3 stand-alone SPAG lessons which include: An introduction to and consolidation of general punctuation A focus on hyphens, en and em dashes A study of advanced punctuation (specifically speech marks and semi-colons). One lesson includes an easy ‘tick-off’ teacher feedback sheet, all lessons include opportunity for purple pen reflection or peer reviews.

This is a fun lesson and worksheet that can come directly after watching the film ‘Elf’ and looking out for themes of identity/cultural identity. This lesson/sheet includes: An analysis task A poetry task A film review task A fun ‘elf-on-the-shelf’ creative task

Three lessons on Question One and Two of the AQA Language Paper 1. These lessons include quality resources, and opportunities for students to use both critical and creative skills, in preparation for the next questions.

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

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.

Lesson One (1984 Lesson): This lesson explores the concept of totalitarianism, and has the students analyze the opening scene of 1984 in order to detect evidence of totalitarianism in the environment. Lesson Two (O’Brien and the rats): This lesson focuses on the idea of false consciousness, and the character of O’Brien. The students will explore how O’Brien uses torture and fear to brainwash and control Winston, and in the end, students will write a paragraph analyzing O’Brien’s character. Lesson Three (Key Concepts): This lesson focuses on understanding the key concepts in 1984: The War, Doublethink/speak, and Hate Week. By the end the students will be writing their own polemical pamphlet using doublespeak, promoting hate towards the new enemy (Eastasia) and promoting Eurasia as an ally.

Lesson One: Narrative Hooks Lesson Two: Sentence structure Both are available individually in my shop, however, this offers you a discounted price.

Lesson one: Introduction to Tragedy and it’s conventions Lesson two: Tragedy in Othello Lesson three: Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet

Lesson one: Introduction to the dystopian genre, key concepts and terms Lesson two: Understanding Dystopian character archetypes Lesson three: Context behind dystopian fiction (understanding the link between history and literature)

This IS A three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. Lesson 1: In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Lesson 2: In this lesson, students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. Students will analyse and become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’. Lesson 3: In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.