THIS COMPLETE LESSON LOOKS AT PERSONIFICATION, MOOD AND RHYME SCHEME. INCLUDES POEM. AIMED AT HA KS3.

THIS LESSON COMPARES HELENA’S JEALOUSY OF HERMIA IN ACT 1 WITH HERMIA’S JEALOUS OF HELENA IN ACT 3 SCENE 2. THE EXTRACTS CAN BE USED TO EXAMINE THEIR CHANGING FRIENDSHIP AND TO EXAMINE SOME OF THE METAPHORS USED TO INSULT EACH OTHER.

This resource contains 3 x mini question 2 worksheets featuring two short extracts on linked topics. The topics are: UKs coasts and seas, Natural Disaster relief based on the 2013 Oaklahoma tornado and the Puerto Rico hurricane & the Indian Ocean. Easily adaptable, printable, email(able!)

All three lessons use TEAL (technique, evidence, analysis & link) as a framework but this could easily be edited out / changed. All lessons aimed at middle to higher ability students. In the Can by Rosie Jackson is a one stanza poem that tries to convey life in prison. Tasks start with a collective memory exercise (see slide notes) then moves to reading poem followed by group work on allocated extracts. Eventually, after student feedback, they will write their own TEAL paragraph using example provided. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - students read poem and answer a series of questions (with suggested answers provided). Leads to writing a TEAL paragraph with a set of given prompts. Booklet of example war poems - pupils can choose which one to write a response on but can first look at how to annotate in detail at the examples given from ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ Example response provided.

AIMED AT MIDDLE ABILITY KS3, THIS COMPLETE LESSON EXAMINES THE POET'S USE OF ONOMATOPOEIA. INCLUDES SOME CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND COPY OF THE POEM.

This lesson (could be done in one hour or extended if you have time) covers all 4 ghosts/ spirits considering the significance of their physical appearance, a selection of key quotations and each one’s impact on Scrooge’s character. Plenty of activities and a plenary which asks them to consolidate their knowledge from the session. Ideal for exam revision on the theme of the supernatural in A Christmas Carol.

This lesson can be covered in a one hour session but could be extended if you have time. The session deals includes reference to relevant context, the attitudes of each key character towards the class system, provides a range of social class themed quotations for exam revision, tasks including quotation explosion / annotation, use of inference, assessment of an example response and a homework task to consolidate knowledge. Includes a self assessment sheet for this purpose too. Ideal for revision in the run up to the exam (mainly with AQA in mind but can be adapted for any exam board).

Aimed at Y7 and 8, this short scheme aims to introduce KS3 pupils to 6 of Shakespeare’s famous characters/speeches. Ideal for introducing Shakespeare or one of his plays. Students are guided to act out conversations or deliver monologues. All resources included. Would probably take 3 1 x hour lessons in total. Could be extended. Includes Beatrice & Benedick, Malvolio, Lady Macbeth, Don John, Seven Ages of Man and Romeo and Juliet.

LA KS3 - GOES THROUGH WHAT A RECIPE IS AND HOW ZEPHANIAH HAS USED METAPHOR IN HIS POEM. INCLUDES A WORD BANK AND A WRITING FRAME FOR A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR. PUPILS THEN ASKED TO WRITE THEIR OWN METAPHOR POEM OF BRITISHNESS.

SINGLE POWERPOINT SLIDE CONTAINING POSSIBLE QUESTION AND A FEW IDEAS TO GET STUDENTS STARTED. USEFUL TO HAVE ON DISPLAY AT THE FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM. TASK IS TO WRITE A LETTER TO A LOCAL MP ARGUING THAT NURSES DESERVE MUCH BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

Complete lesson for students to consider the pros and cons of having the death penalty. Pros - examples of 2 killers from different countries, one of whom was given the death penalty and another who wasn’t. Cons - story of a man who was wrongfully convicted and spent over 20 years on death row with serious consequences to his life. Final task is to plan for an essay debating the pros and cons.

2 X LESSONS Students will look at Victorian society and the rise in crime rates that triggered the rise of the police force. They are then introduced to Jack the Ripper and encouraged to think how the context of the time actually enabled Jack the Ripper to commit his crimes so successfully / why the police were unable to catch him. Plenary tasks asks why detective fiction may have been popular at this time. Students look at the history of detective fiction, beginning with Poe / Murders at the Rue de Morgue. A focus on the character of the detective and detective conventions, testing knowledge by applying knowledge of conventions to extracts from The Sherlock Holmes Tale ‘The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.’ Then, students look at images of Holmes study (Sherlock Holmes museum) and deduce ideas about his character. Lesson ends with fun observational skills competition where students spot the hidden animals in the pictures.

34 slides of activities to pick out key scenes, themes, characters and methods of Volume 1. These activities focus on chapters 1-18 of the novel and look at the theme of marriage, social status and key characters. Other focuses are critical interpretations such as marxist theory. Austen’s methods (dramatic irony, comedy, character foils, juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy, free indirect discourse etc) along with key moments in the plot. Very useful for teachers going through the novel for the first time to facilitate note taking for future revision purposes.

TWO COMPLETE LESSONS THAT YOU COULD USE TO INTRODUCE DYSTOPIAN FICTION TO A KS3 OR 4 CLASS. USES FILM TRAILERS AND PLOT SUMMARIES FROM MODERN OLDER CHILDREN'S DYSTOPIAN FICTION.

THIS IS PART ONE OF MY DECLARATION SCHEME AIMED AT KS3. I USUALLY TEACH IT TO Y8 OR Y9 AND STUDENTS LOVE IT! IT'S A FAB DYSTOPIAN STORY THAT RELATES WELL TO OUR WORLD TODAY. THIS PART CONTAINS TEN LESSONS, INCLUDING 2 INTRODUCTORY LESSONS TO DYSTOPIAN FICTION. PART TWO IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN MY 'SHOP'.

Lesson on Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy. Includes set of questions and discussion points. Copy of poem provided.

Students are shown a short set of slides defining women and marriage in Victorian times, including part of a Tennyson poem and Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Kahoot quiz follows (link available). Then students should match up a range of Pride and Prejudice quotations about marriage with the modern translation to get an idea of how important marriage was to women at this time. They will then watch the clip where Mr Collins proposes to Lizzie to show that she was atypical of victorian women of the time. Then we look at noble women and the extract where Lady Catherine de Bourgh visits Lizzie Bennet to show her disapproval of her alleged marriage to Mr Darcy. Discussion of language choices to show her attitude to the middle classes. Radio clip of a rich girl relating a day in her life; this links to the idea of governesses which are looked at in connection with middle class women and their jobs. Students can use two extracts to compare the job of a governess (Jane Eyre) with an account of the duties of a lady’s maid. Leads on to lower class women and a clip of Downton Abbey where students have to be observant and answer a series of questions about the servants’ roles. Leads to women (Nancy) who cannot get respectable work - students look at an extract and then freeze frame the emotions described. Ends with creating a wordle about all that they have learned.

This lesson is aimed at encouraging students to love reading. It has links to author readings and recommendations from celebrities. There is a genre quiz that helps students work out the kind of story that might interest them, amongst other activities. Aimed at Y6 - Y8.

A LESSON LOOKING AT POSSIBLE EXAM QUESTIONS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A FOCUS ON MRS JOHNSTONE AND MRS LYONS (CUT AND STICK, TEAM COMPETITION) AS CHARACTERS WHO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES SHOWN IN THE PLAY. GOOD PREPARATION FOR THE LITERATURE EXAM.