A series of tasks based on writing for purpose.
Our topic this half term is teenage runaway so many of the tasks are linked to this or the issues facing teenagers. However, these can be adapted very easily.
Includes analysis Boris Johnson’s address to the nation on coronovirus and some links to the English Language GCSE.
Powerpoints for four lessons (potentially more) on Sheila and context.
Designed to teach students how to analyse quotations in detail.
Also includes work on vocabulary to help improve responses.
Suitable for home learning / intervention groups/ lessons in school.
This resource is based on The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and has pictures of concentration camps to inspire a narrative about the journey to a camp. The 34 slide PPT guides students as they plan this piece of work.
However, there are lots of slides about general writing skills including colour symbolism, pathetic fallacy, paragraphs and sentence structures. There is a planning sheet included for students to use.
8 Resources.
Prompts for Language Analysis (AQA AO2)
Key quotes from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I have used these with sets 8, 6 and 1 so they are quite versatile!
There are also character profile sheets for both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as well as a context card sort.
All worksheets can be edited.
AQA English - New Spec
PEE paragraphs
Self Assessment Activity
Students award themselves money when they meet criteria but deduct money when they miss something - the richest person at the end becomes the class expert for the week
A sheet which outlines achievements of students across the year. I have used it to scaffold conversations at parents’ evenings and the data is useful for evidence when having difficult discussions!
- Option to copy and paste last official report
- Review of effort, behaviour, organisation and homework
- General comments
- Review of results in each topic/assessment
- Targets to circle/highlight as appropriate
PPT - Introduction to Advertising - includes links to the Simpsons, the photoshop debate and Banksy. Example adverts stimulate debate as well as supporting analysis of print which can lead to analysis of text.
This was an attempt at differentiating a KS4 close reading scheme of work so that it was suitable for Year 7. Year 7 enjoyed it but it could be used with KS3 - 4 or even elements for KS5.
The 111 slide PPT includes
-Jane Eyre
- Pride and Prejudice
- Emily Dickinson poetry
- De Bono
- Plus, Minus, Interesting
- Rally Robin
- Think Pair Shair
- Self/Peer assessment
- Hot Seating
- Word classes
- Irony
- Alan Peat sentences
A PPT to scaffold discussion about the father daughter relationship in Act 1. Could be used for one or two lessons.
Starter - images to stimulate discussion about father daughter relationships. Links to Disney, popular music and Global Learning (forced marriage in UK and globally) Links to Assessment Objectives.
Main Activity - group task to create a performance of Act 1 Scene 1. Task is scaffolded to encourage analysis of language.
Review - Students perform. Worksheet for peer assessment with an added focus on how characters are presented. Worksheet could then be used to support analysis of the extract for a reading assessment.
Exit Pass - Students discuss how they feel about the characters and rate their confidence in studying a Shakespeare play
Homework - Write an extract from Hermia’s diary or a speech about forced marriage
18 lesson plans for AQA Relationships Poetry - new anthology.
Lessons are for a low ability Year 10 class and cover the poems about romantic love only (not Climbing My Grandfather etc)
There is also a homework booklet with two task per week to develop skills for the unseen exam.
Full PPT will be available shortly.
Blank Facebook Profiles with names and photographs of the poets from the AQA Anthology Relationships cluster (new spec)
Students use the template to record research linked to context (Assessment Objective 3) for the literature exam.