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Teacher of English and Curriculum Leader of Media Studies | MA in English Studies | NPQLT 2022-23 | PGCE Mentor | Passionate about oracy, metacognition, modelling, stretch + challenge, and effective use of feedback/ feed-forward
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GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision Lesson- Violence
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of violence in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of violence in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Oracy task- Talking Point debate
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (the Captain’s speech Act 1, Scene 2)
High-level WAGOLL model example
Essay structures
Peer-assessment task
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q4 Revision- Coraline
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘Coraline’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check tasks with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment. Slow-writing and scaffolded structures included.
Q1-style comprehension task
Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers
Extract from Chapter 3 of Neil Gaiman’s ‘Coraline’ (1990)
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Funeral Blues + Nothing Gold Can Stay
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’.
Learning objectives displayed
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph
Space for analytical writing practice
Power & Conflict Poetry- Introduction (War Poems)
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To begin exploring the effects of writer’s methods to create meanings (AO2).
Literacy ‘do now’ task and vocabulary builder activity
Expectations of the GCSE exam and helpful tips/ tricks
Exploring modern conflicts and types of power
Exploring featured conflicts of the collection
Exploring context
Word association
Poetic techniques- vocabulary booster
Unseen Poem analysis practice- ‘We Are Not Enemies’ by Rupi Kaur with prompts for annotations, analytical writing practice, and a high-level modelled example (WAGOLL)
Metacognitive reflection plenary
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q1-3 Revision- The Gap of Time
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from Jeanette Winterson’s ‘The Gap of Time’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini descriptive writing (Q5) progress check task with high-level modelled example
Q1-style comprehension task
Q2-style language analysis task with high-level modelled example provided, self-assessment sturctures and ‘unstuck’ indicative content for scaffolding
Q3-style structure analysis task with sample answer, peer-assessment structures, and scaffolded support to form compelte answers
Macbeth- The Supernatural: Analysis Walkthrough Booklet
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson/ homework booklet. Fully-resourced 20-page booklet. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
13 key quotations linking to the theme of the supernatural + space to annotate
Macbeth context revision clock
Contextual development/ quotation from James I’s ‘Daemonologie’
Key vocabulary builder + tragic genre understanding check-in
Use of speech + language on stage
Exam-style question (the supernatural- Act 4, Scene 1)
Introduction modelled example (WAGOLL) + mini planning grid
Modelled analytical paragraph (WAGOLL) + success criteria checklist
Space for written response
Self-assessment + DIRT upgrading tasks
Metacognitive reflection
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- The Road Not Taken + Invictus
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’.
Learning objectives displayed
Vocabulary builders
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
Bundle
Unseen Poetry- A3 Sheets X11 Bundle
Ideal for GCSE English Literature revision
A bundle of 11 A3 double-sided unseen poetry worksheets including a variety of poems, space for annotations, visible learning objectives, structure/ language techniques tasks, modelled examples and space to write analytical paragraphs. Perfect for Year 11 revision!
This bundle includes worksheets on:
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’
Joseph Coelho’s ‘February’
Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’
Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’
Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ and Henry Vaughan’s ‘The Retreat’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ and Phillis Wheatley’s ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’
Owen Sheers’ ‘On Going’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘Clearances’
Brian Bilston’s ‘The Caveman’s Lament’ and Anon’s ‘You’re the One’
Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ and John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’
An Introduction to 19th Century Literature- Miss Havisham
Ideal for any KS3 curriculum as an introduction to 19th century literature, using extracts from canonical Victorian texts and a variety of activities to develop analytical writing skills!
This lesson includes:
LO: To develop an understanding of themes and characterisation in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.
Literacy-based ‘do now’ starter activity
Examination of Victorian primary sources to gain understanding of women, wives and female identity during the 19th century
Revisiting and deepening understanding of the role of women
A clip from Great Expectations to start thinking about characterisation and whether or not Miss Havisham is a conventional Victorian woman
Extract analysis of Great Expectations- focus on characterisation of Miss Havisham
Vocabulary builder
Deepening understanding by looking at ‘Havisham’ by Carol Ann Duffy
‘Talking Point’- style whole-class oracy debate task
Victorian women- monologue writing
Reflection plenaries
An Inspector Calls Knowledge Organiser Bundle
Ideal for AQA GCSE ‘Lit P2: AIC’ SOWs. Complete set of knowledge organisers.
Context + themes
Plot + characters
Tier 2 vocabulary
Literary theories wider reading list
Dual-coding themes + characters
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Epitaph on a Tyrant + To the King's Most Excellent Majesty
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on W.H. Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ and Phillis Wheatley’s ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’.
Learning objectives displayed
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph
Space for analytical writing practice
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Blackberry Picking + The Retreat
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ and Henry Vaughan’s ‘The Retreat’.
Learning objectives displayed
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Another Night Before Christmas
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’.
Learning objectives displayed
Vocabulary builders
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Walkthrough- A Gentleman in Moscow
Ideal for AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 revision/ walking-talking mocks. Fully resourced walkthrough/ walking-talking mock on an extract from A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Especially useful for students aiming for grades 7-9.
Exam-style questions
Tips for each question
Indicative content for each question
Paragraph structures for each question
High-level WAGOLL model examples for each question
Self-assessment tasks using the exam mark schemes
Metacognitive plenary
AQA GCSE Lang P2- Analysing Persuasive Writing
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2-based SOW/ non-fiction scheme/ exploration of rhetoric/ media studies SOW. Fully-resourced lesson.
What’s included?
LO: To analyse how journalists use language to persuade readers to agree with a viewpoint.
Key words and a word of the week.
Front page articles from The Sun and The Guardian on the topic of leaving the EU/ the Brexit vote
Lang P2 Q1, 3 + 4 practice
Introduction to Shakespeare- 4. Histories
Ideal for KS3 Shakespeare units/ introductions to Shakespeare at KS4. Highly challenging and fully resourced! Part of a complete introduction unit (bundle available).
LO: To develop an understanding of Shakespeare’s histories and the legacy of Richard III.
Literacy ‘Do Now’ task
Oracy task- Talking Point class debate
Introduction to Richard III
Quote analysis
Comparing/ contrasting theatre production posters
Persuasive writing on the King in the car park
Mini plenary
GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision- Corruption
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of corruption in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of corruption in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (discovery of the regicide- Act 2, Scene 3)
Essay planning mat
Context development
Quote explosion + practice time
GCSE English Literature Quote Revision- Dual Coding
4 X dual coding revision grids for students to link their own quotations from key set texts with the provided images/ symbols.
1 x Macbeth
1 x A Christmas Carol
1 x An Inspector Calls
1 x Power & Conflict Poetry
Ideal for quotation recall, interleaved practice and as ‘do now’ activities!
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q4 Revision- The Silence of the Lambs
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check task with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment
Q1-style comprehension task
Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q4 Revision- Lord of the Flies
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘Lord of the Flies’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Q1-style comprehension task
Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers
Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check task with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment