FOUR LESSON MINI UNIT. Lessons assume pupils have cold read The Speckled Band first. Copy of story included in resources.
Starter asks pupils to watch brief clip on using speech marks in writing and then apply them in the correct places to an example of Holmes’ speech from The Speckled Band. Re-read the extract where Holmes is visited by Helen Stoner. The next tasks asks students to find the clues by finding evidence that matches the given inferences, from the extract. Then, students use a set of clues about an invented character in order to form a set of inferences. They can then describe this visitor, using conversation to include accurate direct speech punctuation (writing frame on slide 7).
This lesson focuses on the villainous character of Dr Roylott. Students given short extract and asked to list and explain the connotations of his description. Example given. Then students explode a quotation describing this character, using given prompts, followed by two individually exploded quotations. Then, students to stick a further extract in their books and match the given connotations to the evidence. Read the article on Victorian Women and, using slide 10 and the information from the article, students should explain Dr Roylott’s motive for wanting both step daughters out of the way. Plenary asks students to decide how far Roylott matches up to given set of villainous character traits.
Starter asks students to describe Holmes’ living room using a variety of sentence forms (examples given). Introduced to concept of foreshadowing and asked to identify methods in given extract which foreshadows later violence in the story. Followed by a further more detailed extract (could be printed on A3) which students annotate using a series of prompts to think about the signifcance of setting. Plenary asks students to draw the section of Stoke Moran described in the final slide.
This lesson focuses on the relevance of symbolism in creating atmosphere - of the gypsies, animals and India. Information posters provided for teachers to put up around the room so that students can collect facts and then interpret them to understand how the symbolism helps create an atmospheric setting in Stoke Moran. Final task is to write a description of the grounds of Stoke Moran, using ideas learned in lesson.
A range of tasks for KS4 to prepare for Paper 1 and 2. Mainly Section B but one lesson on Paper 2 Q 2 & 3 style questions.
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THIS IS PART ONE OF MY DECLARATION SCHEME AIMED AT KS3. I USUALLY TEACH IT TO Y8 OR Y9 AND STUDENTS LOVE IT! IT'S A FAB DYSTOPIAN STORY THAT RELATES WELL TO OUR WORLD TODAY. THIS PART CONTAINS TEN LESSONS, INCLUDING 2 INTRODUCTORY LESSONS TO DYSTOPIAN FICTION. PART TWO IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN MY 'SHOP'.
Around 6 lessons in total, this series of resources covers Victorian education, crime, punishment and the law, as well as looking at three of Dickens’ most memorable characters in the context of the time. Range of activites from quizzes to cloze exercises, education clips, wanted poster, diary of a hulk ship prisoner, drama amongst other tasks.
Part Two of the introductory unit: Literature Through the Ages
A further 8 lessons with pupil anthology (two separate ones for just core texts and then all texts), CPD booklet and knowledge organiser.
Pupils will build on their knowledge from Part One of the unit to cover the following extracts:
Daphne & Phoebus - Hesiod
The Seven Pomegranate Seeds - Horowitz
The Ramayana - retold by Donald A Mackenzie
The Odyssey - translated from Homer
Adventures of Sir Lancelet - Malory
The intention of this unit is to provide students with some knowledge of how stories originated, came to be written down and how some of those same stories have been retold and developed over time, such as Horowitz’s re-telling of a popular Greek myth, in our unit. Students should understand that there does not have to be one single version of a ‘story.’ Some may have originally been made up to explain mysteries about the world and to enable humans to understand their place within it. Stories are constantly evolving and shaped by their social and historical influences. We can see, for example, that the concept of the Underworld has been around for centuries. Students will study the Underworld described in the Renaissance period by Dante, as a way of teaching his readers to live purer lives on Earth, but we can also enjoy its imaginative appearance in Rick Riordan’s modern ‘Percy Jackson’ tales. We can introduce the concept that, historically, the female figure has been presented as temptress and the cause of human suffering, an idea developed in ‘the Serpent’s Deception’ and Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, or later subverted in Le Morte d’Arthur, where the female is weak and in need of a chivalrous male to save her. We can see stories as a reaction to the beliefs and fears of society at the time. Shelley’s Frankenstein can be interpreted as a reaction to society’s distrust of the advancement of scientific experimentation. Running through all these stories is a series of symbols that capture a society’s values, beliefs and fears. Through the identification of symbolism in these stories, such as the snake in Serpent’s Deception, Daphne & Phoebus and Le Morte d’Arthur, it is hoped that our Y7s can learn to become confident in spotting symbols in future stories they read and have the confidence to critically evaluate the significance of them, in relation to their own contextual experience and a knowledge of literature throughout the ages.
A range of poems introducing students to poetic techniques and form.
In this selection of poems, nature is used to convey a range of ideas such as happiness, change and loss.
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A continuation of part one of my scheme (already for sale in my shop), this set of lessons continues to work through the story and develop a range of skills from English Language Paper 1 and 2. Lesson 17 contains a step by step approach to the Paper 1 Q4 English Language style question requiring students to critically evaluate a statement.
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Approximately 8 lessons using well known novel extracts, along with contextual information, to study characters, marriage, social class, education and crime & punishment in the setting of the victorian period. Authors include Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen & Arthur Conan-Doyle.
Part One of a 17 lesson unit based on an anthology of extracts (included). Staff CPD handbook also included, plus knowledge organiser which links to quizzing in certain lessons. Contains a lesson on the origins of storytelling, an introductory unit lesson plus 7 further one hour lessons based on the following extracts:
The Serpent’s Deception - Old Testament
Humankind - Ovid, Chaos
Frankenstein - Shelley
Dracula - Stoker
The Divine Comedy - Dante
PART TWO is also available.
