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.

Great as a stand-alone feminist task/lesson. 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.

8 blank retrieval task templates engaging recall progress tasks

Great for use with knowledge organiser or just for quick retrieval topics of your choice. 9 different starters that will show instant progress in the first 10 mins of every lesson.

23 big questions to guide a sequence for a Romeo and Juliet SOW. Also included is a semi-blank knowledge organiser and an independent self-KO and assessment mark scheme.

General Homework Menu for all subjects to use with knowledge organiser. First 3 tasks to use with knowledge organiser and 2 blank tasks to add your own tasks to generate buy-in, autonomy, etc. Homework menu to be used by student independently, one task a week - choice.

A Christmas Carol Key Quotes Cards with gaps for recall. Has a page of blank cards too if you want to make your own or add extra quotes to it

Show Not Tell Descriptive Writing Task or Booklet or Intervention. Activity and task to encourage SHOW not TELL. Identifying verbs and adjectives. Creating a glossary/vocab word bank. Two model answers of show not tell and 3 engaging images for all abilities. Initially aimed at y8 intervention (KS3 LITERACY).

Writing with clear viewpoint perspective language paper 2 aqa q5. Quick wins with varied sentence openers and ISPACE and 11 divine sentence starters for crafted, clear viewpoint. Full lesson but easily 3 hours worth.

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

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.

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!

Using a semantic field of ‘religion’ in order to display a love of a tv show…

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!

Jekyll and Hyde Retrieval tasks for Each Chapter. Includes a basic knowledge test for every chapter complete with answers. Various videos and retrieval tasks to aid memory and spark schema. Great for remembering key quotes but zooming into quote explosions too.

Power and Conflict quizzes for Teams 15 duplicate links. AQA literature power and conflict anthology - 15 mini quizzes, all 10 questions each. Duplicate links for use on Microsoft Teams Quiz/Forms - Assignment function. Perfect for recall and retrieval practice. Mix of quotes, context, method zooms.

Analysing the lyrics of ‘Black’ by Dave the rapper - Protest poetry, Black Lives Matter. Contains differentiated resource of identified methods and not identified. Explores WHAT/HOW/WHY and context. At least 3 lessons (hours) worth. A follow up lesson by Stormzy which compares to this Dave lesson is also available.