Used Edwin Starr and Bob Dylan songs to explore anti-war poetry. It was helpful to emphasise rhetorical questions, repetition, rhyme and emotive language. I did embed links for the songs in the powerpoint but these may be out of date by now. Aims to encourage discussion of ‘protesting’ and it’s purpose- was successful . I think this may have been or become a double lesson. Think, Pair, Share used to help students communicate their thoughts and a structured writing task to demonstrate PEEL structure.

A two lesson introduction to crime vocabulary, designed to develop peer discussion and encourage students to share their opinions. Resources includes a vocabulary starter, a creative writing planner for homework, a crime sorting task, a short reading activity (Oscar Wilde) and a peer interview task. In the follow up lesson, the focus is on peer feedback for their creative writing homework, a chance to develop an equipment list (to add details to their writing/ story plan or presentation) This leads up to their spoken language assessment for the ‘Detectives’ paper (ELC - AQA)

A resource for students to evaluate their study skills and set targets for themselves. Resource can be adapted to individual situations/ online and remote platforms. It may be useful to include a section on research and online navigation depending on circumstances. I have included a powerpoint to introduce the topic and discuss strategies as a group. I have printed the final two slides as a leaflet on memory techniques to give out.