Breathing Space
I am a Secondary English Teacher on a mission - to produce the highest quality lessons I possibly can with the intention of saving precious time for teachers!
97Uploads
91k+Views
22k+Downloads
I am a Secondary English Teacher on a mission - to produce the highest quality lessons I possibly can with the intention of saving precious time for teachers!
All resources
Animal Farm: Key Quotation Posters for Display
Create a visually appealing display while encouraging recall and quotation retention!
This set includes 30 key quotations from Orwell’s novella, taken from across the ten chapters.
Each is clearly labelled with the chapter it has come from, and, where relevant, the character that said it.
It is an excellent way to quiz students on their knowledge retention, and studies show that having these visuals displayed in classrooms helps students to remember the quotations in the exams!
International Phonetic Alphabet Posters - IPA - A Level English Language
A set of visually arresting posters with the IPA symbols for each sound.
These are perfect to display in your A Level English Language classroom and are invaluable to refer to when writing transcripts or specific examples for Paper 2.
A Level English Language - Political Correctness - AQA - Linguistic Reflectionism & Determinism
This is a lesson introducing students to the concepts surrounding political correctness and linguistic reflectionism and determinism.
It explores the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Steven Pinker, The Euphemism Treadmill, Miller and Swift, Fairclough, David Crystal and Deborah Cameron’s views on the issue.
There is a final writing prompt, plus a past paper exemplar from AQA.
It will take approximately 2 hours to cover in enough depth.
Enjoy!
Create Your Own Comic Strip Template
This is a fun and engaging blank comic strip proforma for students to create their own storyboards, scene interpretations or just design their own comics!
Great for use with chapter summaries, end of unit reflection, creative responses or just a bit of fun.
Catrin - Gillian Clarke - Poem
A whole lesson analysing the poem 'Catrin' from the Edexcel Conflict Cluster (1-9 GCSE)
Includes language analysis, vocab, context and questions.
EDEXCEL Conflict Poetry Revision - Learn Key Quotations Fun Challenge!
This is a set of progressively more challenging gap-fill sheets to help students learn key quotations for the Edexcel Conflict poetry cluster.
Begin by giving students the completed quotations to learn. I then give them a week to practise them and give them the next sheet to complete either independently or in groups.
This has had tremendous results for my students, all of whom are now feeling much more confident about sitting the poetry exam!
Holocaust Introduction Lesson - Night by Elie Wiesel
This is a lesson that I used to introduce the Holocaust to my Year 9 students. This was the first lesson in my scheme of work studying 'Night' by Elie Wiesel. It contains graphic organisers, a Pyramid of Hate and a short story by Ira Sher 'The Man in the Well'.
This lesson is likely to take approx. two hours to complete.
Bundle
Imaginative Writing SOW - The Supernatural, Sinister and the Downright Scary Unit - 20 Lessons!
This is a 20-lesson unit on imaginative writing, originally designed for Year 9 students.
It contains a full Scheme of Work, plus homework menu and accompanying anthology of short stories.
Each lesson is complete with PowerPoint and any necessary resources.
This is a highly differentiated and organised resource with focus on extending the links between reading and writing.
There are two assessment points (baseline and final) plus various extended writing opportunities throughout.
This has been incredibly successful at my school and has achieved fantastic results in improving students' writing.
I hope you enjoy teaching it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Imaginative Writing: Assessment
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This is the assessment task for this unit. It includes a checklist to focus on that covers all of the learning from the SOW.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 18 Imaginative Writing: 1984 by George Orwell
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson leads on from the previous about Room 101 by introducing students to an extract from 1984. Students are introduced to the assessment task and have to analytically explore how fear is created by Orwell.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 10 Imaginative Writing: The Veldt - Reading
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This is a full lesson guiding students through a close reading of Ray Bradbury's short story, 'The Veldt'. It is fully interactive and engaging with a detailed lesson plan.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Room 101 Persuasive Speeches
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This is an engaging lesson in which students present their own idea for Room 101. This is a lighthearted introduction before the very sinister truth next lesson when they read an extract from Orwell’s ‘1984’.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 15 Imaginative Writing: Marionettes Inc. - Ray Bradbury
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson guides students through a piece of imaginative writing based on their reading of Bradbury's 'Marionettes Inc.' There is an interactive element where students are presented with recent scientific discoveries and discuss the moral and ethical implications of them.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 7 Imaginative Writing: Setting - The Hobbit
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson explores settings, with a particular focus on an extract from 'The Hobbit'.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 16 Imaginative Writing: Exploring Symbolism through Marionettes Inc. by Ray Bradbury
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson introduces students to symbolism and explores symbolic references through a close-reading of 'Marionettes Inc.' by Ray Bradbury.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 12 Imaginative Writing: Tension and Conan Doyle's 'The Brazilian Cat'
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson explores tension and how it is created in Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant short story 'The Brazilian Cat'.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 9 Imaginative Writing: The Home of the Future
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson explores the notion of future technology and students design their own perfect home of the future to be used in future writing assignments. It looks at the idea of personification and how to apply it to their own work.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 6 Imaginative Writing: Baseline
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This is a baseline test based on the previous lesson's work on Unreliable Narrators.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 11 Imaginative Writing: The Veldt - Writing
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson follows on from the previous which introduces and guides students through a close reading of 'The Veldt' by Ray Bradbury. This time, students are given an extended writing task to complete based around their idea of a perfect house that goes wrong.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.
Lesson 14 Imaginative Writing: Tension and Sentence Types
This lesson is part of an Imaginative Writing Scheme of Work focused on Science-Fiction and Dystopian short stories.
This lesson guides students through the seven types of tension with examples and video clips to spark their interest.
PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to download my FREE short story anthology for use with this lesson.