This work can be used with students in Year 11 who are intending to study A-Level English Language.
They can complete the tasks independently OR they could be used as part of an induction day OR as a general introduction to the course.
All links and tasks are contained in one word document.
The tasks focus on three areas of the course and include links to videos, articles and podcasts.
** 1. Child Language Acquisition**
Students reflect on their own language development and conduct a ‘wugs’ experiment.
** 2. Language Variation.**
Students consider their own attitudes to accents and dialects and conduct a mini investigation.
There are also questions about podcasts which discuss the link between language and culture. Including the apparent disappearance of the Cockney dialect.
** 3. Language Change**
There is a mini investigation with links to public information films. Students examine how language has changed over time.
Also, after reading an article, students consider their own use of language in text messages.
This contains:
A powerpoint presentation
Tasks analysing the language of two extracts
Analysis of the structure of the story
A creative writing task
A student work book
A copy of ‘The Signalman’ by Charles Dickens
A Christmas themed English quiz, ideal for the end of term.
Round 1 Anagrams of SPAG words
Round 2 Identify Christmas/winter themed books
Round 3 Name the language feature
Round 4 Correct SPAG errors
Round 5 Countdown (make words from the letters in the word ‘sprouts’)
Round 6 Next lines of Christmas songs
Round 7 Identify word classes in extracts from ‘A Christmas Carol’
Round 8 Christmas themed word search
Includes:
a powerpoint presentation with questions and answers (67 slides)
Student answer sheet
(It would be possible to do the quiz without photocopying the student answer sheet if you miss out the wordsearch in the last round).
This quiz is suitable for KS3 classes. There are 9 rounds and 51 questions/tasks.
The questions are presented on a powerpoint presentation and there is an answer sheet for students.
Round 1 Anagrams of key terms in English.
Round 2 Book titles: identify the book with the title blanked out.
Round 3 Name that feature! Identify the poetic feature from examples.
Round 4 Name the writer from their photograph.
Round 5 SPAG - correct common mistakes.
Round 6 Countdown. How many words are contained in the word ‘simile’?
Round 7 Films based on books. Identify the book from an image of the film.
Round 8 True or false?
Round 9 Wordsearch: find key terms.
There are 8 non-fiction tasks in this bundle.
There is a Powerpoint lesson for each task and a student work book to accompany each lesson which includes a checklist and a suggested plan.
The tasks cover a range of purposes, audiences, formats and tones.
For each task, students fill in a checklist which they use when writing. The checklist can also be used for self or for peer assessment.
Each task should take two lessons: one lesson to review the PAFT and plan a response and the second lesson for writing the task and self/peer assessment. As students become more confident identifying the features of PAFT, a task could be completed in one lesson.
The lessons form a sequence so that students revisit the features of, for example, persuasive writing.
By using the lessons in the given order, students are encouraged to review their own work and set up their own checklists and targets. The tasks are:
Formal, friendly letter
Light-hearted advice leaflet
Serious newspaper article
Formal speech
Light-hearted magazine article
Review
Lively article
Formal letter
These lessons were written for a mixed ability KS3 class.
Complete coverage of the book.
Do now activities for each lesson.
Analytical and creative tasks.
Suggested answers and model paragraphs.
Lesson 1 Analysis of the first poem. Introduction to accent and dialect.
Lesson 2 Pages 40-76. Symbolism.
Lesson 3 Pages 79-113 Revenge.
Lesson 4 Analytical and creative tasks.
Lesson 5 Pages 117-156 Jason Reynolds’ influences.
Lesson 6 Analytical task on pages 140-6.
Lesson 7 Pages 159-204 Tracking characters and creative responses.
Lesson 8 Pages 207-246 Independent analytical task on pages 236-41.
Lesson 9 Pages 249-292 Tracking the cycle of violence. The effect of trauma.
Lesson 10 Pages 292-322 Analysing the ending.