LO: To know how a text can have an effect on the reader

LO: To understand how ballads are structured

Learning Objective I know I have achieved this when... I have drawn my picture from the Highway man poem. LO1: I know what the word atmosphere means and how to identify it a text. LO2: I can comment on how using words to create an atmosphere is effective. LO3: I can apply these skills to my own writing. I have predicted the atmosphere of the poem and I have said why I think this. I have worked as a group to create and atmosphere and I have worked on my own to write about one.

A lesson looking at the ballad of homeless jack with a literacy focus.

Private Peaceful Lesson 2

Time Connectives

Private Peaceful Lesson 3 - the beginning of the novel by Morpurgo

Private Peaceful Lesson 1 - introducing the text including necessary resources.

This printable worksheet resource contains excerpts from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, illustrating the relationship between Prospero and Caliban. There are also questions asking pupils whose side they have taken between the two characters.

Introduction to Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare

This printable card-sort game matching Caliban and Prospero's dialogue to possible props they might use on stage in a performance of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Learning how to understand the features of a newspaper report using the film The Simpsons.

Midsummer Night's Dream Understanding the Start of the Play (Act 1 Scene 1) by Shakespeare.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Lesson 3 - a lesson looking at writing and reading skills through a science fiction and fantasy focus

These printable worksheets give useful instructions and hints for an ongoing homework project to span a few weeks during a scheme of work on The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Lesson 2

Science Fiction and Fantasy Lesson 1

A complete Scheme of Work for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, and Kings and Queens. Develops a wide range of skills in pupils. 3.1 Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies in formal and informal contexts 4.1 Using different dramatic approaches to explore ideas, texts and issues 5.2 Understanding and Responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts 6.2 Analysing how writers’ use of linguistic and literary features shapes and influences meaning 8.5 structuring, organising and presenting texts in a variety of forms 10.2 Commenting on language use

Science Fiction and Fantasy Scheme of Work

This simple, printable worksheet contains a complete plot summary or synopsis of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. It could be used as an introduction to the events of the play, or as a revision tool, for students who are preparing for exams and controlled assessments.