A full scheme of work (including 15 lessons, assessment, and post-assessment activities) based on the Akala novel ‘The Dark Lady’. This scheme of work was made for year 8, but work well for year 9. The scheme of work follows the research and structure of the EMC course ‘How to teach a novel to KS3’. Reading for pleasure Oracy and discussion skills Journalling for personal engagement/response Characterisation and language analysis AQA Language Paper 1 Question 2 style assessment

Full scheme of work for year based on ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. No assessment included as students completed a baseline creative writing at the start of the unit. Fantasy extracts from challenging texts included. Reading for pleasure Character and language analysis Challenging language in extracts Discussion and oracy.

In this lesson, students will create quotation explosions to map changes to Romeo’s character across the play. The lesson includes discussion points, a modeled quotation explosion, example quotations to use, and the opportunity to write a paragraph at the end to secure understanding.

A year 11 revision lesson in which students take on different perspectives to discuss Scrooge’s transformation. The lesson is based on the ‘true for who’ activity from Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.