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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 :)

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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 :)
Persuasive Writing -Do They Know It's Christmas Time? Bob Geldof Live Aid/Comic Relief AFOREST
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Persuasive Writing -Do They Know It's Christmas Time? Bob Geldof Live Aid/Comic Relief AFOREST

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Persuasive writing lesson based on Live Aid and Comic Relief. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Students read an extract from Bob Geldof’s diary which sparked the song 'Do They Know It’s Christmas Time?, discuss the impact of the song and how persuasive writing techniques have been used. Students will eventually create their own piece of persuasive writing. Lesson planned using the TEEP structure.
Effective use of adjectives and adverbs in creative writing.
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Effective use of adjectives and adverbs in creative writing.

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A creative writing lesson aimed to help students improve their use of adjectives and adverbs in their descriptive writing, Lesson involves short tasks, improving extracts and eventually a descriptive writing task. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 students but can also be used with KS4.
GCSE 4 Poem bundle (lesson, annotations, context, language analysis task.)
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GCSE 4 Poem bundle (lesson, annotations, context, language analysis task.)

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Lessons for the GCSE poems: Bayonet Charge, War Photographer, Exposure and Ozymandias. Lessons include the poems context, annotations on the poems, language/structure/meaning/context challenge questions and a language analysis task on each poem. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme.
Shakespeare - The Globe Theatre. Understanding the differences between theatre then and now.
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Shakespeare - The Globe Theatre. Understanding the differences between theatre then and now.

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A lesson teaching students about the Globe Theatre and the differences between theatre then and now. Aimed at KS3 but can be used for older students to teach Shakespearean context. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme. Lesson involves students gathering information about the theatre and then writing from the perspective of someone at the theatre (choice based on ability.) Challenge task to include some archaic language.
Set of 5 homework activities for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5.
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Set of 5 homework activities for AQA Language Paper 1 Question 5.

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5 homework sheets aimed at helping students develop their skills in planning an answer for Language Paper 1 Question 5. Each sheet asks students to plan a list of powerful vocabulary (challenge to find synonyms to improve their vocab choices), a list of language devices and a list of the senses. Planning sheets can then be used to write up a full practice answer to Paper 1 Question 5. Please leave a review. I love your feedback :)