206Uploads
2228k+Views
7857k+Downloads
English
Simon Armitage - Those Bastards in their Mansions
Two lessons on a popular Simon Armitage poem. Explore the poem with creative writing (KS3)
Lesson 1:
Starter: play youtube clip of London Riots
Development: read poem and explore language and Armitage comments
Plenary: link poetry to imagery
Lesson 2:
Starter: play youtube clip of Prometheus
Development: read poem and answer questions. Then complete creative writing task
Plenary: two stars and a wish on creative writing
Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy
Analysis of the poem and comparison to 'Stealing&' and &';Untitled' (KS3/KS4)
Starter: images
Development: images/annotation/venn diagram
Plenary: two stars and a wish
Darkwood Manor: Creative Writing
Descriptive writing lesson - focused on creating a setting and atmosphere (KS3)
Starter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od_XDxlOlUw
play video clip and analyse how atmosphere is created.
Development: Discuss haunted houses and mind map ideas. Discuss levelled examples - create success criteria. Then explain plan and worksheet.
Plenary: Pupils to share opening paragraph
Social Networks: Persuasive Writing
A persuasive writing task based on the topic of social networks (KS3/KS4)
Instructions: Paper Planes
PowerPoints of instructions to create Paper Planes (KS2/KS3)
Hobson's Choice: Context Questions
A collection of context questions for Hobson's Choice (KS4)
Skulduggery Pleasant: PEE Chains
A lesson analysing the protagonist throughout the first four chapters using PEE chains (KS3)
Heroes: Larry LaSalle
A PowerPoint to explore one of the key characters in 'Heroes&'. Quotations and ideas included for discussion in preparation for an essay question.
Hedgehopping: Autobiographical Writing
A lesson on analysing and creating autobiographical writing (KS3/KS4)
Optical Illusions
A collection of optical illusions I use to encourage pupils to develop their own personal response to literature and make them aware of layers of meanings
Kickstarter: Creative Media Writing
Using the Kickstarter website as a stimulus, pupils can analyse and create a product from a variety of categories (KS3/KS4)
Polanski's Macbeth: Key Events
A timeline of key events in Polanski's Macbeth. Useful for navigating to important scenes for study (KS3/KS4)
Writing a Song Review: Daft Punk & Ellie Goulding
Writing a song review: analysing a review of Daft Punk's &'Get Lucky&'; and writing a review of 'Anything Can Happen&' by Ellie Goulding ***you will need to download the songs from YouTube*** (KS3/KS4)
Review: The Pogues 'A Fairytale of New York'
Writing a review of The Pogues classic Christmas song. Analysis of lyrics and background included. You'll need a YouTube clip of the song (KS3/KS4)
Heroes: Character Formulas
Create your own visual formula to revise the major characters and themes (KS4)
Sweets! Descriptive Writing
Descriptive Writing using sweets. Covers the different senses, adjectives, similes and metaphors.
***you will need maltesers & toffees****
A Poison Tree by William Blake
Resources for analysing the poem (KS3/KS4)
Starter: comment card
Main: questions/PEE chain
Plenary: comment card
Hobson's Choice: Various Resources
A collection of resources for teaching Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse (KS4)
Of Mice & Men: Introducing the Main Characters
Extracts that introduce the main characters from Of Mice and Men with questions (KS4)
Exploring the Theme of Power in Poetry
Exploring the Theme of Power in Poetry: Hawk Roosting, Ozymandias and Human Interest. Intended to link with Macbeth for the controlled assessment but could be studied separately or with another text (KS3/KS4)