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Accent & Dialect Bundle
Introductory starter activity about accent/dialect prejudice
Discussion and definitions of difference between accent and dialect
Introduction to Received Pronunciation with supporting video
Discussion of attitudes surrounding R.P
Videos tracking how R.P has changed over time - Fiona Bruce in 1999 vs. The Queen in 2020; attitudes to particular accents with supporting videos
Introduction to Standard English
Homework activity to research an accent and current attitudes towards it
Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment
Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice
Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study
The Workman Survey
Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’
The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020)
Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided)
Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984)
Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent
Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents
Review activity of theory covered so far.
Introduction to Multicultural London English with discussion activities, videos, two articles which invite students to compare attitudes towards MLE and its replacement of Cockey (articles included with lesson)
Introduction to Estuary English
A look at ‘famous’ speakers of Estuary English
Discussion and question activity surrounding the concept of ‘dialect levelling’
‘Initial ideas’ support
AO1 and AO2 phrased as questions to supporting thinking
Data from question included in presentation, too
What to include in an introduction with exemplar
Ideas to ‘build response’ with scaffolded questions
Exemplar ideas for how to include theorists in response to the data
Model paragraph for main body of essay on Slide 18
Homework task
An Inspector Calls: Form and Genre Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
Applicable to new AQA English Literature Paper 2 Exam: Modern Texts
A lesson exploring the features of form/genre within An Inspector Calls including:
A starter to encourage pupils to consider how An Inspector Calls is a morality/whodunit/well-made play with links to AO2.
Top tips on how to analyse form in relation to the play.
A grid activity with information stations to allow pupils to retrieve information about the three forms of the play, building on the starter activity and space for them to consider the effects of form.
A slide exploring the Three Unities - pupils to consider where these are evidence in the play.
A review comprised of questions to check understanding.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Power and Conflict Poetry: Blank Revision Grid: AQA English Literature
Clear blank revision grid for the new AQA Power and Conflict cluster of poems.
Great to use whilst studying poems or as a revision aid in the lead up to AQA English Literature Paper 2
The grid allows pupils to visually display the following information:
Key Themes (AO1)
Poems to Compare each poem with (AO1)
Summary (AO1)
Language Features (AO2)
Form/Structural Features (AO2)
Context (AO3)
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Accent and Dialect Theory
Lesson includes key information and activities to support learning of the following theories
Introduction to Howard Giles’ Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles’ Capital Punishment Experiment
Discussion/video surrounding the Birmingham accent and prejudice
Dixon, Mahoney and Cocks Birmingham accent study
The Workman Survey
Review activity - what is meant by ‘matched guise’
The Workman Survey (2008) + The OnBuy Survey (2020)
Peter Trudgill’s Norwich Study (1970s) - Including comprehension questions (answers provided)
Nikolas Coupland’s Cardiff Travel Agent Study (1984)
Discussion development video in response to Coupland’s study - current attitudes toward Welsh Accent
Includes homework task - survey into attitudes to accents
Bundle
Spoken Child Language Acquisition: Bundle
Full SOW for teaching of key theoretical concepts for the spoken language aspect of Child Language Acquisition, alongside inclusion of practice exam questions and revision resources.
Power and Conflict Poetry: Planning an Exam Response: AQA English Literature
An excellent revision resource which includes the following:
Whole lesson for teaching how to prepare for the new Section B English Literature Power and Conflict 2017 examination including:
Starter activity to invite meta-cognition about the importance of planning and the rating activity allows students to visibly demonstrate their understanding at the beginning and end of the lesson (AfL)
Review activity to revise language/structure/form terminology (teacher to provide)
Review of exam format and top tips
Assessment Objective grid phrased as questions
2 x exam style question (1 for Power and Conflict; 1 for Love & Relationships) for class deconstruction.
4 x options for planning an exam response
Revision activity: Create a text profile
Revision grid
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Context and Themes Revision 'Clock' Organiser: AQA English Literature
This excellent revision resource allows pupils to revise the key themes and contextual features of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The ‘clock’ is split in half, with one half focused on context and the other on key themes.
