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Literacy Coordinator and Second in department
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Boggle Spelling Game. Expanding vocabulary and engaging pupils
A 5-10 minute activity which can be used again and again, by changing one of two letters a week.
The longest hidden word is SCAMPER.
The Voice: Persuade a judge to take you on their team. Persuasive Speech Writing
A lesson designed to encourage pupils to write a persuasive speech. Pupils watch a small clip of the TV programme 'The Voice', before trying to persuade one of the judges to pick them as a member of their team. Pupils investigate persuasive techniques using a power-point slide and card-sort.
1-9 grading criteria is given and a peer assessment sheet provided.
Negative Reviews. Investigating a range of devices and Non-Fiction formats. 1-9 GCSE Language.
Two lessons detailing to pupils how to identify the features of a letter and a review (linguistic and format) and recreate these in a writing task, based on the Edexcel English Language exam. Suitable for KS3 classes and KS4.
A recently observed Ofsted 'Outstanding' lesson, with a clear presentation and attached worksheet.
Suitable for all exam boards but designed for Edexcel English Language Specification (also attached) and grade boundaries from 3-6, which can be altered easily to accommodate HA or LA pupils.
The lesson contains a think, pair, share starter. The main activity consists of a pupil led analysis of a leter (designed to cover a range of language and structural features), an original writing task and finally the plenary consists of a peer assessment task (worksheet for this is attached). The entire lesson is pupil-led, containing fast-paced, engaging tasks.
Learning objectives.
A05:
LO1: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
LO2: Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
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GCSE 1-9 Non-Fiction Writing Skills
A huge selection of lessons detailing how to identify and recreate the style, structure and format of a huge range of non-fiction texts.
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Literacy Activities. A massive collection of literacy activities
A huge collection of literacy activities. These are designed to be used as form time activities, but can be used as lesson starters. Fun and engaging games and activities, designed to get pupils interested in literacy and actively improving their literacy.
Get organised in form-time with the whole bundle. Bundle includes 2 full terms worth of literacy form time activities!
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Non-Fiction: style, structure and format. Covers leaflets, articles, adverts, speeches and reviews.
A series of lessons identifying and analysing the style structure and format of non-fiction texts.
All lessons contain 1-9 assessment focuses and opportunities for self and peer assessment.
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An introduction to A-Level English Language
Introducing the basic frameworks for language analysis in 6 engaging, pupil-led lessons.
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1-9 GCSE English language. Language analysis.
3 lessons focusing on identifying language and structural features which then outlines to students how to analyse these features for their specific effect.
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Comprehension activities
3 lessons designed to improve student ability to identify writing techniques, discuss a writer's intentions and discuss the effect of the writer's choice of words.
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Imaginative writing: 1-9 GCSE fiction paper
A series of lessons and activities designed to improve students' imaginative writing.
Animal Farm - Lesson 5 - Investigating Empathy between the characters.
A full lesson investigating pupils attitudes towards characters and the characters' attitudes towards each other.
Animal Farm - Lessons 6&7 - Chapter 3 - Context and Politics
Animal Farm - Lessons 6&7 - Chapter 3 - Context and Politics
Animal Farm - Lesson 9 - Chapter 4 - Power
A full lesson investigating the theme of power in chapter 4.
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KS4 English Literature MEGA Bundle
A varied collection of resources which have received excellent reviews and been used to produce 'Outstanding Lessons'.
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KS3 English Language Bundle: preparing students for the GCSE framework
A massive collection of lessons and activities designed to help students transition from KS3 to KS4. Lessons and activities all refer to assessment objectives and contain a pupil friendly grid to be used alongside, which is ideal for formative and summative assessment.
Genuinely engaging and effective lessons.
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Moving from a 5 to 4: English Language Revision
Designed to give student a very clear picture how to move their grade from a 5 to a 4. lessons all use self and peer assessment (all lessons have an Ao focus and accompanying mark scheme) made very straightforward to highlight exactly how students can achieve a higher grade.
Numerous lessons in the bundle are reviewed as 5 star.
An Inspector Calls Lesson: Investigating the staging of Act 1. GCSE Edexcel English Literature 1-9.
A full lesson to encourage pupils to investigate how staging effects the audiences perception of events. Contains a starter to be completed after reading Act 1, Scene 1. Pupils then complete a Jigsaw activity in groups or individually to investigate 4 areas of staging. Followed by independent directed writing. Uses 1-9 criteria.
Lesson viewed by SLT and deemed 'Outstanding'.