I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)
I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.
Lesson is part of a unit of work for KS3 studying Myths and Legends.
Lesson uses the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and mega challenge.
Lesson is aimed at a top set year 9 group but can easily be adapted to suit other ability ranges.
Lesson looks at racial segregation in 1930’s America and students eventually get a choice of differentiated tasks to complete.
Lesson is aimed at developing students’ understanding of the General Election.
Lesson looks at the history of voting, what happens in a General Election, who the main parties and leaders are & what the main pledges of each party are.
Students have a choice of tasks based on speech writing. They can either write a speech arguing that the voting age should be 16 or write a speech arguing which political party should be in power.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.
Lesson focuses on descriptive writing skills.
Main task asks students to create a piece of creative writing from the point of view of Buddy the Elf, experiencing New York City for the first time. Students watch a short clip to help with this and complete planning activities.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge
Lesson looks at what media bias is and gets students to analyse different articles about Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.
A lesson which looks at life in the trenches for soldiers during WW1.
Students are given information about trench life including a diary entry and a poem.
Students will write a description based on trench life from the perspective of a soldier during WW1.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge.
This lesson includes the context of the poem, annotations of the poem and language/structure/form analysis tasks.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Aimed at year 9-11 studying GCSE poetry.
Gothic Horror lesson analysing how language is used to describe Mr Hyde.
Aimed at a high ability year 8 class but can easily be adapted to suit other abilities/year groups.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Includes WAGOLL answers for students to assess using the mark scheme.
Lesson has been structured using the TEEP model.
Lesson to teach language, paper 1, question 3 - Structure.
Based on an extract from Harry Potter.
Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme.
Scaffolded to support lower ability students.
Lesson created using the TEEP model.
Students are asked to find different ‘pieces’ of a gothic story (for example: characters, setting, curses, colours, lighting, weather etc) - these will be stuck around the room before the lesson begins.
Once each group has found every piece, they then have 15 minutes to discuss and plan a gothic story using the elements they have collected.
Then students will use these ideas to independently write up their own gothic story.
Lesson is aimed at KS3 but can be adapted for older years.
Lesson is planned using the TEEP model.
Lesson is differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme.
A Sherlock mystery writing lesson to focus on Paper 1, Question 5 descriptive writing skills.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Aimed at KS3 but could be easily adapted for GCSE groups.
Lesson planned using the TEEP model.
Gothic style lesson teaching students how to build suspense in their writing.
Lesson is differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Includes a gothic vocab spellings test.
Aimed at KS3 but can be used for older students.
Planned using the TEEP model.
A GCSE Christmas Carol lesson analysing the character of Scrooge.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Lesson is based around AO1 and AO2.
Lesson is created using the TEEP model.
A GCSE Christmas Carol lesson analysing the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come and how Dickens creates a sense of fear around this ghost.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Lesson is based around AO1 and AO2.
Lesson is created using the TEEP model.
A Christmas creative writing lesson based around describing a Christmas market.
Lesson is scaffolded with a video, pictures and planning tasks for students to gather their ideas.
WAGOLL answers are included for students to assess/discuss.
Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
This lesson is aimed at KS3 but can easily be adapted for older year groups.
A lesson aimed at using AFOREST persuasive techniques using The Greatest Showman as a focus.
Aimed at KS4 but can easily be adapted.
Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme.
Lesson is created using the TEEP model.