When The Sky Falls - Lesson 11 - SAMPLE of full SOW

This fully planned lesson from the When the Sky Falls Scheme of Work uses Phil Earle’s novel as a stimulus to develop persuasive writing skills. Students explore how language, structure, and repetition can create impact, while connecting their ideas to the moral dilemmas faced by characters in the story. The lesson is designed to be highly engaging, with opportunities for discussion, creative thinking, and cross-curricular links to PSHE and History.

Learning Objectives:

• Write a persuasive paragraph for or against Adonis being killed using emotive and persuasive language.
• Understand the effect of repetition and other rhetorical devices in persuasive writing.
• Develop discussion skills by building on the ideas of others.
• Link historical context (rationing, WWII propaganda) to writing choices.

Optional listening task: Winston Churchill speech to contextualise persuasive language.

Main writing task: Craft a persuasive paragraph for or against Adonis being killed.

FULL SOW: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13345336