Hi! Having worked as a teacher of three subjects over the past seven years (English, Media Studies, Drama), I have found that fun, challenge and creativity are universal to great learning! As a result, I aim to create meticulously detailed, vibrant and stimulating resources that foster students' independence and creative thinking, allowing them to make excellent progress as a result.
Hi! Having worked as a teacher of three subjects over the past seven years (English, Media Studies, Drama), I have found that fun, challenge and creativity are universal to great learning! As a result, I aim to create meticulously detailed, vibrant and stimulating resources that foster students' independence and creative thinking, allowing them to make excellent progress as a result.
A fun, diverse and detailed unit focused upon British Poetry! This unit has been created specifically to intigrate KS4 skills into the KS3 curriculum to prepare students for the rigors of the new 100% exam GCSE specification. The unit focuses upon exploration and analysis of the poems 'Jabberwocky' and 'Timothy Winters', and works best as a Year 7 scheme as its end-of-unit exam is tailored as a hybrid of KS2 SATs and GCSE. However, it could also be used with lower ability Year 8 or 9.
This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 19 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 96 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (17 sheets)
* Homework project (6 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills
* End-of-unit reading/writing exam
* End-of-unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3-6, with GCSE 1-9 conversion)
Unit's lessons include:
* Exploring 'personal identity'
* Mapping and exploration of British culture
* Writing poems about British culture
* Poetic terms 'speed dating' to introduce key vocabulary
* Analysing and storyboarding 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll
* Developing vocabulary through the use of nonsense poems
* Poetry SLAM competition - performing Lewis Carroll poems
* Close reading and analysis of 'Timothy Winters' by Charles Causley
* Activities focused upon improving sentence structures
* Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level)
* SPaG starter activities
* Crosswords
* Quizzes
* End-of-unit reading exam (KS2 SAT/GCSE hybrid)
* End-of-unit writing exam (GCSE style)
* Teacher/peer/self assessment opportunities
A challenging, rigorous and detailed unit focused upon Shelagh Delaney's charming 1950s play 'A Taste of Honey'! This unit has been created specifically for the new AQA Paper 2a (Modern Texts) exam to be sat from June 2017. This unit focuses upon analysis of the whole text, punctuated by two practice exam questions (one focused upon character, the other on theme) plus a closed-book mock exam. Students are supported throughout these with sentence starters to help them structure their responses, and are given a choice of questions.
This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (9 sheets)
* Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills
Unit's lessons include:
* Cloze activity on the play's contexts
* Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene
* Spelling tests on key vocabulary
* SPaG starter activities
* Character crosswords
* Huge 60-question revision quiz
* In-depth key scene analyses (including group work)
* Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof
* Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships
* AfL activities - improving sample exam responses
* Essay planning
* Writing a formal essay on a chosen character
* Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme
* 'Closed book' mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations
* Teacher/peer/self assessment opportunities
