Using Lord of the Flies and Fahrenheit 451 as examples, I ask students to define the genre and think of examples. They then watch trailers or clips of the dystopian films and use these to come up with ideas of what the worst possible world they could imagine would be like. This builds up to a creative task - writing your own dystopia.
Focusing on Dulce Et Decorum Est, students are asked to write an analysis of the poem. There is detailed guidance given on what each paragraph needs to include.
Test your class' knowledge and then apply to a song that contains some of the poetic techniques mentioned in the quiz. Good for end of term/ topic relief. Comes with a worksheet to follow words of the song and extend able pupils.
Useful for KS3 - offers a chance to both analyse language in detail and attempt directed a point, evidence, explain paragraph using the original language from the play.
Three poems accompanied by quick directed activities relating to the text. The second sheet includes an extension task that encourages students to write their own scary poem. Popular with most year eights and nines!
The lesson focuses on the definition of Shakespearean Comedy, uses it to discuss Hermia and Helena's argument and draws comparisons between Bottom and characters from The Fast Show in order to give a broad definition of Comedy for students to use in essays.
A detailed guide for A-level students including a bullet pointed brief summary of each tale and space for students' own revision notes. The purpose is to help students understand the subtle differences between the tales, and their significant similarities.
Watch a clip of the scene, read it, discuss a number of questions as a class and take notes, finally - write up the answers in neat. Useful for KS3 and GCSE.
The Powerpoints will structure the lessons and add extra information about the genre. The worksheets will focus students on specific aspects of the novel, but you will need to photocopy the pages from the novel to go with them.
Includes detailed contextual information linked to themes and questions based on the first three letters. Useful for a first A-level lesson on the text - mixed ability.
Focusing primarily on Act One, but covering the whole play. These sheets will encourage close reading and build students' confidence in essay writing. Can be used for individual exercises, or small differentiated groups.
Useful ten minute starter to get students thinking about how to improve creative writing using adverbs and creative techniques. Useful for KS3 and KS4 creative writing.
This PowerPoint asks students to think about the effects of television on young people and formulate arguments for and against television as a pass time for children. The worksheets gives them a space to note down ideas. This is designed for building up to a debate and/ or writing an argument.
Includes critical perspective (M. Warner), an exercise in identifying genres used by Carter, and an essay to plan using ideas about genre. Suitable for A-level.