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KS3/4 World Lit and Creative Writing Complete Scheme of Work
Key Objectives and Outcomes:
• To be introduced to texts from around the world
• To consolidate analysis and evaluation skills and produce exam-style responses
• To develop creative writing skills
Overview:
A collection of extracts and shorts stories from Nigeria, Southern Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia, focused on the themes of love and relationships.
Texts:
Love and Society: Forbidden love
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi (extract)
The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, Kritika Pandey (short story)
Country Lovers, Nadine Gordimer (short story)
Naleli, Bolu Babalola (short story)
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (mid-term extract)
Love and Society: Parents and Children
6. The Strange Story of the World, Chigozie Obioma (short story)
7. War Horse, Michael Morpurgo (extract)
8. How The One-armed Sister Sweeps the house, Cherie Jones (extract)
Love and Society: Love and Migration
9. Small Island, Andrea Levy, adapted by Helen Edmundson (film, National Theatre production)
Short extracts from Nigeria
• The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré
• Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
• My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite
• An Orchestra of Minorities, Chigozie Obioma
Short extracts from South Asia
• The Glass Palace, Amitav Ghosh
• The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
• Moth Smoke, Mohsin Hamid
Key Assessments: Edexcel Language Paper 1:
• Evaluation Question (AO4)
• Imaginative writing (AO5 & AO6)
Othello SOW Differentiated
Complete Othello SOW for Y9 (18 lessons and green pen feedback), with differentiated Othello booklet.
Formal, Informal, Open Letters - Persuasive/ Transactional Writing SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L10 LO: Evaluate how successfully formal and informal letters highlight injustice through tone (AO4)
L11 LO: Evaluate how successfully an open letter explores racism through satire (AO4)
L12 LO: Evaluate how successfully a memoir creates outrage through ethos, pathos and logos(AO4)
Of Mice and Men Complete SOW
23 Lessons with Edexcel GCSE Assessment Objectives for Y9 class
Satire, Extended Metaphors and Logos - Persuasive/ Transactional SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L5 LO: Analyse the effect of sarcasm in satirical letters (A02)
L6 LO: Analyse the effect of an extended metaphor in a persuasive letter (AO2)
L7 LO: Analyse the effect of anecdotes in a persuasive speech (AO2)
L8 LO: Analyse the effect of embedding research in an opinion piece (AO2)
L9 LO: Write persuasively about an example of gender discrimination (AO5 & AO6)
AO5, AO6 Persuasive Writing Planning & Assessment SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L13 LO: Write persuasively about an area of injustice in the UK (AO5 & AO6)
L14 LO: Write an open letter that successfully raises awareness about an area of injustice in the UK (AO5 & AO6)
Green Pen Feedback Writing & Speech Writing - Persuasive/ Transactional Writing SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L17 LO: Analyse what makes a successful speech (Speaking and Listening)
L18 LO: Adapt your open letter and write a speech (AO5 & AO6)
L19 LO: Perform your speech to the class. (Speaking and Listening)
Transactional/Persuasive Writing & Language Paper 2 (Edexcel) Complete Scheme of Work
Transactional Writing & Language Paper 2 (Edexcel)
L1 LO: Analyse how pathos is used for effect (AO2)
L2 LO: Write using pathos (AO5 & AO6)
L3 LO: Interview someone about an example of injustice they witnessed or experienced (speaking and listening)
L4 LO: Use pathos to write social criticism(AO5 & AO6)
L5 LO: Analyse the effect of sarcasm in satirical letters (A02)
L6 LO: Analyse the effect of an extended metaphor in a persuasive letter (AO2)
L7 LO: Analyse the effect of anecdotes in a persuasive speech (AO2)
L8 LO: Analyse the effect of embedding research in an opinion piece (AO2)
L9 LO: Write persuasively about an example of gender discrimination (AO5 & AO6)
L10 LO: Evaluate how successfully formal and informal letters highlight injustice through tone (AO4)
L11 LO: Evaluate how successfully an open letter explores racism through satire (AO4)
L12 LO: Evaluate how successfully a memoir creates outrage through ethos, pathos and logos(AO4)
L13 LO: Write persuasively about an area of injustice in the UK (AO5 & AO6)
L14 LO: Write an open letter that successfully raises awareness about an area of injustice in the UK (AO5 & AO6)
L15 LO: Contrast how writers explore ideas of space travel through structural techniques
L16 LO: Compare how writers explore similar ideas about poverty through language
L17 LO: Analyse what makes a successful speech (Speaking and Listening)
L18 LO: Adapt your open letter and write a speech (AO5 & AO6)
L19 LO: Perform your speech to the class. (Speaking and Listening)
Texts:
Introducing Pathos and Social Criticism - Persuasive/ Transactional Writing SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L1 LO: Analyse how pathos is used for effect (AO2)
L2 LO: Write using pathos (AO5 & AO6)
L3 LO: Interview someone about an example of injustice they witnessed or experienced (speaking and listening)
L4 LO: Use pathos to write social criticism(AO5 & AO6)
Enhance Your Students’ Understanding of Emotional Persuasion with Our GCE-Aligned Lesson Plans: Introduce your students to the intricate world of pathos with our curriculum, meticulously aligned with Edexcel GCE assessment objectives (AOs). In Lesson 1 (LO1), ‘Analyzing the Use of Pathos’ (AO2), guide your students through the critical analysis of emotional appeal in texts. Lesson 2 (LO2), ‘Writing with Pathos’ (AO5 & AO6), offers the opportunity for students to hone their skills in crafting emotionally resonant content. With Lesson 3 (LO3), you can facilitate a unique ‘Speaking and Listening’ exercise, encouraging students to conduct interviews that delve into real-life examples of injustice, thereby deepening their understanding of pathos in communication. Lesson 4 (LO4), ‘Using Pathos for Social Criticism’ (AO5 & AO6), empowers students to apply their knowledge in creating meaningful social critiques. These lessons are invaluable tools for empowering your students to excel in their GCE assessments through the mastery of emotional expression in their communication.
