KS3 lesson exploring conventions of genre. Pair work detailing different conventions of genre. Trailer for films to help understanding of conventions of genre. Creative writing task writing the opening paragraph to a story from this genre. Describe the location and introduce one character. Differentiated tasks. Peer assessment

KS3 lesson on creative writing Developing a magical power - what powers could it be? Class discussion on powers Teacher model of boring writing and strong writing Success criteria Self assessment

Discussion on what dreams are and why we have them. Robert Burns' poem - how does this influence our understanding of the theme? Brief analysis of poem. The American Dream. Dreams of characters. Lennie and George's dream - how is it similar, how is it different.

A collection of adjectives for students to use to build up strong descriptions of heroes and villains.

How to find and use quotations. PEE - how to structure an essay. Example PEE paragraph. Essay question. Scaffold for support. Questions for peer assessment.

Comprehension KS3 - Tale of Three Brothers - Harry Potter. Inference and deduction. Ranging from easy technique spotting to interpretation and supporting quotations. Example of full mark analysis question.

One lesson writing an extended metaphor poem - teacher example to annotate and analyse as well as poetic techniques to be used in own writing.

KS3 - Developing essay writing. Challenging task for extra work/summer/extended project. Using Philip Pullman’s ‘The Northern Lights’. Planning their own essay topic - choosing their own essay title. Success criteria. Structure of an essay. PQEL explanation - with a more detailed scaffold. Self assessment. Questions for book review.

KS3 - Developing essay writing. Using Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Kraken’ Discussion images to engage students. Poem and glossary of terms. Success criteria. List of techniques to look for. Structure of an essay. PQEL explanation - with a more detailed scaffold. Poem to annotate with some techniques in bold. Self assessment.

Roughly 2 week SOW for first years and second years covering autobiography and biography. PPTs with creative writing tasks, analysis of extracts of autobiographies and biographies, exploration of media such as book covers and the intention on colour, shape and layout. This scheme of work aims to improve analysis, creative writing and introduce exploration of media.

A descriptive writing lesson building on a class' understanding of 'show, don't tell'. Looking at building simple sentences into showing sentences where descriptive techniques have been used to create impact. List of techniques needed, teacher model, sentences to convert to description, self assessment.

A creative writing task that focusses on persuasive writing. Examples of model writing - group work - speaking and listening.

A 33 slide PPT. Explores exam style writing questions. Writing to explain, looking at broadsheet newspapers, analysing examples, developing their own opinions and then writing an exam style answer.

A lesson looking at identifying and exploring the effects of facts and opinions. Worksheet and 2 lessons. Lesson 1- what are the differences and analysing a piece of writing. Lesson 2 - doing their own piece of analysis.

Lesson on writing to argue. Focus on counter-argument with examples. List of techniques. Teacher model to annotate and analyse. How to plan for/against. Question to answer.

6 lessons. Looking at information retrieval, explanation questions, comparative questions, presentational analysis. Extracts to annotate and analyse. Teacher model. Quiz on presentation and language techniques with answers.

Looking at the difference between these three styles of writing. How are they different. List of techniques to make writing engaging. Teacher models on the same topic for each writing type. Example to have a go at. Self-assessment.

Analysis of the theme of deceit and the witches in Macbeth. Exploration of witches prophecies. Discussion on whether or not they are deceitful. Teacher model of analysis.