Year 9 War Horse by Michael Murporgo - English Language Unit

Unit of work which will last four weeks based upon the novel ‘War Horse’

The lessons are aimed at year 9 but can be used for year 8. Many of the skills for the Paper 1 English Language Paper for AQA are incorporated into the scheme of work. Reading skills are the main focus of the lessons and there are elements of research through historical fact location and analysis of poetry by Wilfred Owen.

Lesson One: Analytical Adverbs and Context
Lesson two: Researching WW1
Lesson three: How does the poet present the horrors of war through his use of language?
Lesson four: Discuss the opening of ‘Warhorse’ and how Morpurgo uses these techniques
Lesson five: Select quotations that describe Joey
Lesson six: Write a diary entry as Albert on the eve that his father sold Joey
Lesson seven: Write two PEE chains
Lesson eight: Comprehension questions
Lesson nine: Extract question - writing response - one slide only
Lesson ten: Extract study- assessment criteria
Lesson eleven: War Horse - close analytical reading based on question two -Paper 1
Lesson twelve: Assessment extract
lesson thirteen: Dulce et Decorum est - analysis.