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I hope my resources simplify your planning, give you the much needed extra hours for an improved work-life balance and take your teaching to the heights you want it to go.
This resource is for an advanced KS3 class or a KS4 class.
This ppt includes:
A starter
A plenary
All lesson tasks - including a writing task
Please note, you’ll need to Google a copy of the poem.
This resource is for KS3 and KS4 and is designed to generate independent work, group work skills and in the end, essay writing skills.
The shapes support the development of Numeracy Across the Curriculum
This resource is for KS4 or an advanced KS3 class as this ppt contains some challenging ideas.
The resource includes:
starter
plenary
all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis and parapgraph writing tasks including a model PEE answer)
HW task
This is a good poem to teach to a low set GCSE group or a KS3 class.
The resource includes:
A starter and a Plenary
Lesson activities
A HW task
Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem
What is this resource
A four week plan for teaching Skellig to Year 7
Who is it for?
KS2 and KS3
What’s included?
A 4 week study plan
Practical Tips?
The plan contains ideas and a teaching structure. However, the teacher who dowloads it would need to create the resources.
What is this resource?
It is a powerpoint which shows students how to achieve higher marks in creative writing tasks by using more advanced stylistic features such as: using a connective to start your paragraph, using dialogue/ speech to initiate a paragraph, starting a paragraph with an adverbial clause , beginning your paragraph with an adverb, starting your paragraph with a statement etc
Using a question at the start of a paragraph (e.g. Who is the least important person in your life?)
Who is it for?
KS3
KS4
Literacy Lessons
What’s included?
Starter
All activities (enough for 2- 4 lessons depending on the class’ ability) and guidance notes on each slide
Opportunities to write independently and work in groups and self assess to improve
Plenary
Curriculum links?
English Language
Whole School Literacy Programmes
Literacy Support Sessions
Practical Tips?
Notes are provided on each slide
This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson designed to teach paragraphing skills in Non-Fiction. It can be used in isolation or with the other powerpoints on my “Author Dashboard”.
It includes all of the resources such as:
Thinking task
Starter
Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge)
Plenary
Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource
This powerpoint is ready to go!
This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson desgined to teach paragraphing skills in Fiction. It can be used in conjunction with the other two powerpoints (with a similar name) on my dashboard or in isolation as an isolated lesson.
It includes all of the resources such as:
Thinking task
Starter
Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge)
Plenary
Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource
This powerpoint provide is a detailed lesson desgined to teach paragraphing skills in Fiction.
It includes all of the resources such as:
Thinking task
Starter
Learning activities with all of the resources needed to make progress (including differentiation and challenge)
Plenary
Notes on the slides explaining how to use the resource
It is a bundle that is ready to go!
This is a powerpoint is a one off lesson that revisits some key poetic devices and demonstrates how to use a venn diagram to compare two poems before writing about them.
Suitable for KS3 and KS4.
It includes a starter and plenary, guided reading/analysis questions and basic ’ introduction’ skills.
This essay compares ‘Quickdraw’ and ‘In Paris With You’. At the bottom there are 5 teacher comments and space for students to decide with their teacher what the overall grade should be. There is also a box for the ‘quality of written communication’ to be assessed.
This is a good poem to teach to a GCSE group or an advanced KS3 class.
The resource includes:
A starter and a plenary
Lesson activities
2 HW tasks
Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem
This resource is for GCSE students or an advanced KS3 group
The ppt contains:
A starter
All activities - including differentiated tasks
A plenary and a fun post lesson game
Please note, you will need to google a copy of the poem.
This resource is for KS4 or an advanced KS3 class as this ppt contains some challenging ideas.
The resource includes:
starter
plenary
all lesson activities (i.e. poetry analysis sheet and questions)
HW task
This resource is KS4 or a KS3 class.
The ppt contains:
A starter
A plenary
All learning activities
A HW task
Please note you will need to google a copy of the poem.
This year long Programme of Study is based on a study of :
Gothic Fiction
Creative Writing
Poetry
Romeo & Juliet
Non-Fiction
Revision & End of Year Exam
It also includes:
activity suggestions
lesson content suggestions
Exam structures
a map of the assessment objectives for the whole year
lnks to AQA’s GCSE exam frames and criteria
It is ideal for new HoD, departments without a HoD, or HoDs who are seeking a fresh perspective or Programme of Study.
Enjoy!
This year long Programme of Study is based on a study of :
Poetry
Novel Study
Hamlet
Non-Fiction Study
Revision & End of Year Exam
It also includes:
activity suggestions
lesson content suggestions
exam structures
a map of the assessment objectives for the whole year
links to AQA’s GCSE exam frames and criteria
It is ideal for a new HoD, departments without a HoD, or HoDs who are seeking a fresh perspective or Programme of Study.
Enjoy!
This year long Programme of Study is based on a study of the new linear GCSE English Course. This long term plan reflects the new GCSE Linear Exam Assessment Objectives.
Students will be assessed on:
Responding to GCSE fiction and non-fiction text extracts exploring creative writing based upon GCSE literary non-fiction text extracts
Exploring Shakespearean tragedy: the study ofeither Macbeth or Merchant of Venice
Exploring contemporary poetry: contemporary poetry (AQA Anthology)
The study of the 19th century novel - the teacher’s choice
Exploring and developing a viewpoint
A mock GCSE summer exams
It also includes:
activity suggestions
lesson content suggestions
exam structures
a map of the assessment objectives for the whole year
links to AQA’s GCSE exam frame and criteria
It is ideal for new HoD, departments without a HoD, or HoDs who are seeking a fresh perspective or Programme of Study.
Enjoy!