English transition lesson for new Year 7 students that explores autobiographies and a specific extract from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. We explore the language of the extract and analyse how a variety of language techniques can be used to engage readers. This lesson explores autobiographies and what an autobiography is, as part of a unit on the self and writing first person narratives. Ideal for new KS3 students starting at secondary school and can be used to build up to other units on writing and reading. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

In this lesson students are asked to explore how a writer can write in vivid detail and create tension. It would ideal to use as part of a KS3 unit on autobiography. The lesson starts by asking students to write down what they know about Jessica Ennis. Other suggested starter tasks include listing synonyms for the word ‘victorious’. There is a slide with explains who Ennis is and why she is famous as well as a link to an online video narrated by her. There’s also a list of synonyms that they may wish to use later in the lesson. There is a group task for students to do after reading the extract from her autobiography where they are given 4 questions on the board and a challenge task. All questions are linked to the GCSE reading skills AO1, 2, 3 where they have to think about language, structure and the readers’ reactions. Students are then asked to colour code where in the article Jessica uses particular devices in order to create tension (emotive words, feelings, senses, metaphors). The extract has been pasted on some slides with the devices already shaded in for you so it’s quick and easy to go through with the class. There is some space around the text if you want to annotate it. The plenary asks students to write a paragraph describing their own victorious sporting achievement in an interesting way, using the key descriptive skills. There is a slide to set up a peer assessment. This lesson, as my other lessons do, includes: Starter tasks which introduce the main idea of the lesson Handouts of extracts/text Differentiated tasks Opportunities for pair and group talk within activities (‘Talk for Writing’)

English transition lesson for new Year 7 students that explores autobiographies as we start to plan our own autobiography entry. We looks at the six Ws (who, what,where, when, why, how) and opening texts, using narrative hooks to engage our readers. This lesson explores autobiographies and what an autobiography is, as part of a unit on the self and writing first person narratives. Ideal for new KS3 students starting at secondary school and can be used to build up to other units on writing and reading. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

Students look at what an autobiography is and match extracts to celebrities.

Over 50 pages of everything you need to launch some super smart autobiographies! These resources work well with the writing cycle and with student choice! Perfect for whole class, small group, fast finishers, or just as a fun writing project the first few weeks of school! Inside you will find: Characteristics of Autobiographies Graphic Organizer Brainstorming: What do Writers Write Autobiographies? Comparing Biographies to Autobiographies Collecting Ideas and Brainstorming Graphic Organizers: Heart Mapping Graphic Organizer: Memories from People that are Close to Our Hearts Describing My Loved Ones Graphic Organizer Here's What I Think... Sentence Starters Activity Sheet My School Memories Graphic Organizers for Pre-School through 6th Grade Memories Throughout the Year (Seasons) Graphic Organizer My Favorite Memories Activity Sheet Learning Lessons from Memories Graphic Organizer Writing From an Emotion Graphic Organizer Writing From My Senses Graphic Organizer Transition Words Activity Sheet Sequencing Important Events: Multiple Graphic Organizers Timeline of Important Events Activity Sheet Revision and Editing Resources: Peer Revision Checklist Geared Toward Autobiography Writing Editing Checklist Publishing, Illustrating, and Celebration Resources: Publishing Pages with Headers: Dedication Page, When I Was Born, My Early Life, When I Started School..., My Family, My Kindergarten (First Grade, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Six) Memories, More Memories, My Favorite Memory Publishing Pages for Create-Your-Own Title Writing Reflection Page Celebration/Compliments Page I hope that you enjoy!

Autobiography - KS3 This Year 7/8 autobiography unit of work is made up of a PowerPoint presentation and a 16-page booklet of worksheets. It contains a series of fully editable progressive lessons designed to teach the key features of autobiographical writing at lower KS3. Content includes: What is an autobiography? What are the key features of autobiographical writing? Understanding the first person perspective Spelling keywords in autobiographical writing Effective sentence construction Analysis of how writers create suspense in an autobiographical text Assessment task - create a piece of autobiographical writing

Full scheme of work for the book ´I Am Malala´ with resources. This SOW is designed to build skills for the language paper GCSE and includes starter tasks that develop English language and grammar skills across the scheme. Suitable for Year 8 and 9 and year 7 with some adaption. This scheme is based around double lessons lasting around 100 minutes, but can be edited for shorter lessons easily.

A series of lessons exploring different types of autobiography. Includes extracts and full lessons. Just remove my dates on download then you’re ready to go!

A unit suitable for Year 7 or lower ability Year 8 exploring Roald Dahl's 'Boy' and introducing the genre of autobiography.

