Big question: How does Priestley present Mr Birling?
Lesson is based on a cold reading of the play. Lesson includes:
Retrieval practice questions
Analysis of Mr Birling’s speech in Act 1
Topic sentence practice. Students have to write topic sentences for a series of analysis paragraphs
Return to the big question
Lesson teaching students how to write a review. Students will look at features of a review and examples in order to help them write their own successfully.
Lesson for the Power and Conflict poem ‘Kamikaze’.
Big Questions:
What was Garland’s intention for writing the poem ‘Kamikaze?
2.How does Garland present her ideas about the effects conflict can have on an individual?
What historical events inspired Garland’s poem?
Lesson includes:
-Starter activity exploring analytical verbs
-Fact sheet exploring the contextual factors that influenced the poem
Analysis worksheet with a series of questions to help students analyse the poem
Homework task
Updated (January 2024)
Lesson exploring Mr. Fezziwig.
Lesson includes:
1.Do Now retrieval activity
2. Questions to help students analyse Dickens’ characterisation of Mr Fezziwig
3. Non-fiction article ('3 Reasons Fezziwig is the Best Boss at Christmas and Always’) and discussion questions
4. Comparison activity (Scrooge and Fezziwig)
FIVE writing activities for AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5. I’ve used the thought provoking work of artist Al Margen to act as a visual aid and help students write more creatively. I have also included questions for classroom discussions.
Detailed lesson for Q3 (structure). The lesson:
- looks at the differences between language and structural techniques
-gives students opportunities to identify structural techniques within a text
- includes a detailed flashcard with sentence stems and terminology for revision
-includes mark scheme
An introduction lesson into dystopian literature. Students will look at the similarities, differences and features of utopian and dystopian literature. The lesson includes discussion based activities to develop students’ critical thinking and analysis of the short story, ‘The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas’.
A series of detailed lessons focused on students creating their own theme park. Each lesson requires students to write for a different purpose or form (writing a review, pitch, leaflet). SPaG tasks are also included.
Lesson focusing on the presentation of fairies (Puck) in the play. Students will explore the fairies at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1. They will analyse the language used to present Puck, with the opportunity to write their own PEED paragraphs (sentence starters included). There is a creative task allowing students to become ‘film directors’ and create their own version of Puck (worksheet also provided for this).
Lesson teaching students how to write a film review.
Lesson includes:
-homophone literacy task
-review activity for 'Black Panther'
- structure of a film review
-sentence starters/structure to help students write their review
An English Language Mat that students can use each time they want to tackle section A of the English Language Paper 2 paper. It breaks down each question into steps to help answer the questions successfully. It also lists techniques and connectives they can use to help with question 2-4.
Detailed lesson considering the role Mr Birling plays in the death of Eva Smith, making links with the context (working women in Edwardian Britain).
Lesson includes:
- AQA Question 1 (starter) and Question 4 (extension) revision tasks
- 'Explode' the quote activity
Five detailed starter activities that get students to blow up the language used in key quotations from 'Macbeth' and the 'Love and Relationship' poems.
Questions are given to aid analysis and interpretation of language. Extension tasks for each starter has also been provided. This requires students to write an essay response using the quotation, however only focusing on their weakest Assessment Objective (questions are also provided for this).
These activities can be completed individually, in pairs or in small groups.
Lesson looking at how Priestley introduces the Inspector to the play. Students will unpick key quotations and analyse the methods Priestley uses to present Inspector Goole. Questions are given to help students ‘Explode the Quote’ and an exam style question is provided.
An AQA Q5 writing task starter has also been included for revision.
A lesson focusing on how does Dickens uses setting to establish mood, character and themes.
Lesson includes:
Do now: retrieval practice (setting)
Slides focusing on the importance of setting and methods to create a vivid setting.
Quotation analysis task . Students collaborate in groups to analyse how Dickens uses the setting of Scrooge’s home to establish mood, character, and themes. Key quotations and guiding questions are provided to assist students in their analysis.
The lesson focuses on the theme of redemption through the character of Jacob Marley.
The lesson includes:
Do now activity: non-fiction article ‘Ghost stories: why the Victorians were so spookily good at them’ and questions.
Explanation of purgatory with links to Jacob Marley.
Breakdown of the AQA English Literature Paper 1 Section B
Extract analysis task
Instructions on how to write a thesis statement and model example
Model analysis paragraph and sentence starters to help students analyse theme of redemption in the extract.
Students will look at the main features of a news report. They will then use what they have learnt to create and perform their own.
The lesson includes:
-literacy tasks: spelling test, sentence structures and discourse markers
-5Ws questions
-stimulus (article) for their news report
-peer assessment worksheet
Detailed lesson looking at AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3. The lesson includes:
-class structure game
-revision flashcard
-2 Jekyll and Hyde extracts (class work and homework) with guided questions