The intention of this unit is to provide students with some knowledge of how stories originated, came to be written down and how some of those same stories have been retold and developed over time, such as Horowitz’s re-telling of a popular Greek myth, in our unit. Students should understand that there does not have to be one single version of a ‘story.’ Some may have originally been made up to explain mysteries about the world and to enable humans to understand their place within it. Stories are constantly evolving and shaped by their social and historical influences. We can see, for example, that the concept of the Underworld has been around for centuries. Students will study the Underworld described in the Renaissance period by Dante, as a way of teaching his readers to live purer lives on Earth, but we can also enjoy its imaginative appearance in Rick Riordan’s modern ‘Percy Jackson’ tales. We can introduce the concept that, historically, the female figure has been presented as temptress and the cause of human suffering, an idea developed in ‘the Serpent’s Deception’ and Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, or later subverted in Le Morte d’Arthur, where the female is weak and in need of a chivalrous male to save her. We can see stories as a reaction to the beliefs and fears of society at the time. Shelley’s Frankenstein can be interpreted as a reaction to society’s distrust of the advancement of scientific experimentation. Running through all these stories is a series of symbols that capture a society’s values, beliefs and fears. Through the identification of symbolism in these stories, such as the snake in Serpent’s Deception, Daphne & Phoebus and Le Morte d’Arthur, it is hoped that our Y7s can learn to become confident in spotting symbols in future stories they read and have the confidence to critically evaluate the significance of them, in relation to their own contextual experience and a knowledge of literature throughout the ages.
Lots of resources here - mix of booklets and ppt activities for either KS3 or lower ability KS4.
Useful for homework booklets, cover or in-lesson skills practise.
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This mini unit aims to introduce KS3 pupils to the way female figures have been historically presented in poetry. Originally written as a remote scheme, these would work equally well in the classroom. Copies of the poems are included as part of the powerpoints and can be easily found on the internet.
Pupils will read a range of poems (see below) which portray views of the female, in line with the context of the time period. They will be encouraged to apply new knowledge of the context in which the poem was written, in their readings. The unit will introduce inference skills, as we consider the connotations of the poets’ language choices and imagery.
Poems covered are:
‘Perfect Woman’ by William Wordsworth
‘The Lady of Shalott’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson
‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti
‘Mirror’ by Sylvia Plath.
Please note: an error on the MWTL resources has been noted. Now rectified.
This mini unit introduces Victorian crime, Jack the Ripper and the rise of detective fiction. Lessons on The Man with the Twisted Lip focus on applying context to the author’s choice of setting / creation of atmosphere. There is also a focus on detective conventions, Freytag’s pyramid and using inference and deduction to map out a crime scene.
Lessons on The Speckled Band include skills of inference & deduction, connotations and foreshadowing. Focus on setting, symbolism and the character of the villain.
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INCLUDES:
THE GORGON’S HEAD
STOLEN HAMMER OF THOR
JUDGEMENT OF PARIS
GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA
THE SEVEN POMEGRANATE SEEDS
PROVIDES ROUGHLY 10 - 12 LESSONS
USES ANTHONY HOROWITZ’S RE-TELLINGS. NOT INCLUDED.
The scheme builds up students’ knowledge of understanding of the skills required to analyse poetry and includes lots of engaging activities. Poems included are: First visit to the Seaside, Homeless, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Jabberwocky, Afternoons, An Autumn Poem, Awakening to Snow, Snowflakes, Brothers, Steam Shovel, Lighthouse, Mirror, November Night, Roller Skates & Valentine.
The intention of this unit is to provide students with some knowledge of how stories originated, came to be written down and how some of those same stories have been retold and developed over time, such as Horowitz’s re-telling of a popular Greek myth, in our unit. Students should understand that there does not have to be one single version of a ‘story.’ Some may have originally been made up to explain mysteries about the world and to enable humans to understand their place within it. Stories are constantly evolving and shaped by their social and historical influences. We can see, for example, that the concept of the Underworld has been around for centuries. Students will study the Underworld described in the Renaissance period by Dante, as a way of teaching his readers to live purer lives on Earth, but we can also enjoy its imaginative appearance in Rick Riordan’s modern ‘Percy Jackson’ tales. We can introduce the concept that, historically, the female figure has been presented as temptress and the cause of human suffering, an idea developed in ‘the Serpent’s Deception’ and Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, or later subverted in Le Morte d’Arthur, where the female is weak and in need of a chivalrous male to save her. We can see stories as a reaction to the beliefs and fears of society at the time. Shelley’s Frankenstein can be interpreted as a reaction to society’s distrust of the advancement of scientific experimentation. Running through all these stories is a series of symbols that capture a society’s values, beliefs and fears. Through the identification of symbolism in these stories, such as the snake in Serpent’s Deception, Daphne & Phoebus and Le Morte d’Arthur, it is hoped that our Y7s can learn to become confident in spotting symbols in future stories they read and have the confidence to critically evaluate the significance of them, in relation to their own contextual experience and a knowledge of literature throughout the ages.
A 21 lesson scheme (which includes 2 x introductory lessons on Dystopian Fiction) plus a mini assessment which asks students to answer two questions. 1 x Writer's Language question and 1 x Writer's Use of Structure question. Included is a ppt for feeding back to students, which contains example responses. The scheme itself covers a range of skills now required at GCSE.