6 week SOW for year 7 on autobiographical writing. Includes letter writing, description and extract analysis as part of it. PPT and worksheets provided as well as a SOW overview.

Autobiography writing KS3 features - structure - success criteria writing assignment

A unit of work based on auto biographical work with year seven

Self-assessment and attainment target levels.

Series of 4 lessons on autobiographical writing: Features of autobiographical writing Effective autobiographical writing (looking at an extract from Bear Grylls’ autobiography Planning your own piece of autobiographical writing Suitable for KS3 Year 7 or Year 8

This is a clear SOW (13 lessons) designed for KS3 Year 7s that fully encourages students to generate a number of ideas to develop for their own autobiography, read a number of autobiographies of famous and important people, develop some of their writing into a final piece of autobiography, edit and proofread their writing and write a final draft of part of their autobiography.

An 8 page booklet which guides students through four autobiographies and encourages comparison and inference. The word document and .pdf are both included in the purchase. This was originally created for Y7 but would be suitable across KS3. The booklet includes: Front page looking at the root of auto, bio and graph. A page with word clouds of each extract to encourage inference A space for students to enter prior knowledge of each celebrity An extract from autobiographies of Cathy Freeman, Anne Frank, Victoria Beckham and Roald Dahl. Some pages include spaces for students to record words from each word class. A comparison grids for students to pick out similarities and differences from all four extracts.

In this lesson students are asked to explore how authors promote their autobiographies by writing engaging blurbs. It would ideal to use as part of a KS3 unit on autobiography. The lesson starts by asking students to think about the difference between autobiographies and biographies as well as the meaning of root words - auto, bio, graphy. There is a slide to reveal the answers. There is a group task for students to do after reading a selection of blurbs where they are given 4 questions on the board. Thes extracts are from the autobiographies of Colleen Rooney, Michelle Obama and A Street Cat Named Bob. All questions are linked to the GCSE reading skills AO1, 2, 3 where they have to think about language, structure and the readers’ reactions. There are slides with the text on for teachers to annotate on a smart board. The plenary asks students to write a mini blurb introduce themselves and their lives using the key descriptive skills to engage a reader. There is a slide suggesting a peer assessment, referring to a success criteria. This lesson, as my other Literature lessons do, includes: Starter tasks which introduce the main idea of the lesson Handouts of extracts/text Differentiated tasks Opportunities for pair and group talk within activities (‘Talk for Writing’)

English transition lesson for new Year 7 students that explores autobiographies and a specific extract from Michelle Obama’s autobiography. We explore the structure of the extract and analyse how the beginning and ending impact on readers, before going on to plan out the structure of our own chapter. This lesson explores autobiographies and what an autobiography is, as part of a unit on the self and writing first person narratives. Ideal for new KS3 students starting at secondary school and can be used to build up to other units on writing and reading. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

This booklet was put together to support a LA year7 group. The booklet can be altered to suit specific. I used basic language so that students with Dyslexia found it easy to use.

This bundle includes 5 complete lesson plans, resources and an interactive PowerPoint to support the learning of Biographies and Autobiographies. During this second and final week, children will now focus on autobiographies; in particular, ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ by Nelson Mandela. They will be fascinated to learn about the political history of South Africa and how becoming an anti-apartheid activist contributed towards Nelson Mandela’s positive and negative experiences in life. Once pupils have developed their understanding of the purpose and structure of an autobiography through this example text, they will then begin to plan, write and edit their own during the final 3 lessons. SPAG/GPS covered this week: adverbials, head nouns and expanded noun phrases. Lesson 1: To read, understand and discuss an autobiography Lesson 2: To answer questions about Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Lesson 3: To plan an autobiography Lesson 4: To write an autobiography Lesson 5: To edit, improve and assess my autobiography Total Number of Slides: 28 Lesson Plans Included? Yes Resources Included? Yes #stressfreeteaching_dreamscheme

English transition lesson for new Year 7 students that explores autobiographies and helps students to plan their own autobiography chapter. A detailed planning sheet is included to assist new secondary students to create and write their own pieces that can be you used as a baseline or to measure initial progress. This lesson explores autobiographies and what an autobiography is, as part of a unit on the self and writing first person narratives. Ideal for new KS3 students starting at secondary school and can be used to build up to other units on writing and reading. Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources. AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package AQA English Language Paper 1 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package AQA English Language and English Literature revision package An Inspector Calls whole scheme package An Inspector Calls revision package Macbeth whole scheme package Macbeth revision package A Christmas Carol whole scheme package A Christmas Carol revision package Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package Jekyll and Hyde revision package Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package Unseen Poetry whole scheme package