'The Whole Town's Sleeping' Ray BradburyQuick View
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'The Whole Town's Sleeping' Ray Bradbury

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A series of 4 lessons based on the short story by Ray Bradbury, involving close analysis of language of certain sections of the story, a consideration of the postion of women in society in the 1950’s, and plenty of opportunity for creative writing, both throughout the story and at the end. This also references the film ‘Jaws’ when examining the use of tension by the writer and the ‘Back to the Future’ chase scene when looking at how Bradbury uses the device of anti climax throughout the text. The lessons can stand alone or be taught as part of a longer term’s worth of lessons for Gothic literature. They can also be used as a separate unit for a week’s worth of work.
AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry: Simon Armitage 'Gooseberry Season'Quick View
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AQA GCSE English Literature Unseen Poetry: Simon Armitage 'Gooseberry Season'

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Using ‘Gooseberry Season’ by Simon Armitage, a fully resourced lesson consisting of a worksheet analysing the images in the poem, a copy of the poem, and a power point with clearly defined tasks, culminating in the students writing, then assessing, their own written analysis. I include a modelled Introductory Paragraph and clear ideas on how students should approach writing their essay.