teachers
Texts include ‘1984’, ‘Divergent’, ‘Farenheit 451’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Hunger Games’
All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with embedded videos and handouts.
Total of 12 fully planned lessons
PDF resource for supporting a G7/Y8/KS3 unit on Dystopian literature - can be bought together with a series of corresponding lessons as a bundle for a good price
Extracts from ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Farenheit 451’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘1984’
19 pages so can be printed easily as a booklet
Contains helpful images and vocabulary to support students
A series of lessons introducing students to Orwell’s ‘1984’
50% saving on the bundle!
SOW designed originally for G8 / Y9 / KS3
Contains some group work and extended writing activities, with extracts from the novel contained within the relevant lessons
Lessons on the opening, the idea of resistance, memory, and the dramatic capture scene
All lessons have Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with thoroughly planned lesson and support materials.
Total of 4 fully planned lessons
Lesson evaluating the opening to the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
* to analyse how Orwell creates tension
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced, with extract at the end of the lesson slides.
Total of 11 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the role of resistance in the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
To be able to evaluate how Orwell presents the idea of resistance
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced, studying the key word ‘resistance’
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the role of memory in the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
* To understand the significance of memory holes and how they affect Winston’s complicity
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced looking at the key word ‘complicit’
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the opening to the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell
Learning objective:
To understand the opening of ‘1984’
To identify some of the Dystopian conventions of the novel
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Involves group work.
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!
Lesson evaluating the opening to the Dystopian novel ‘Divergent’
Learning objective:
* To understand how writers create engaging openings
Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with embedded video. Involves group work.
Total of 7 slides
Designed for G7 / KS3 students
Engaging, fun, and interesting!