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KS2 to KS3 transition lesson - English
This is a no-prep KS2 to KS3 transition lesson, Year 5/6 taster lesson or Year 7 cover lesson.
It features an original short story for pupils to read and a short piece of creative writing.
There is just one page to photocopy for pupils.
The lesson should last 50-60 minutes.
'Boys Don't Cry' Prompts for Quick Writes and Discussions
This resource can be used as prompts for ‘quick writes’ or discussion. Ideal to use as starters or plenaries for classes studying ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at GCSE.
You will get both a PDF version and editable PowerPoint version.
This resource is part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ collection. The full scheme of work, and all the accompanying resources are on my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.
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'Boys Don't Cry' Bundle 2: Worksheets for chapters 23 to 50
This bundle of worksheets supports a blended learning approach to teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman at GCSE.
Included in this bundle are worksheets for chapters 23 - 50.
The worksheets cover skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.
Also included, is my scheme of work for all 34 lessons of this unit. All accompanying resources are available on my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.
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'Boys Don't Cry' bundle 1: Worksheets for chapters 1-22
This bundle of worksheets supports a blended learning approach to teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman at GCSE.
Included in this bundle are worksheets for chapters 1-22.
The worksheets cover skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.
Also included, is my scheme of work for all 34 lessons of this unit. All accompanying resources are available on my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.
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'Boys Don't Cry' Bundle 3: Huge bundle of resources
This is a huge bundle of resources to accompany the teaching and revision of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at GCSE.
In this bundle, you get:
6 practice papers, with suggested content for answers and planning tables
Vocabulary powerpoint for all 50 chapters, to accompany the reading of the novel
No prep lesson on the theme of Gender
Colour by numbers revision activity
Stand-alone lesson on how to write an IEEL paragraph
Quotation card sort activity
Author’s tecnniques self-marking activity
Exploring the title task
Complete scheme of work
This bundle accompanies the complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ at GCSE.
Other resources for the teaching of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ are available on my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapters 45 - 50
Five blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 45 to 50
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Questions
Writing multiple-choice questions
Types of narrative ending
Predictions
Features of a book review (inc. an example review)
Writing a review of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapters 39 and 40
Four blended learning worksheets, plus a teacher feedback sheet, for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 39 and 40.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Malorie Blackman’s Style
Characters’ thoughts
Characters’ feelings
Planning to write a chapter from Josh’s point of view
Self-assessment task
Teacher feedback sheet
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 38
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Adam, before and after the attack
Skimming
Scanning
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 37
Blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 37.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
homophobia
short tasks about chapter 37 testing: locating information; inference; language and structure; writing an IEEL paragraph
teacher feedback sheet
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry: Exploring the Title
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Fully differentiated task for grades 9-1. Students explore the meaning of the novel’s title. Contains links to online articles.
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 36
Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 36
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
literary theory
diversity
depiction of the LGBTQ+ community in literature
applying LGBTQ+ theory (queer theory) to a reading of chapter 36
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapters 32, 33, 34 and 35
Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 32, 33, 34 and 35.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
addresses
form filling (registering Emma at a GP’s surgery)
vocbulary-building (childcare)
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
Boys Don't Cry, worksheets for chapter 31
Four blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 31
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
research task: careers working with children
apostrophes for possession
features of a report
writing a report
answer sheet for all tasks
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry', Chapters 29 and 30
Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 29 and 30.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
apostrophes for omission
contractions
synonyms
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' Chapter 27 and 28 worksheets
Two blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Chapters 27 and 28.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content of these worksheets includes:
Structural features
Malorie Blackman video
Writing interview responses as Malorie Blackman
Part of a complete scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ for GCSE English Literature, all of which is available in my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' worksheets for chapter 26
Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 26.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content includes:
metaphors
extended metaphors
readers’ responses to Aunt Jackie
character roles
Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' worksheets for chapter 25
Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 25.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content includes:
vocabulary building: emotions
identifying character emotions in an extract from chapter 25
Dante and Emma’s relationship
structuring an exam response
summarising
Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' worksheets for chapters 23 and 24
Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapters 23 and 24.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content includes:
parenthesis
parenthetic commas
brackets
dashes
an author’s style
writing about Malorie Blackman’s style of writing
Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' chapter 22 worksheets
Three blended learning worksheets for ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, chapter 22.
Suitable to be used in a teacher-led lesson, homework, cover lesson or independent learning.
Content includes: inference, annotating an extract from chapter 22, IEEL paragraphs,
Part of my ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ complete GCSE sheme of work, which is all available on my TES shop.
'Boys Don't Cry' GCSE Scheme of Work
A 34-lesson scheme of work for teaching ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman at GCSE.
This scheme of work uses a ‘blended learning’ approach, covering skills for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature.
It incorporates whole-class reading of the novel, activities on each chapter, non-fiction writing, narrative writing, literary and linguistic devices, punctuation and grammar. It also incorporates interactive and kinaesthetic revision activities.
All accompanying resources are available in my TES shop: Wordy Witterings.