An in-depth PowerPoint on desert island discs, proof reading and sentence structure. I have also included a starter on celebs as kids. The students love it!
Two videos are available.
A* writing examples video podcast:
https://youtu.be/8P5fldJvmfo
A tutorial examining A* (and lower band) student examples of all of the writing tasks on the GCSE English language exam. Letters, reviews, reports, articles and speeches are covered.
A* writing examples - with music (no podcast):
https://youtu.be/RXqTQyDZj8k
Different graded examples from the WJEC writing exam. Following formats included:
Letters
Speeches
Reports
Articles
Reviews
Revision video podcasts on the writing tasks that could appear in the GCSE English Language writing exam. Each video includes:
Exemplar work (inc. A* answers
Past exam questions
Revision activities
Interesting images
Lecturer tutorial
Letters:
https://youtu.be/JUyRL4nUAJg
Speeches:
https://youtu.be/qKCiyeyfG4k
Reports:
https://youtu.be/dyFGa_c_WVA
Articles:
https://youtu.be/9rOTr4BYfoQ
Reviews:
https://youtu.be/x-4VCFhMNLY
A fantastic lesson on handwriting. The lesson focuses on the most common problems children have with handwriting and gives a number of helpful solutions (short & long term).
A fun, informative and interactive lesson on analysing photographs. The student at 8-12 influential, historial and powerful photos and answer and /or discuss a number of sessions. Some examples are the following:
• What is the subject matter?
• What are the colours like? Do any colours dominate?
• What is your eye drawn to first?
• What were your feelings when you first looked at the photograph?
• How did your reaction to the image change after looking at it for a while?
• What message was the photographer trying to communicate?
• Why did you choose this particular photograph?
• What events (social/economic/political/cultural) were occurring at the time the photograph was taken? Was the photograph a reaction to any of these events?
• How is the photograph a reflection of the time in which it was taken?
I have included a number of video links and a poem related to the 9/11 photograph: ‘The Falling Man’.
There is also a group task where the students can recreate the famous photos or make their own powerful photos.
Quiz using pictures of different cities. Useful as a starter on a unit about cities. Is also useful to get pupils looking for clues in images to help locate them somewhere in the world.
A fun lesson with definitions, group tasks, individual work and interactive images. I have included a starter based on the TV show Catchphrase (metaphor themed).