Do you need your students to have an overview of English Literature canon? From Beowulf to The Bard?
This unit of work is dedicated to the progress of language from Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare and The Romantics to modern day speakers like Muhammad Ali and Malala Jusef . This unit works well with mid to high ability KS3 students, and could serve as a basic introduction to language change. It is fully resourced with extracts, gap fills, cartoon strips, timeline sorts, games and drag and drop activities.
Lesson 1: Timeline of English Literature
Lesson 2: The origins of English
Lesson 3: English pronunciation
Lesson 4: The Romantics
Lesson 5-7: Beowulf
Lesson 8: The Magna Carta
Lesson 9: The Wife of Bath by Chaucer
Lesson 10: Write your own Canterbury Tale
Lesson 11: Shakespearean Language
Lesson 12: The Witches in Macbeth
Lesson 13: The Great Fire of London
Lesson 14: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Lesson 15: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Lesson 16: JFK speeches
Lesson 17: Muhammad Ali speeches
Lesson 18: I am Malala
Lesson 19: Emma Watson’s speech on feminism
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