PDF resource for supporting a G6/Y7/KS3 unit on Magical Beasts - can be bought together with a series of corresponding lessons as a bundle for a good price Mix of fiction and non-fiction extracts on real-life zombies, the history of zombies, famous monsters, the opening of ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness, witches in Britain, extract from ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl, ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ by Lewis Carrol and real life vampires. 16 pages so can be printed easily as a booklet

Lesson on creative writing using the witches from ‘Harry Potter’ Learning objective: To be able to be descriptive when writing thoughts and feelings using a wide range of vocabulary to describe feelings Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson evaluating the role of memory in the Dystopian novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell Learning objective: * To understand the significance of memory holes and how they affect Winston’s complicity Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced looking at the key word ‘complicit’ Total of 7 slides Designed for G7 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on real life zombies, a non-fiction text Learning objective: to practice the skills of extracting, summarizing and explaining Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Two connected lessons on the history of zombies, non-fiction text practice Learning objectives: to read and understand a text about the history of zombies to understand the differences between different text purposes to be able to explain the purpose of a text to be able to explain how the writer uses language to make a text engaging Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 6 and 4 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on an extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ Learning objective: Understand how synonyms and intensifiers can be used for emphasis Be able to explain how Roald Dahl uses them to present the witches Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 13 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson studying the role of the Gothic literature in ‘The Woman in Black’ Learning objective: To be able to explain why ‘The Woman in Black’ is an example of Gothic literature Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities and sentence starters for differentiation. This lesson has a focus on oracy skills. Total of 8 slides Designed for G7 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting! CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 3 LESSON BUNDLE *

2x lesson series on ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: * To understand the opening to ‘The Hunger Games’ * To be able to explain how the writer crates a dystopian world * To be able to analyse how the writer creates tension Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with a video embedded. Total of 8 and 5 slides Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

2x lesson series on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: To understand the opening of the novel To explain how Atwood uses language to create a dystopian world To be able to explain the key characteristics of the society of Gilead Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced and with an explanatory video. Total of 7 and 8 slides Designed for G7/ KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

3x lesson series on ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: To be able to explain how description of a setting can create tension To be able to explain why ‘The Woman in Black’ is an example of Gothic literature To be able to analyse how a writer creates tension Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 7, 8 and 8 slides Designed for G8 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’. Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral. Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions. Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works

2x lesson series on ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness, fiction reading and analysis Learning objectives: To understand the extract To be able to explain the effect on the reader To be able to use a range of vocabulary to describe the tone of the extract To analyse how tension is created Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Comes fully resourced. Total of 4 and 5 slides Designed for G6 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting!

Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’. You can buy all lessons as a bundle Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral. Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions. Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works

Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ focussing on race representation You can buy all lessons as a bundle Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral. Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions. Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works

Lesson on Beyonce’s visual album ‘Lemonade’ looking at how Beyonce uses ideas relating to creativity You can buy all lessons as a bundle Designed for English A Language and Literature course at DP, to prepare students for their Individual Oral. Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. Most slides have an extension or challenge activity. Students are asked to analyse stills from the visual album, Beyonce’s lyrics, and various critical opinions. Students are challenged to discuss their ideas and make links with literary works

Lesson analysing the opening of the novel ‘A Monster Calls’ Learning objective: To understand the extract To be able to explain the effect on the reader To be able to use a range of vocabulary to describe the tone of the extract Has Learning Objectives, a Do Now, Activation, Demonstration and Consolidation activity. There are challenge activities for differentiation. The main activity analyses a short extract, which is included. Total of 4 slides Designed for G7 / KS3 students Engaging, fun, and interesting! CAN BE BOUGHT AS PART OF A 2 LESSON BUNDLE *