This is a series of lessons for IB Language and Literature Part 2: Language and Mass Communication. It can be used for both SL and HL classes, and may also be relevant to A-Level courses. It covers key concepts and learning outcomes of the IB course, whilst tapping into modern day issues and encouraging open discussions in class. Each ‘lesson’ presentation could last from one - three lessons depending upon the depth, detail and discussions that take place within your classroom. I taught this as a three - four month unit, including assessment opportunities. It covers the following topics: Advertising - deconstructing ads, exploring subtext and analysing gender in advertising. Political Campaigns - analysing political speeches and other famous speeches, analysing political ad campaigns (opportunity for FOA based on students creating their own ads for a political candidate) Media, Bias and Newsworthiness - applying news values, detemining the newsworthiness of various news stories, post-truth case study and alternative facts case study. Some resources have been adapted from InThinking ideas for lessons. I am unable to attach all resources due to copyright reasons (e.g. all ads used for analysis etc.) Please get in touch if there is anything specific you would likethat is mentioned in the presentations but not included after purchase.

This is a series of lessons for Part 1: Language in Cultural Contexts of the IB Language and Literature course. They may also be relevant to A-Level English Language. These lessons are focused on the topic of Language and Power. Although listed as three lessons, these are likely to last 6-8 lessons depending on the pace you move and depth you cover in class. The topics covered are: Standard English vs Non Standard English (using a Dizzee Rascal/Jeremy Paxman interview) Language and Immigration Language and Immigration with a case study focus on Australia. There are assessment opportunities throughout which could be set as homework tasks. Challenge tasks are also embedded. Some resources have been adapted from InThinking ideas for lessons. There is also a final assessment included: preparation for a Paper 1 exam using two texts on immigration as sources.

A series of lessons for the IB Language and Literature course. These lessons are suitable for Part 1: Language in Cultural Context. These can be used to prepare students on the new course for Paper 1 too. Lessons cover the topics of: Language and Identity Language and Community Language and Social Relations Language and Stereotypes There are suggestions of tasks in preparation for students completing WT1 or FOAs throughout (old course - can be adapted for learner portfolio tasks!). Some resources have been adapted from InThinking ideas for lessons.

This is a series of lessons based on the novel ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas. This scheme was created with mixed ability Year 9s in mind, and would be suited to Year 9 students and above. Originally created on Google Slides so there may be some slight formatting fixes needed in Powerpoint The presentation features lessons to run alongside the reading of the novel as a class, with questions, key skills for literature analysis and starters that develop students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar. As this unit is literature focused, the main tasks include: quotation hunts as well as analysis of characters, themes and quotations. There is an mini-assessment opportunity (exploring how setting is created by Thomas) and final assessment question options. There are also some writing activities included. The start of the book (Chapters 1-12) is covered extensively as the study of this section sets up the enjoyable reading of the later chapters of the novel. Later chapters are not covered individually, but there are resources specifically for Chapter 22 and 23, as well as a silent debate task and potential final assessment questions. This would make a great starting point for building or developing your own scheme on the novel if you wished for greater depth of the later chapters. There are opportunities for independent, paired and group work embedded in the lesson presentations, as well as research. Challenge and extension tasks, as well as sentence starters to support weaker students, are included with all activities. The overview document (SOL) is not been included but can be easily created from the LOs.