A lesson (potential for two depending on ability) that focuses on explaining issues regarding mental health, particularly: depression, OCD, Schizophrenia, and anxiety. You can use a real bottle of Coke for the “bottling up” activity. Lots of discussion and mind-map activites, paper and pens will be needed.

A unit of work designed for Year 8 pupils to give them information about the play, focusing on the key scenes needed (others are summarised). It includes extracts to annotate with the pupils through questioning to get them thinking, rather than just copying down the answers. There are handouts with the relevant sections of the scenes - do be aware that the version of the play on the handouts has been cut and made shorter so that the basics of the play and language can be analysed within a short unit. NB: this SOW only focuses on key scenes to provide an overview of the play and an understanding of a few of the key themes, mainly relationships which is the key assessment. The assessment at the end is extract-based and linked to the work in the previous lessons. THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE PLAY BUT RATHER THE BASIC SCENES AND SECTIONS NEEDED FOR UNDERSTANDING.

10 double-sided worksheets (in one PowerPoint form) designed to help low-level pupils build confidence in using PETAL paragraphs. Each worksheet includes a short extract, a focus question (usually character related), a PETAL paragraph cloze to help pupils quickly create a first paragraph and a challenge question.

10 double-sided worksheets (in one PowerPoint form) designed to help low-level pupils build confidence in using PETAL paragraphs. Each worksheet includes a short extract, a focus question (usually character related), a PETAL paragraph cloze to help pupils quickly create a first paragraph and a challenge question.

2 page knowledge organisers for: Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Merchant of Venice Julius Caesar Twelfth Night Much Ado About Nothing A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Tempest Each KO has one page with a simplified plot summary (key scenes on a timeline), a character list and dual coding key theme images. There is also a blank page for key quotations for pupils to fill in themselves as the play is studied - this page can be printed as often as needed depending on how many key quotations you feel pupils need.

Images of each of the main characters from Romeo and Juliet, perfect for either display work or using as prompts for practice essays (i.e. giving a very general question - how does Shakespeare use this character to portray the theme of love and then each student receives their card with their character and some helpful quotations).