I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
I provide resources mainly for English (IGCSE and GCSE content), but also post useful Drama resources. There are also brand new English-with-Media resources to choose from, and many materials such as assemblies and certificates that could prove useful to Head of Years. All resources are differentiated appropriately and labelled with key year groups.
In this lesson (7th in a GCSE exam skills SOW) students will learn about the language paper 1 question 3 requirements, and test their understanding of tracking structure with an extract of Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’. This lesson is also part of a question 3 bundle, and also a 24-lesson GCSE Language Paper 1 SOW. Check the shop for more!
This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 2 sections for physicality and vocality- WWW and EBI. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked!
This lesson will give students an understanding of subjugation as a concept, and will allow students to detect evidence of government subjugation in an extract of ‘The Hunger Games’. After they have completed some analysis questions, students will be writing their own ‘choosing ceremony’ scene, and peer-reviewing each other’s creative efforts at the end.
This is the first lesson on ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’ in a dystopian SOW. This lesson introduces the students to the concept of objectification, and the key themes and techniques present in the opening chapter (surveillance, biblical allusion, threat).
This sheet includes everything students will need in revising the character of Sheila in AIC
Side one: Quote analysis
Side two: contextual and thematic analysis, as well as space to find key vocabulary and write essay-openers using frames provided.
The Hunger Games: Lesson Summaries
Lesson 1: This lesson will give students an understanding of subjugation as a concept, and will allow students to detect evidence of government subjugation in an extract of ‘The Hunger Games’. After they have completed some analysis questions, students will be writing their own ‘choosing ceremony’ scene, and peer-reviewing each others creative efforts at the end.
Lesson 2: This lesson focuses on analyzing the character of President Snow, and the contextual influences behind dystopian antagonists. The students will be introduced to the idea of a ‘facade’ and how dictators use facades of fairness and benevolence to maintain power. The students will read and analyze an extract from Catching Fire.
Lesson 3: This lesson focuses on acts of rebellion in Dystopian Fiction, in particular the ‘berries scene’ in The Hunger Games. The students will detect rebellious/revolutionary language in the extract, and then write their own revolutionary speech against the Capitol and President Snow.
This lesson is the first in a 3 lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.
This is the third lesson in an A Level SOW on ASND. If you’re wanting the lesson that came before this, please visit the shop! This could easily act as a stand alone lesson, though.
This assembly is interactive and covers the concept of Democracy, whilst also introducing the other British values. At the end, there is a task for students and a padlet competition.
This teacher feedback sheet is separated into 3 sections - WWW, EBI, and a task. All you as a teacher have to do is highlight the correct sections - and the student work is marked! There are also marking codes and their meaning at the top of the sheet, to help the students to understand your marking. The numbers at the bottom reflect the student grade.
In this lesson, students will learn how to utilize the 5 senses, and also how to use a range of language devices in a creative piece about the sinking of the Titanic.
Lesson One: How to structure a persuasive piecce of writing (ethos, logos and pathos)
Lesson Two: Using AFOREST (persuasive) techniques
Lesson Three: Studying TED talks an planning a persuasive TED talk
This lesson includes:
Word of the week (tragedy)
Intro to tragic heroes and hamartia
Study of Oedipus and his hamartia
Study of tragic soliloquies (using ‘Out out brief candle’ soliloquy).
This lesson explores all of the historical events that inspired and shaped dystopian fiction. The students will conclude the lesson by completing a creative task titled ‘walking around a dystopia’, in which they will include all of the elements of dystopian fiction that they learned about in the lesson.