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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer's ideas within the text, analysing key characters, settings, and themes, and understanding Dicken's language devices. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make insightful and developed interpretations regarding the ending of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol.’ In particular, they explore how the ending is in keeping with the traditional features of resolutions stage in the narrative structure model. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: - Clarifying the events leading up to the end of the novel; - Reading and comprehending the events of Stave 5 - the end of the novel; - Understanding the key stages of Narrative Structure and applying 'A Christmas Carol' to this model; - Analysing Dickens' ending in relation to the key features of traditional resolutions; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Extract - Stave 5 - Narrative Structure Template; - Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to mixed ability year 10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.

Human Rights and Responsibilities Bundle: In-depth look at Human Rights Issues and campaigning This resource bundle includes 7 fun and engaging separate Activities/resources/material to be used for the teaching of Human Rights and responsibilities. (Includes over 8 lessons worth of material) Combine all these resources to bring Human Rights education alive in the classroom. You will be able to focus on campaign groups like Amnesty International and issues such as political prisoners, child soldiers and the use of the death penalty across the world. Click on my name to see my full shop containing lots more useful free and paid resources for GCSE Citizenship and PSHE. These resources work well with my other popular PSHE and Citizenship Resources - See Below.. Fast food and Healthy Eating Lessons Bullying and how to deal with it lessons Puberty and Changing bodies –Unit PSHE Bundle of 10 Lessons fully resourced at bargain price Teenage Pregnancy Debating Resources Drugs Education for Secondary students

GCSE CITIZENSHIP x120+ Key term word Revision topic cards KS3 and GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1 Each Key word includes. Key Term Definition Synonym Example of the word in a sentence Picture or Icon 2x GCSE 9-1 Exam Technique Qs’ (Many have 3 Questions per Key Term) You have two version one with Pictures and one without. (Allowing students to draw their own image to represent the key terms) These are designed to help those students who perhaps struggle with all the new key terms and words to learn for the new GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1 Also useful for PP/ EAL / SEN Students and those with literacy needs. Exam Technique can also help your more able students in the class. How can they be used? Here are just a few examples of how I use them. - Student complete the Q's and draw in the pictures. -Hide them around the room and have students find them before introducing a new topic (Guess the topic?) - Matching up activity. Remove the words in red (Or keep them) Cut the topic cards in half and have students find the matching pairs. -Encourage students to come up with their own extra key term topic cards or extra sentence they can use to include several key terms. -Literacy support when writing essays. -Revision material before exams. - Have a set laminated and cut out at the back of the classroom in a box for Extension activities. This resource would work really well with my other 2017/2018 educational resources and Quizzes. Over 40+ in total. Why not take a look at a few.... Literacy Whole School Quiz Bundle The Big Film & TV Quiz 5x British Values Quiz Bundle Back to School Quiz Fast Food and Healthy Eating Quiz

Setting up a Citizenship Department and need somewhere to start? (Planning Marking Assessing Campaigning) Here are some essential resources that often as a HOD you may not immediately have to hand or the time to make. These are all tried and tested resources to help save you time so you can focus on making great engaging lessons. 1. Outline of how to deliver the new GCSE Citizenship 1.5 Outline on how to deliver KS3 Citizenship and PSHE 2.12x Settling activities easily linked to all citizenship topics 3.Active Citizenship Campaign planning pack (use with KS3 or the NEW GCSE 4. Book marking Sheet for three way conversations 5. Assessment levels for KS3 6. three cover work templates that can be used in those time of emergency (Adaptable to any citizenship topic) 7. Editable Citizenship Report Comment Bank - Excel Generator using numbers to input predefined comments. 8. (Extra thrown in) Political ideologies Quiz. I have made available a MINI (Short) Quiz for FREE so you can check the quality of my Resources. Its available here (only 4 Rounds): Famous Guitarists Mini Quiz This resource would work really well with my other 2017/2018 educational resources and Quizzes. Over 100+ in total. Why not take a look at a few.... Literacy Whole School Quiz Bundle These resources work well with my other popular GCSE Citizenship Resources… Student Election Campaigning Resource UK 2017 Educational Election Quiz Learning about the United Nations European Union and Brexit Community and Multicultural Britain NATO, WTO and the Commonwealth New 9-1 GCSE Citizenship Assessments and Feedback Bundle Learning about the law – Civil and Criminal and the Justice System

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make insightful and developed interpretations regarding the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol.’ In particular, they explore how his character is originally introduced, and then developed throughout the appearances of the three ghosts. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: - Reading and understanding the selected extracts to determine the key traits of Scrooge's character at different points in the text; - Noticing trends in Scrooge's character throughout the text, observing how he has developed from the opening of the text through completion of a 'Character Arc.' - Analysing Dickens' intentions in developing the character of Scrooge throughout the text; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Selected extracts demonstrating Scrooge's development; - Character Arc template; - Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to mixed ability year 10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make insightful and developed interpretations of Dickens’ use of allegory throughout 'A Christmas Carol.' In particular, they explore how Dickens utilises various characters and events to reveal hidden meanings about selfishness, greed, and hidden ugliness in Victorian society. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: - Defining the key term 'allegory' and establishing the key message of Dickens' allegory; - Reading and understanding the selected extracts to determine how Dickens' characters are allegorical; - Demonstrating an understanding of the allegorical meanings of individual events and scenes in the novel, through a fun interactive game! - Analysing the extent to which the allegory is effective in presenting Dickens hidden message; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Selected extracts demonstrating Dickens' allegory; - Features of Dickens' Allegory Worksheet (and completed answer sheet for teachers); - Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to mixed ability year 10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.

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Keep these cards on a key ring for easy use! Great for use when planning, assessing and observing the children. You can also buy a set of EYFS cards with all age bands (based on Development Matters) from Birth - 60 months here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eyfs-cards-all-areas-birth-60-months-statements-and-early-learning-goals-11679803

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make insightful and developed interpretations regarding ‘The Ghost of Christmas Present’ in ‘A Christmas Carol.’ In particular, they explore the key messages about generosity and human kindness that Dickens aims to get across through his portrayal of the ghost. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: - Reading and understanding the key plot elements of stave 3 - in which The Ghost of Christmas Present appears; - Identifying and exemplifying the key features of the ghost, including its appearance, actions, and mannerisms; - Analysing the extent to which the ghost represents Dickens' message about generosity; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Extract - Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol; - Features of The Ghost of Christmas Present Worksheet (and completed answer sheet for teachers); - Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. This was originally taught to mixed ability year 10 groups, but can easily be differentiated for groups of different ages and abilities. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.