This sequence of lessons could last between three and five lessons depending on ability. It is easily adaptable, but is full of challenging and creative tasks to stretch and support a range of abilities. A great introduction to poetry and techniques, showing students how to annotate and structure a response also. It also analyses Still I Rise in great detail. This sequence has a lot of scaffolding, which can easily be removed for higher ability.
A two/three part lesson which has really helped my 7s/8s improve their writing style. It is based on science-fiction, but can easily be adapted for a range of literature or schemes of work. Is based on the PETER structure, but it could be adapted to whichever acronym you use.
A bundle of engaging knowledge recall starters for a study of ‘An Inspector Calls’. Recall explores:
Language Paper 1
Language Paper 2
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Power and Conflict: War Poems
Tier 2/3 Language
A double lesson exploring Gothic settings with a focus on ‘The Little Stranger’ and ‘Rebecca’. All resources are included in the PowerPoint and formatted for books.
A unit of work exploring ‘Ghost Stories’ and tackling reading skills for individual classes/students. This booklet has room to develop ideas, challenge, and differentiate tasks (we do this based on Accelerated Reader data). Through these lessons, students develop: annotation skills, comprehension skills, decoding, tackling tier-2 language, and many other skills.
The final task is a competition where students create and perform their own ghost story based on the extracts and short stories they have read each week.
A full lesson exploring how to approach analysis questions on the Spirits in A Christmas Carol. The lesson consolidates knowledge and then encourages students to analyse key scenes.
15 hours of learning on the Gothic genre, exploring a range of topics. This SOL is designed to develop reading skills predominantly, but can be easily adapted. The final assessment is to make inferences on a Gothic text, which is developed throughout the lessons.
A trio of engaging lessons on Carol Ann Duffy poetry (Valentine, Human Interest and Medusa).
Includes a whole-class feedback template sheet for a poetry assessment at the end of the week.