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.
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
Introductory lesson for the new Power and Conflict Unit (AQA 2017 exam onwards) including:
Starter activity asking pupils to consider what they associate with power and conflict with challenges to prompt thinking.
An overview of the 4 English AQA exams and of the exam format
References to key themes.
Slide to encourage pupils to consider how a poem can be successfully analysed which encourages them to link this knowledge to the Literature Assessment Objectives from memory.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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.
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.
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
Key information about Jerome Bruner’s theory of social interaction, including key terms and the 3 modes of representation
Information about how to apply Bruner’s theory to an examination question
Key information about Michael Tomasello’s theory, including key information about intention reading and pattern finding
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.
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.
Introductory activity relating to key aspects of cognitive theory
Introduction to Piaget’s theory of cognitivism: Slides outline Piaget’s 4 stages of development and a video showing a child that has not yet mastered object permanence relating to Piaget’s theory
Introduction to Vygotsky’s theory of the Zone of Proximal Development and the More Knowledgeable Other
Video to aid discussion and identification of cognitivism and key aspects of the theory in a parent-child interaction, with the parent acting as the MKO
Key review of Halliday’s 7 functions of language
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.
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.
Introduction to definition of Child Directed Speech
Key features of Child Directed Speech: Phonology, grammar & syntax, lexis and pragmatics
Slides 5-8 ask students to identify what features of CDS are present in the example utterances
Clarke Stewart’s theory of CDS
Criticism of CDS e.g. Papa New Guinea, Somoa and recent research into the benefits of CDS
Introduction to the concept of scaffolding used in CDS
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.
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.
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
Whole lesson for teaching Poppies including:
Starter activity based around a quote from Jane Weir (link with Duffy’s poetic ideals as she commissioned the poem). The starter also includes a challenge and prompts pupils to consider the significance that Weir’s textile business may have in relation to the poem.
Key contextual information about Armistice and Weir
Key themes and summary of the poem.
References to language and structural techniques.
Review activity to consolidate understanding.
Review to identify key quotations that fit the key themes of the poem.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Appropriate for study of A Level English Language - used for AQA exam board currently.
This blank grid allows students to display information about gender theory.
Great to use whilst studying Language & Gender or as a revision aid in the lead up to the exam.
The grid allows students to visually display the following information:
Name and information about theorist and the date of publication of their theory
Gender Theory Model: ie Deficit, Difference, Diversity, Dominance
Information about the theory
Criticisms of the theory to aid evaluation
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
KS4 revision resource for the new AQA English Literature Power and Conflict poetry unit for London by William Blake
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
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