I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
This lesson will help students to write a paragraph about a Romantic poem, Daffodils. They will complete a quiz, then plan and write a paragraph. This is very scaffolded and therefore should be simple for even an intervention class. The students complete a ‘highlight your strength and target’ self-review at the end. All resources included.
Very low-level differentiated lesson. Students will recap simple word types (adjective, verb, etc.), and simple language techniques. They will then try to find these techniques in the poem ‘Daffodils’. This is very scaffolded and should be quite straightforward.
This lesson was originally created for my intervention year 7 class, however it would be appropriate for any year 5-6 class as well.
This lesson introduces the students to the Industrial Revolution and William Wordsworth, with the aim that students will finish the lesson understanding the intentions behind Romantic Poetry.
Students will also be introduced to 'I Wandered Lonely/Daffodils) in order to find positive connotations within the poem, associated with nature.
This lesson was for my intervention year 7 group, and therefore is very scaffolded. This would easily work for a year 5 or 6 class.
This lesson includes:
Introduction to connotations
Finding connotations of the word ‘romanticism’
Finding inferences in images of the Industrial Revolution, and the natural world
A fact-file activity with matching resources
This lesson will guide students to choosing a type of poem to deliver a presentation about. The best part is, that there are 4 options (haiku, ballad, sonnet, and rhyming poem), and for whichever option that they choose, there is a powerpoint that the students can download to instruct them every step of the way. All of the resources are made and included.
This lesson will teach students:
•Analysis techniques (on a sample brochure)
•How to embed ambitious vocabulary into their persuasive writing
•The structuring/planning a persuasive brochure
• How to complete a thoughtful reflection
Lesson One: How to structure a persuasive piecce of writing (ethos, logos and pathos)
Lesson Two: Using AFOREST (persuasive) techniques
Lesson Three: Studying TED talks an planning a persuasive TED talk
This lesson will teach students:
What a ‘TED Talk’ is.
How to differentiate between good and bad public speaking
How to review a TED Talk for persuasive devices
How to plan their own TED Talk
This lesson will teach students:
Ethos, logos and pathos, and how to utilise all three in a persuasive piece
The AFOREST persuasive techniques, and how to write examples of each technique
How to combine AFOREST and ELP to write a persuasive piece about the banning of school uniforms
How to write an effective peer review
This lesson will teach students:
The definitions of ethos, logos and pathos - as well as the history behind these concepts
How to build vocabulary around the ELP structure
How to write a persuasive piece (with a prompt) using the ELP structure
How to review their peer’s persuasive piece according to a success criteria
This display includes 8 different poetic techniques, a visual for each, and the definition. It also includes two key terms for structure. The cover sheet is there to help guide you to make the display.
This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 3 sections - WWW, EBI, and a task. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked! There are also marking codes and their meaning at the top of the sheet, to help the students to understand your marking. The numbers at the bottom reflect the student grade.
This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 3 sections - WWW, EBI, and next steps. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked! There are also marking codes and their meaning at the top of the sheet, to help the students to understand your marking. The numbers at the bottom reflect the student grade.
Lesson 1: Intro to Dystopian Environments
Lesson 2: Dystopian Character Archetypes
Lesson 3: The Context behind Dystopia
Lesson 4: Analyzing the Setting of 1984
Lesson 5: Analyzing the Character of O’Brien in 1984
Lesson 6: The Key Dystopian Concepts of 1984
Lesson 7: Intro to A Handmaid’s Tale
Lesson 8: Horrors of Gilead – HMT
Lesson 9: Aunt Lydia Analysis - HMT
Lesson 10: Intro to the Hunger Games
Lesson 11: President Snow Analysis
Lesson 12: Revolution & Rebellion in The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Lesson Summaries
Lesson 1: This lesson will give students an understanding of subjugation as a concept, and will allow students to detect evidence of government subjugation in an extract of ‘The Hunger Games’. After they have completed some analysis questions, students will be writing their own ‘choosing ceremony’ scene, and peer-reviewing each others creative efforts at the end.
Lesson 2: This lesson focuses on analyzing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyze an extract from Catching Fire.
Lesson 3: This lesson focuses on acts of rebellion in Dystopian Fiction, in particular the ‘berries scene’ in The Hunger Games. The students will detect rebellious/revolutionary language in the extract, and then write their own revolutionary speech against the Capitol and President Snow.
This lesson focuses on acts of rebellion in Dystopian Fiction, in particular the ‘berries scene’ in The Hunger Games. The students will detect rebellious/revolutionary language in the extract, and then write their own revolutionary speech against the Capitol and President Snow.
The first lesson focuses on Robert Louis Stevenson’s background, and the cultural anxieties that inspired Jekyll and Hyde.
The second lesson focuses on linking psychoanalytical theory to Jekyll and Hyde (mostly an exploration of the ego, superego and id/conscious and unconscious mind).
This dystopian fiction lesson focuses on analysing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyse an extract from Catching Fire.
This Jekyll and Hyde context lesson introduces the students to the idea of nature versus nurture, and applies Freudian theory (Id, ego and superego) to the story.
