Differentiated resource designed to support language analysis and PEE paragraph writing for Year 7

Worksheets for year 7 working on descriptive writing skills.

A series of starter tasks based on information recall and interleaving. -Print off and stick in books OR display on board as bell work

Fully resourced, differentiated lesson which can be used to both introduce and revise questions 1, 2 and 3 of the EDEXCEL GCSE English Language Paper 2. Includes: PowerPoint 1 x worksheets/activities 1 x extract (from EDEXCEL Eng Lang Paper 2 2015) Skills developed: Language analysis Analytical writing Making comparisons Explaining language and structural choices Using subject terminology Exam preparation

Complete lesson encouraging students to reflect on the director’s choices when adapting the script for film. Powerpoint, video links, and worksheet - complete lesson Great for engaging students at the start of the topic, a homework task, or as part of revision.

A worksheet to support student analysis of the way Dickens presents the deaths of Scrooge and Tiny Tim in Stave 4, pushing students to compare and evaluate. Scaffolding and challenge embedded into the resource for all abilities.

A short scheme of work exploring and analysing Greek mythology. Students will read and engag with a range of Greek myths, ending the unit writing their own piece inspired by the features and structure of the stories they’ve read.

A scheme of work expoloring the art of playwriting, with an aim for students to write, produce, and perform their own original ‘mini’ play.

An interactive resource to aid the reading, watching, and study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Based on Luhrmann’s film adaption, students can track the key scenes, reading the scene summary and ticking off the key themes as they watch.

Starter aimed at year 7 students

KS3 Year 7 lesson focusing on PEEL paragraph writing Video based lesson with worksheet

Lesson PowerPoint and worksheet resource.

Worksheet and lesson encouraging the use of poetic devices in creative writing- through the lense of writing about villains but could be adapted to suit any theme or topic.

Fully resourced and differentiated lesson aimed at key stage 3 but could also be used for KS4.

Students explore the features of a Haiku and write their own. Fully resourced and differentiated.

Full Lesson PowerPoint -Annotations of the poem Language, form, and structure analysis Focus on using terminology Great for revision too

Activity covering the key ideas the Cratchits represent and the way Dickens uses language to achieve this. Fully differentiated resource.

Fully differentiated writing frame to help explore the characterisation of Scrooge while support development of writing skills.

Activity to encourage and practice using a wider variety of sentence starters Differentiation and stretch and challenge embedded into the task / resource Suitable for KS3 or low ability KS4 - can be altered to suit high ability

Lesson to be used at the start of an A Christmas Carol Unit Introduces and reflects on the social attitude and landscape of Victorian England thinking about the key themes and ideas of A Christmas Carol Informative and interactive lesson