All key themes and contextual headings are listed, with clear chapter numbers given for pupils’ reference. Copies of the text will be required if pupils are using the template to find ‘killer’ quotations.
This activity encourages independent revision, but also ensures that the revision is focused. Further independent reading can also be used to develop their notes.
Once the activity is complete, I would encourage pupils to anticipate how these key themes may be phrased as a question and how they could apply their contextual understanding to this.
Checking Out Me History by John Agard Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching Checking Out Me History including:
Starter activity to introduce the poem through the use of images and a key quotation from John Agard.
Questions to enable students to summarise content of the poem, followed by poem summary.
Key contextual information
Identified language and structural techniques
Twist to fit activity for key themes to encourage students to select one or more key quotes to fit each of the themes.
Review to summarise the deeper meaning of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Introduction to Accent & Dialect
Introductory starter activity about accent/dialect prejudice
Discussion and definitions of difference between accent and dialect
Introduction to Received Pronunciation with supporting video
Discussion of attitudes surrounding R.P
Videos tracking how R.P has changed over time - Fiona Bruce in 1999 vs. The Queen in 2020; attitudes to particular accents with supporting videos
Introduction to Standard English
Homework activity to research an accent and current attitudes towards it
A Level English Literature: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: Plot and Structure Revision Activity
A revision resource for the structure and plot of the 7 phases in Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
Each phase is concisely summarised. The resource can be printed and cut up by the teacher to create a quick and easy revision activity for students.
Students have found this very helpful and challenging when revising the complex plot of the novel.
War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching War Photographer including:
Starter activity to consider the role of a war photographer with quotations from Duffy to support discussion
Slide to encourage pupils to summarise the poem and identify key themes.
Slide with summary and key themes
Key contextual information about Duffy with quotes from and about her; information on Nick Ut’s ‘Napalm Girl’ and quotations from war photographers to enhance understanding about the nature of the job.
References to language and structural techniques.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Homework activity
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Nativism: Key Critical Perspective of Child Language Acquisition
Introductory discussion activity
Key ideas associated with Nativism, including video, such as Universal Grammar and Poverty of the Stimulus
Key supporting study: Nicaraguan sign language study
Short transcript activity to apply and consider whether Chomsky’s theory can be applied
Review activity where students are asked to define key terms associated with the theory in their own words
Gender Theory Bundle
Bundle SOW for teaching of AQA A Level English Language, Diversity and Change - Gender Theory.
The lessons are structured to be taught through the different ‘models’ of gender theory: Deficit, Difference, Dominance and Diversity and are interspersed with exam style questions to prepare students for the styles of questions presented at both AS and A Level.
Key revision materials for the content are also included, and accompanied with a lesson to introduce the ‘Waves of Feminism’ to support contextualisation of the key areas of theory.
The lessons are structured as follows:
Lesson 1: Introduction to English Language and Gender & Representation
Lesson 2: Deficit Model: Robin Lakoff and Women’s Place
Lesson 3: Difference Model
Lesson 4: Introduction to the Dominance Model and Conversation Terminology
Lesson 5: Review and Exam Style Question
Lesson 6: The Dominance Model Continued
Lesson 7: The Diversity Model
Lesson 8: Exam Question
Additional Lessons: Gender and Interaction Revision & Gender & Representation Revision
Bundle
Power and Conflict Poetry SOW: AQA English Literature
All 15 poems included. High quality SOW for teaching Power and Conflict Poetry (Resources are applicable to AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam 2017 onwards: Grade 9-1 course). Great to use for revision and first teaching of the poems.The materials include:
Precise summaries of each poem
Links to key themes (Assessment Objective 1)
Overviews of the context of each poem (Assessment Objective 3).
Extensive focus on subject terminology for each poem to support students with identifying the language/structure/form of each poem. (AO2)
Homework tasks which are accessible for all pupils with a key focus on independent research and unseen poetry practice (Section C).
Practice exam questions
References to success criteria with a ready-made plan to support all learners.
