This lesson focuses on the final act of the play Dara. The students will read the play, and then answer a series of comprehension questions, and one IGCSE style long answer question. The final slide will have students reflecting on their own feelings about the ending, and the change in Aurangzeb’s character between scenes 1 and 2.

This project allows students to work independently, and is split into instructions for 6 lessons. They will be writing an article on their ‘Time Person of the Year’, and in the final lessons, presenting it to the class. Lesson one and two will be a planning stage, in which the students will find their topic and research. Lesson three and four will be the writing stage, and a clear success criteria is provided for this. Lesson five and six will be the presentation stage, students are given instructions as to how to offer feedback verbally to each group.

This project allows students to work in groups, and is split into instructions for 6 lessons Each lesson, the students will be swapping stories with someone in their group, and continuing with theirs. The title of your story will be “How My Teacher Turned into a Monster”. For each section of the story, the students will be given a specific success criteria, images and language techniques to include. Lesson one and two: Students write the beginning Lesson three and four: Students swap, and write the middle Lesson five and six: Students swap and write the end

This lesson focuses on the idea of implementing 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. This could be a standalone lesson, as one slide explains the plot beforehand, so students understand the events of the story so far.

This lesson focuses on having the students utilize the 5 senses in order to construct a solid piece of descriptive writing. Whereas this is in preparation for the Cambridge IGCSE Language Paper 1, it can be used for any exam board. E.g AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5 prep

Lesson One: Word of the Week (Cultural Identity) Lesson Two: Analysis and key concepts Lesson Three: Write up of analytical paragraph, and low-stakes multiple choice quiz.

This lesson includes a word of the week (emancipation), an exploration of the key context behind Blake’s poem ‘London’, and an exploration of key concepts related to the poem. By the end of the lesson, students will have conducted a first reading of the poem, and been able to connect key concepts and context to particular stanzas.

Lesson One: Word of the Week (Animosity) and key context Lesson Two: Analysis (pair work) Lesson Lesson Three: Writing a critical review lesson

Lesson One: Students will be looking at the word of the week (impoverishment) and studying the context and key themes of the poem. Lesson Two: Students will be completing a guided and structured analysis of the poem, stanza by stanza. Lesson Three: The students will be finalising their study of the poem by filling a revision table, and writing a critical paragraph response to an exam-style question

To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the context of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyse some themes of the play.

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.

This lesson focuses on tracking events in a text and analysing structural features , using an excerpt from Voices from Chernobyl. This is one of 6 lessons uploaded with the aim of preparing students for answering Language Paper 1 Question 3.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work about the play ‘Dara’. In this lesson, students will perform the whole of the first act (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main analysis task. Will help if teaching the 2020 component 1 past paper.

This lesson allows students to work within the skill-set and level that they are comfortable at. It teaches students to work together in creating a final performance piece (a scene with a genre of your choosing - here I’ve chosen tragicomedy).

This lesson allows students to find their role within a group, and also choose their level of learning and contribution towards the scriptwriting process. By the end of the lesson, students should show the class a ‘sneak peek’ of their future performance piece.

This is the third week in a SOW combines both Media and English in order for students to construct a film review during their assessment week. In this scheme, students have the chance to explore elements of cinematography, scriptwriting and analysis of ambiguity and sensationalism in film. Lesson One: What is sensationalism? Lesson Two: Identifying persuasive devices Lesson Three: Implementing persuasive devices Lesson Four: Writing a sensationalist review

This is the second week in a five week scheme that is available on my shop, but this can easily be a stand alone week of work. Lesson one: what is ambiguity? Ambiguous versus obvious film trailers comparative analysis Lesson two: Imagery in film and using descriptive imagery Lesson three: Emotion in film and learning to describe emotion Lesson Four: Planning our own ambigous trailer

This SOW combines both Media and English in order for students to construct a film review during their assessment week. This is week one of a five week scheme - please see my shop if you would like to purchase the next week, or to buy the whole scheme. This SOW includes the following lessons: Lesson One: How to write a film review Lesson Two: Camera shots and angles and writing an analysis Lesson Three: Pathetic fallacy in film and writing an analysis Lesson Four: Colour in film and writing a comparative analysis

This lesson continues from the creative writing: narrative hook lesson that I have posted previously. Please find a bundle deal for both lessons for a reduced price. However, this lesson can easily also work as a stand alone lesson on sentence types and evaluating their effectiveness in a written piece. Links to other cultures are also present in the excerpt of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid’s memoir.

First lesson: Word of the Week and Context Second lesson: Guided structural and poetic analysis Third lesson: Planning and writing a critical analysis, and a 10- question multiple choice low stakes quiz.