This is a comprehensive study of William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ broken down into 30 lessons in which key scenes from each of the five acts, are analysed by students using the original text. Students will annotate their understanding of the bard’s words and in some lessons, modernise these to enhance understanding. Students will explore not only language devices such as juxta positioning and dramatic irony, they will also work with the concepts of the themes love, hate and fate. Students will learn to express their interpretation of the play via a PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation and Link) formula and this will be used as part of their Summative Assessment. Various scaffolds and prompts are available consistently throughout this close study of the tragic text.

This unit of work is designed to have students explore various dinosaurs, their habitats and the food chains that existed before their extinction. Students will be required to complete numerous Fact Files on dinosaurs of their choice alongside being creative in designing and recreating dinosaurs of their choice. This unit is particularly creative to be assessible to all students throughout the Support Faculty alongside engaging student interest. Students will conclude the unit by focussing on researching, planning, evaluating and presenting a dinosaur of their choice to the class.