Final slide on preparing for an exam style question lesson includes a poetry grid to allow pupils to visually present their knowledge as they move through their study of the poems.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Frankenstein Plot Revision Lesson: AQA English Literature
This resource will allow pupils to thoroughly revise the plot and narrative framing of Frankenstein. Easily differentiated.
The PowerPoint includes the following activities:
Starter with a fill in the gaps activity for key quotations from the novel. Answers included in notes section.
A detailed plot sort activity (including summaries which can be printed) of the whole novel
A quotation hunt activity
A fill in the gaps activity about the narrative framing of the novel
Key quotations about the narrative framing from the novel which has been adapted as a fill in the blanks activity. Answers included in notes section.
Narrative framing consolodation questions
Exam style question about how Shelley uses narrative framing in the novel
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Love and Relationships Poetry: Blank Revision Grid: AQA English Literature
Clear blank revision grid for the new AQA Love and Relationships cluster of poems.
Great to use whilst studying poems or as a revision aid in the lead up to AQA English Literature Paper 2 .
The grid allows pupils to visually display the following information:
Key Themes (AO1)
Poems to Compare each poem with (AO1)
Summary (AO1)
Language Features (AO2)
Form/Structural Features (AO2)
Context (AO3)
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
A Christmas Carol: Context and Themes Revision 'Clock' Organiser: AQA English Literature
This excellent revision resource allows pupils to revise the key themes and contextual features of A Christmas Carol.
The ‘clock’ is split in half, with one half focused on context and the other on key themes.
All key themes and contextual headings are listed, with clear Stave numbers given for pupils’ reference. Copies of the text will be required if pupils are using the template to find ‘killer’ quotations.
This activity encourages independent revision, but also ensures that the revision is focused. Further independent reading can also be used to develop their notes.
Once the activity is complete, I would encourage pupils to anticipate how these key themes may be phrased as a question and how they could apply their contextual understanding to this.
Language and Sexuality
Starter activity introducing words from Polari in everyday use
Introduction to Martha’s Vineyard theory
Introduction to Lavender Linguistics and Polari with link to radio show
Legislation and sexuality timeline
Activity surround article written by Paul Baker
Links with Robin Lakoff’s work ‘A Woman’s Place’
Further reading: Extract from Gary Nunn article
Discussion activity surrounding language use surrounding lesbian and heterosexual women
Further links to articles surrounding Language and Sexuality for group work
The Emigree by Carol Rumens Lesson: AQA English Literature
Whole lesson for teaching The Emigree including:
Starter activity to encourage pupils to remember a place from their childhood - introduces the main ideas of the poem and involves SMSC; a quote from Rumens about her views on poetry can also be used to aid initial discussion around the poem.
Another starter with key quotations that asks pupils to identify the poem.
Link to a syrian refugee story to build contextual understanding
Key contextual information about Rumens
References to language and structural techniques. Also includes a name the technique slide for revision of the poem.
SMILE mnemonic for revision/Unseen poetry.
2 x homework activity: One to summarise the poem and one to write a creative piece about a place visited to support Eng Lang Paper 1 Q 5.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Ozymandias by Percy Shelley: Revision Resource: AQA English Literature Power and Conflict
KS4 revision resource for the new AQA English Literature Power and Conflict poetry unit for Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
This 3 page resource provides pupils with different activities that will facilitate their revision of the poem, covering all 3 Assessment Objectives (AO1, 2 & 3) for this section of the exam.
Activities include:
A series of images that tell the ‘story’ behind the poem to help revise what the poem is about (AO1),
2 x tabula rasa (blank copy of the poem) for poem summary and annotations (AO1);
A list of key language/structure/form techniques (AO2);
Quotes, images and information to support and revise contextual knowledge (AO3);
‘Twist to fit’ activity for key quotations (AO1).
This allows pupils to rearrange their existing knowledge of the poem in a new format and visually displays their knowledge - very quick and easy to refer back to.
Activities are also differentiated to support mixed ability classes.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated