English Language Persuasive Writing Lesson Focus is on rivalry, loosely linked to Romeo and Juliet. The lesson looks at examples of rivalry that exist in the world. The students will analyse persuasive techiques in a text. The task asks students to write persuasively to stop hate.

Recap of Act 2. Group activites focusing on reading and analysing Act 3.1 The differentiated group activities are optional, the class could do the same activity. Prediction task Text analysis/highlighting Embedded clip Questions A ‘big’ question exploring violence and conflict

Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3 Lesson Historical context Act 2.1 & 2.2 Recap Language analysis