Half Caste John Agard Poetry Lesson comparing analysing planning skill. 2-3 hours

No Problem poetry lesson Benjamin Zephaniah analysing SMILE poetic methods. Writing your own poem to echo the style. 2-4 hours worth.

Knowledge Organiser Character and Voice Poetry KS3

Comparing poetry Search for my Tongue and Old Tongue - fun and engaging! Introduction to the comparison skill with fun and engaging methods. Comparing two poems, insight into other cultures and voice/persona. 3+ hours worth. Plus plenty of stretch and challenge with further reading, WAGOLL structure strips, etc.

Introduction to poetry of Character and Voice KS3. Over 2-3 hours of writing own poetry and analysing some small poems of character and voice. Very engaging, relatable and fun!

1-2 hours of lessons on There Will Come Soft Rains - analsying and echoing the themes and style of writing to create their own writing skills.

1-3 hours of lessons on The Pedestrian. Analysing and then echoing the writing skills - transactional.

Key vocab, themes, key texts, writing tips

2-4 hours worth of lessons on ‘We Ate the Children Last’ short story. Contains the usual recall and retrieval goodness but includes a non-fiction article and the short story attached too (plus link to the engaging short film). Literacy skills of predicting, comprehension, creating a news article, homework task, mini quiz and digging into language methods and effects.

2-4 hours of lessons on effective hooks using a dystopic extract from The Hunger Games. Aiming to write a baseline description. Mini quizzes, retrieval and recall, explicit definitions, engaging youtube task, digging in deeper, method spotting and analysing effective hooks and openers. Improving crafting opening of sentences with ISPACE.

The Lottery Lesson Dystopia Reading and Watching Literacy Short Story. Full lesson with glossary task with ambitious vocab from the text. Short story attached too. Plus link to watch it afterwards.

Introduction lesson to dystopia and utopia. Engaging tasks and creative, imaginative dystopia introduction. Explicit definitions, persuasive techniques, method recall, etc.

After chapter 53, this lesson explores the negative effects of alcohol and explores healthy alternatives and a wellbeing activity to complete on Sephy’s behalf but also for students to do too.

Up to chapter 50 of Noughts and Crosses - Exploring the bombing scene, linking to non-fiction Manchester bombing article and linking to resilience. Writing a poem about resilience after.

A perfect lesson for when you’re reading the history lesson moments in Noughts and Crosses (up to chapter 35). Explores white vs black coverage of history in schools and challenges thinking.

Exploring racism in the media. Chapter 16/17 of Noughts and Crosses.

Pre-assessment prep, assessment and mark scheme and post-assessment feedback ‘make a difference’ time. 3-5 hours worth. Using extracts from Noughts and Crosses. Heavy focus on WHAT/HOW/WHY approach to analysing language with scaffolding, model answers, checklists, self-assess, peer-assess.

Post-Assessment language analysis on Noughts and Crosses extract. Complete with mark scheme.

Language assessment using Noughts and Crosses extract including mark scheme. Ready made assessment and mark scheme ready to go.

Writing a what how why language paragraph analysis using Noughts and Crosses extract. Very detailed lesson with model answer, heavy scaffolding, check-list for self/peer assess.