Looking at a letter written by Chris Packham to Ant and Dec, this lesson builds students up to analyse language and write up an evaluation of the lesson. Continues on from my other evaluate lesson.

A lesson based on the evaluate question of EDUQAS Language Component. It looks at the meaning of ‘evaluate’ and then has students evaluate images before writing an evaluative PEE paragraph. Uses the theme of the environment.

A lesson where students discuss apps and what their UPS’ are and what they use and then discuss and write pitches for their own apps they have ideas about.

Looks at videos of the characters, what students notice about the characters and then compares who is more powerful or villainous.

A lesson on what diaries are with examples from Anne Frank, what a diary should feature, and a diary writing task.

A lesson that discusses thoughts and feelings about Sonnet by John Clare, it then discusses rhyme scheme and Sonnet form.

Using the myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops, students learn how to search for quotes to support their ideas.

A discussion based lesson on what makes a hero for a non-fiction unit.

A brief lesson where students write a poem about Queen Elizabeth II and her reign. It’s a nice way to let students reflect on their feelings or even just put a bit more thought into her reign. The first few slides discuss what we think of to do with the Queen, some fun facts, and why people will be grieving and how we can mourn/grieve or pay tribute to the Queen. It then teaches about what form is with a few examples. The lesson gives an example of a poem about the Queen, which students critique. They then plan their own, using a table. I have wrote an example of this but I’m not the best writer of poetry. Students then can self-critique their poems and decorate them at the end. May be a nice lesson to outline some homework or something.

2 lessons on using vocabulary to create effects in gothic literature and how to use/identify figurative language.

An introduction to gothic literature, using Dracula by Bram Stoker. This goes through how to use the senses in writing and what gothic features/settings there are.

A lesson about improving sentence starters and paragraphing, using an excerpt from The Woman in Black.

A unit that should take 6-8 lessons on The Lovely Bones novel. Students must have read the novel before completing these tasks. There are printable resources, etc. This covers context, themes, characters and essay writing for NCEA L2.