PDF resource for supporting a G6/Y7/KS3 unit on Magical Beasts - can be bought together with a series of corresponding lessons as a bundle for a good price Mix of fiction and non-fiction extracts on real-life zombies, the history of zombies, famous monsters, the opening of ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness, witches in Britain, extract from ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl, ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ by Lewis Carrol and real life vampires. 16 pages so can be printed easily as a booklet

Lesson on real life monsters, non-fiction text practice Learning objectives: All: will identify and summarise key points in a text Some: will synthesise information from two texts. Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on creative writing using the witches from ‘Harry Potter’ Learning objective: To be able to be descriptive when writing thoughts and feelings using a wide range of vocabulary to describe feelings Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

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 on Dystopian fiction, introducing students to key conventions of the genre Learning objective: To understand the key terms of dystopia and utopia To identify some of the key features of dystopia and utopia Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with model pieces of writing. Total of 12 slides Designed for G7 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on Gothic creative writing, exploring the key word ‘morbid’ and recapping ideas about the conventions of Gothic writing Learning objective: to understand how writers can use language to create a morbid atmosphere Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced with model pieces of writing. Total of 10 slides Designed for G8 / 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!

Two paired lessons on an extract from ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’, focussing on the White Witch Learning objective: All will understand how the White Witch is presented in the extract Some will be able to explain how Lewis’s presentation of the White Witch uses traditional stereotypes of witches To analyse how Lewis presents the White Witch as powerful Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 6 and 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on real life zombies, a non-fiction text Learning objective: to practice the skills of extracting, summarizing and explaining Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Two connected lessons on the history of zombies, non-fiction text practice Learning objectives: to read and understand a text about the history of zombies to understand the differences between different text purposes to be able to explain the purpose of a text to be able to explain how the writer uses language to make a text engaging Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 6 and 4 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on the history of witches in Britain, non-fiction text Learning objective: be able to identify some facts about witchcraft in Britain and summarise them Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 4 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on an extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ Learning objective: Understand how synonyms and intensifiers can be used for emphasis Be able to explain how Roald Dahl uses them to present the witches Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 13 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

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 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 *

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 *