9 certificate templates with different reasons for each.

Topic: Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’, cultural anxieties and how they affect literature, transgressive science. Lesson including resource, word of the week (transgression), key concepts and structured analysis.

Topic: Debates in Science - how far is too far? Resource: A conversation between two female scientists about the ethics of ‘designer babies’ Task: Construct a conversational piece, using the resource as inspiration. Resources included

This lesson focuses on the idea of fate, foreboding and inevitability in Romeo and Juliet. By the end of the lesson, the students will have written a critical paragraph.

This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing the change in voice/themes as the text progresses, using the lyrics from Frozen.This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.

Though this is the second lesson in my Tess scheme, it is also a stand alone lesson. The lesson focus is the pastoral and anti-pastoral, Hardy’s life, and the context of the novel. More info and tips in the preview!

This lesson is the first in a 3 lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.

This lesson is part of a three lesson scheme in which students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’.

This lesson is the third in a three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. 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.

Originally planned for intervention Y7 set, therefore would also work with Y5/6 class or LA Y7/8. This lesson introduces students to the poem ‘The Moon’ by Robert Louis Stevenson, and allows them to explore what the moon has symbolised throughout literature. Students will then find connotations of words & phrases in the poem during a guided activity. Worksheets/resources are included at the end of the slides.

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 includes: Word of the week (tragedy) Intro to tragic heroes and hamartia Study of Oedipus and his hamartia Study of tragic soliloquies (using ‘Out out brief candle’ soliloquy).

This lesson teaches students to plan and write a paragraph about a poem, using their knowledge of techniques, connotations and poet intent. This was planned for my Y7 intervention set, so would also work for a Y5/6 class. Includes a self-review at the end, and all teacher resources are attached at the end of the ppt.

This lesson is part of a nature poetry scheme of work for my intervention year 7 group. Very accessible and very scaffolded.

This lesson teaches students to find violent verbs and onomatopoeia in Hughes’ poem ‘Wind’. This was made for my intervention year 7 sets, so would suit a year 5/6 class as well.

This lesson focuses on the context of Shakespeare’s works - Elizabethan/Jacobean England, treasonous plots, royal affairs, religion and witchcraft.

This is the third lesson in a 3 lesson mini-scheme on Tragedy in Shakespeare. However, this can easily be a standalone lesson. This lesson can be taught even if the students don’t have a prior knowledge of Romeo and Juliet.

This lesson focuses on the effects of the death of Edward the Confessor, and the claimants to the throne. Students will be put into groups for a research task, and have the chance to share at the end any information they have found out about their assigned claimant to the throne.

This lesson was orginally planned for my bottom set interevention Y7 group, so would work for a Y5/6 class. This lesson teaches students to plan a paragraph, using poet intent, techniques and connotations as a basis for their wider ideas. Would work as a one-off poetry paragraphing lesson.

Lesson 2 in a mini-scheme on Shakespearean tragedy. A discounted bundle of the 3 lessons can be found in my shop.