Lesson 1: Students will be introduced to the 5 senses, and how to implement them into a descriptive piece Lesson 2: Students will consolidate their understanding of the 5 senses, and also language techniques. They will write a descriptive piece about the sinking of the Titanic.

Lesson One: In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb. Lesson Two: This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in it’s entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene.

Lesson 1: This lesson is essentially a context lesson. To prepare Year 10 students for a mock paper (past paper 12, IGCSE 2020 June), this lesson will introduce students to the background of the play, the key events and characters, and give them the opportunity to predict and analyze some themes of the play. Lesson 2: In this lesson, students will perform the whole of Act 1 (timed at around 33 minutes if the reading is slow), and have some time left for a starter, and a main character analysis task. Lesson 3: This lesson gives students the chance to act out Act 2 of Dara, and answer some component 1, section A style questions in preparation for their mock exam (the June 2020 Paper 12). Lesson 4: In this lesson, students will act out Act 3 of ‘Dara’, and answer IGCSE Section A style questions at the end. They will contemplate the staging of certain scenes, and the changing relationships between characters - in particular, the relationship between Dara and Aurangzeb. Lesson 5: This lesson focuses on the events and key themes in Act 4 of the play Dara. After reading the act in its entirety, students will have the chance to answer some comprehension questions, and reflect on the way they would stage the execution scene. Lesson 6: This lesson focuses on the final act of the play Dara. The students will read the play, and then answer a series of comprehension questions, and one IGCSE style long answer question. The final slide will have students reflecting on their own feelings about the ending, and the change in Aurangzeb’s character between scenes 1 and 2. Lesson 7: This assessment prep lesson includes a link to the IGCSE past paper that the assessment will be based on, (only section A) and a preparation lesson explaining to students how to best tackle Section A questions. I’ve chosen to only test my students on Section A, but this preparation lesson could help with Section B as well. This also includes a student assessment reflection sheet for when you give back their marked work. Lesson 8: Assessment lesson (no lesson for this, but the assessment paper is linked in the assessment prep lesson Lesson 9: Students will receive back their graded papers, and complete the reflection sheet in purple pen (attached in assessment prep lesson)

Lesson one: Tragic conventions Lesson two: Tragedy in Othello

Lesson 1: King Cnut and Æthelred the Unready, the Viking presence in England, Edward the Confessor’s early years Lesson 2: The reign of Edward the Confessor, his relationship with Godwine, the failures of his rule. Lesson 3: The claimants to the throne after the death of Edward the Confessor, class research and presentation task.

Lesson 1: Focuses on England pre-1066, the reign of Cnut, and the difficulties Edward faced in his early life Lesson 2: Explores the reign of Edward, his relatioship with Godwine, and the failures of his rule.

Helpful Resources for Power and Conflict.

This 12 lesson scheme of work focuses on the first three questions of the AQA Language Paper 1. In these lessons, students are given the necessary knowledge and resources to be able to answer all three of these questions confidently. SOW Summary: Lesson 1: Question 1 focus, reading Stephen King’s ‘IT’. Students have a chance to write their own question 1 as well! Lesson 2: Question 2 focus, with a guided annotation of King’s ‘IT’ extract. Lesson 3: A focus on language techniques, and testing language analysis with an excerpt from Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’. Lesson 4: A focus on analyzing setting, using an extract from Khaled Hosseini’s ‘The Kite Runner’. Lesson 5: A focus on allusion and advanced language techniques in Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’. Lesson 6: Finalizing the study of question 2 by analyzing an extract from Tolkien’s ‘Lord of The Rings’. Lesson 7: Intro to question 3 and metamorphosis extract used for event tracking. Lesson 8: Focus on voice and tracking events, using an extract No Country for Old Men. Lesson 9: Focus on tracking events, using extract from The White Tiger. Lesson 10: Focus on structural devices, using extract from A Christmas Carol Lesson 11: Focus on key changes in a text, using the lyrics from ‘Let it Go’. Lesson 12: Finalizing the exploration of question 3. A study of a text’s ‘focus’ and sentence types, using an extract from Voices from Chernobyl.

Lesson 1: Intro to question and metamorphosis extract used for event-tracking. Lesson 2: Focus on voice and tracking events, using an extract No Country for Old Men. Lesson 3: Focus on tracking events, using extract from The White Tiger. Lesson 4: Focus on structural devices, using extract from A Christmas Carol Lesson 5: Focus on key changes in a text, using the lyrics from ‘Let it Go’. Lesson 6: A study of a text’s ‘focus’ and sentence types, using an extract from Voices from Chernobyl.

Three lessons on Question One and Two of the AQA Language Paper 1. These lessons include quality resources, and opportunities for students to use both critical and creative skills, in preparation for the next questions.

This IS A three lesson SOW that introduces the students to the origins of the tragic genre. Lesson 1: In this lesson, students become familiar with vocabulary associated with the tragic genre, with a particular focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Lesson 2: In this lesson, students analyse the origins of the tragic genre. Students will analyse and become familiar with the themes and characters of the play ‘Medea’. Lesson 3: In this lesson, students will become familiar with different tragic solilquies throughout history: from Antigone, to Othello, to Death of a Salesman. The students will choose to analyse one of six soliloquies, and then get into pairs so that they can present a comparative analysis.

This SOW combines both Media and English in order for students to construct a film review during their assessment week. They will also have the chance to explore elements of cinematography, scriptwriting and analysis of cliche in film. This is the first two weeks of a five week SOW, which is also available as a bundle. Each week is also available to purchase seperately.

Lesson One: Narrative Hooks Lesson Two: Sentence structure Both are available individually in my shop, however, this offers you a discounted price.