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!

Animal Farm Lesson - Exploring Dystopia with KS3. Reading a short extract (included) with opportunity to analyse, stretch and challenge - allegory, explore metaphor use (animal comparisons), videos, and a transactional task to write a poem/song/rap/description/speech to the title of ‘beasts of england’ - then watch it to see if they were close. Also contains a talking framework for controlled discussion. Fantastic dystopic knowledge organiser included too!

The Highwayman: Tim the Ostler and IMAGERY, Peer Assess and Diary Entry. MEGA few lessons! ENGAGING! Group work, peer work, etc.

Reading chapter 1 of Noughts and Crosses: structure, dual narrative, knowledge organiser included.

Introduction lesson to Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman BLM Black Narratives. Explores the front cover, blurb, foreword and preamble.

Approximately 4 week SOW for Great Expectations (could last 6 if needed and stretched!). Range of tasks designed for year 9 predominantly but could suit any of KS3. Focus on Havisham, Magwitch and pathetic fallacy. Complete with booklet and knowledge organiser resource. Looks at all AO skills from AQA ready for year 10.

3 hours minimum (up to 9 hours of lessons) Great Expectations Magwitch Analysis with booklet resource

Lots of images, step by step guide of elements to include in a piece of descriptive writing

LESSON OBJECTIVE: To deepen our questioning so we can challenge everything and L.O: To be able to write effectively for specific purpose/style/tone Multiple lessons on the ballad of Frankie and Johnny

L.O: To be able to use the ‘zoom’ technique to improve my creative writing

Macbeth Characters on your Head Game - Guess the character. Structured peer talk and DEVELOPMENT of understanding characters

Analysing Lady Gaga song lyrics of HAIR and celebrating individuality! Focus on word type and effect of sentence types too.

Thirteen by Tom Hoyle - Mega introduction lesson!

Poetry Devices Bingo

A Christmas Carol Quiz - Recap of Stave 1

Scannell - Nettles: Poetry response model answers.

Great as a stand-alone lesson. Looking at Rupi’s poems and trying to recreate own. This is part of a two-week introductory SOW for introducing female voices and female representation in literature to year 9 though it is suitable for all ks3 and possibly ks4. Starting with Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife - other lessons available for more World’s Wife poems, Duffy’s Havisham and Rupi Kaur’s Progress. All lessons link with retrieval, recall, specific method and vocab explicit teaching and a variety of engaging tasks and thought-provoking feminist notions. Knowledge organiser is available for this mini SOW too.

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.

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.

Engaging sentence type images for display - interrogative, imperative, declarative and exclamatory. Four images only for display.