Compare and Contrast Persuasive Writing SOW KS3/ KS4/ GCSE
L15 LO: Contrast how writers explore ideas of space travel through structural techniques
L16 LO: Compare how writers explore similar ideas about poverty through language
Complete Jekyll Revision - Organised quotes and sentence starters
Complete Jekyll Revision - Organised quotes and sentence starters
Medium Term Plan - Transactional/ Persuasive Writing SOW KS4/K34
Comprehensive medium term plan, with all texts and sequenced lessons for the unit.
Edexcel Evaluation Q. & Character Development (Creative Writing SOW GCSE) - Country Lovers, Gordimer
L8-9 LO: Evaluate how successfully Gordimer explores the experience of growing up through characters
L10 LO: Evaluate how successfully Gordimer creates inner conflict through events and characters.
L11 LO: Describe a character’s inner conflict
Retrospective & Unconventional Narrators (Creative Writing SOW KS3/GCSE) - Chigozie Obioma
L12 LO: Use retrospect and elements of melodrama for effect
L13 LO: Analyse how the writer explores ideas in The Strange Story of The World
L14 LO: Write a short story using a retrospective narrator
L15 LO: Write from the perspective of an unconventional narrator
Suspense & Tension, Cautionary Tale (Creative Writing SOW KS3/GCSE) - Caribbean Literature
L16 LO: Write to create suspense and tension
L17 LO: Write the opening to a cautionary tale, building tension
Motifs & Describing Setting (Creative Writing SOW) - Kritika Pandey & Monsoon extracts
L4 LO: Analyse how motifs of food engage the reader in The Great Indian Tee and Snakes
L5 LO: Evaluate how successfully the writer conveys emotions and ideas through setting.
L6 LO: Describe a setting for effect
Semantic Fields, Symbols & Show Not Tell (Creative Writing SOW) - Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi SOW
L1 LO: Analyse how symbols are used to reflect ideas and context
L2 LO: Analyse how semantic fields are used to engage the reader
L3 LO: Use show not tell to develop a character
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6 Week SoW on Persuasive/ Transactional Writing & Language Analysis KS3/KS4/ GCSE Language Paper 2
Introduce an engegaing transactional and persuasive writing unit to your school’s KS3 or KS4 curriculum. Students will explore a range of historic and contemporary non-fiction texts addressing inequality in society in different forms in preparation for a transactional writing assessment.
Texts:
• Extract from Wild Swans - Jung Chang (1991)
• Akala: ‘As I grew up, I became embarrassed by my mother’s whiteness’ –
• Ought women not to be abolished altogether? – Clementine Churchill (1912)
• Give women the vote – Bertha Brewster (1913)
• An Open Letter To My Family Announcing My Resignation From Motherhood – N. Graham (2020)
• ‘We must continue to dream big’: an open letter - Serena Williams (2016)
• We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)
• The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes - Caroline Criado-Perez (2019)
• To My Old Master - Jourdon Anderson (1865)
• Brown is as pretty as white – W. E. B. Du Bois (1914)
• 17 million Negroes cannot wait for the hearts of men to change – Jackie Robinson (1958)
• An Open Letter To The Man Who Yelled “Go Back To Africa” At Me - Jd Dillard (2019)
• Blogs from Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)
• I’m no longer engaging with white people on the topic of race – Reni Eddo Lodge (2014)
• Why Explore Space? - Ernst Stuhlinger (1970)
• Distilling Existence: A Study with Wilson Amunga - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor & Bernd Hartung (2019)
• Kebab Kid, London: ‘Take-away as a cult’ – Jay Rayner (2021)
• Extract from Down and Out in Paris and London – Orwell (1933)
National Theatre Small Island - Black History Month, Windrush GCSE KS3
Understand the context of Small Island, Andrea Levy
Character Voice (Creative Writing SOW KS3/GCSE) - Love in Colour, Bolu Babalola
L18 LO: Analyse the effect of character voice
L19 LO: Write to create a sense of character
L20 LO: Write to create a sense of character