This resource has been designed to use at KS3 as an introduction to or refresher of the main techniques used when writing to argue. The PPT begins with a quick-fire paired discussion, which can be followed up with a class discussion on the topic school opening times. Would students perform better if schools opened later? A model paragraph containing DAFFOREST (or rhetorical) devices is included with linked tasks that will help students to finally write an opening to a speech . I usually spend the next lesson reading articles devices) before students begin to transform their opening into an extended and structured speech. The worksheet has all of the tasks on there making it an easy lesson to just run with. The last PPT slide contains the worksheet and it can be modified if you want to tailor it. Self-assessment slips allow students to recognise the areas that they should focus on for improvement in their next lesson.

This contains tasks related to Penelope Lively’s, ‘The Darness Out There’. It is particularly useful for lower ability KS4 students and for Year 9 students. There are 25 questions to guide the student through the process of reading and understanding the text. After this, there are six sections with tasks that focus on: -Language Symbolism and Themes Characters Form and Structure Writing to Analyse Creative Writing

This PPT can be used to guide students through the poem via questioning and a few tasks. It covers poetic devices, form and structure, and overall meaning. I hope that it’s useful to you!

This resource has been designed to use at KS3 as an introduction to or refresher of the main techniques used when writing to argue. The PPT begins with a quick-fire paired discussion, which can be followed up with a class discussion on the topic of E-sports and gaming. Is it a legitimate sport? A model paragraph containing AFOREST techniques is included with linked tasks that will help students to finally write an opening to a speech . I usually spend the next lesson reading articles on the topic (and asking students to identify the AFOREST techniques) before students begin to transform their opening into an extended structured speech. The worksheet has all of the tasks on there making it an easy lesson to just run with. The last PPT slide contains the worksheet and it can be modified if you want to tailor it. Self-assessment slips allow students to recognise the areas that they should focus on for improvement in their next lesson.

A resource to guide students through the text ‘Gransnet: Travelling to Paris with a Grandchild’ from the AQA A Level Literature and Language course (The Paris Anthology). It provides an initial introduction and starter, activities, discussion points, a worksheet and a model paragraph.