A lesson on persuasive writing that can stand alone or follow on from the previous lesson. Involves reading two different articles and understanding the concept of for and against. Encourages them to identify what the article is arguing. The articles focus on the homework debate of whether or not it is needed. I’ve provided links to the articles online as well as handouts. The lesson finishes with a chance for the students to argue persuasively about the topic of social media and teenagers.

Persuasive writing lesson which allows students the opportunity to identify persuasive techniques in different pieces of writing. The lesson is scaffolded to support the student, firstly through looking at a small paragraph of persuasive writing to progressing to looking in great detail at Emma Watson’s UN speech on gender equality. The lesson then finishes with them having the opportunity to have a go at their own piece of persuasive writing. This task is focused around them persuading their headteacher to allow them to go on a school trip.

Lesson on Act 1 Scene 2. Involves a sorting starter task to get the students thinking about characters and loyalty. Then an opportunity to read and/or watch the scene. Then close analysis of the scene through annotating the extract. Modeling is used to prepare them to answer a question. You can explode the quote with the class in relation to the question and then let them write their own PEAL paragraphs. The lesson finishes with an evaluation task where students can swap books and edit.

Lesson on Act 1 Scene 4. Involves a starter which acts as a recap as well as provides the opportunity for students to make predictions. Read the scene and then an extract is provided. Print out and give to students and allow them time to analyse and answer the questions on the slide. Then run through the extract as a class annotating the literary techniques. A model answer is provided which can be printed and annotated. Then a formal writing task to finish with answering the question; How does Shakespeare convey Romeo’s love sickness?

Lesson on Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 3. Involves a clip and the opportunity to read the scene as a class. Then an extract focusing on Juliet is provided can be annotated by the students individually before feeding back as a class. I provided an example model answer that could also be printed off and could be turned into an exercise where they could annotate it. Then the lesson finishes, like the others in this series, with independent PEAL paragraph writing on how Shakespeare conveys progressive ideas on women’s rights. Prompts are provided and key terms to include.

A lesson on ‘An Inspector Calls’ dramatic devices revision. Leads on from the previous characters and themes lessons or works as a stand alone lesson.

A lesson on ‘An Inspector Calls’ themes revision. Leads on from the previous.

Lesson on Act 1, Scene 5. The lesson takes the students through the scene by including extracts on the slides which can be annotated as a class. Questions are provided to assist the students with their exploration of each extract from the scene. The extracts include romeo and Juliet’s first meeting, Romeo’s first sight of Juliet and Tybalt and Lord Capulet’s confrontation. A model answer and writing task is used to finish the lesson and consolidate their learning.