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Alma: Creative Writing
Using a Pixar short film, Alma, the pupils must first analyse the film and then write a story (KS2/KS3/KS4)****You need the short film*****Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tECaYQ1AzkM
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Anxiety for Beginners: GCSE Fiction Reading & Writing Paper
A full fiction reading & writing GCSE paper. It's designed for the Welsh board, but I'm sure it can easily be adapted for other exams.
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Blood Brothers: Sympathy Speech
A task that combines literature & language. Pupils must annotate a model, plan and then write a speech in which they defend a character from the play they believe deserves the sympathy of the audience. Can be used for a class debate or Spoken Language task, as well as a writing activity.
***Pupils should have read the entire play first ***
Print the worksheet A3. Useful for KS3 or KS4.
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Macbeth: Exploring Paired Quotations
A revision lesson (after the play has been read) for 'Macbeth'. Pupils must link evidence in a table and explore the relationship in the imagery/explain the character development. Useful for practising the skill of synthesis. There is also a grid for a detailed, exam-style paragraph (model included). The worksheet is designed to be printed A3.
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Writing a Review: Jessie J - Who You Are
Worksheet, questions and activities for writing a review of Jessie J's &'Who You Are&';. ***You will need to download the video from Youtube**** (KS3/KS4)
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Exploring the Theme of Power
A lesson that explores the theme of power. I use it before I teach Macbeth. Drama and English tasks (KS3/KS4)
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Skulduggery Pleasant: PEE Chains
A lesson analysing the protagonist throughout the first four chapters using PEE chains (KS3)
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How to Write an Essay: The Temple of Knowledge
An approach to essay writing that is designed for English literature essays but can easily be adapted for different subjects, abilities and assessments.
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Hedgehopping: Autobiographical Writing
A lesson on analysing and creating autobiographical writing (KS3/KS4)
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Chapter Five
Reading and writing tasks for chapter five of Skulduggery Pleasant (KS3)
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A Christmas Carol: Exploring the Title
A PowerPoint that explores the title of the novella and helps pupils to develop a GCSE essay plan (KS4)
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Character Analysis Tree
A useful resource for exploring characters in novels, plays or poetry. Can be used to explore relationships in different parts of the text (KS2/KS3/KS4)
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Virgin Galactic: Non-Fiction Reading
Pupils will select and analyse information from a VIrgin Galactic article. Pupils will then analysis the structure and format before writing a persuasive argument. The website makes for an effective starter (KS3/KS4)
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A Christmas Carol: Ignorance & Want
A PowerPoint and worksheet explaining the importance of Ignorance and Want to the story of A Christmas Carol. Pictures, questions and an annotated extract (KS3/KS4)
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Of Mice & Men: Narrative Writing
A PowerPoint that allows pupils to show their textual knowledge by writing creatively about some of the main characters (KS3/KS4)
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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)
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Mirror by Sylvia Plath
Reading and writing tasks for the poem. Starter: guess the title, Main: exploring images and ideas in the poem/writing a poem, Plenary: sharing creative writing (KS3/KS4)
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Shakespeare's Language
Create your own Shakespeare insult, study the context and the language in a scene from Romeo & Juliet ***You will also need Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo é Juliet*** (KS3/KS4)