Worksheets for year 7 working on descriptive writing skills.

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

**A Christmas Carol ** Theme Revision and Character Quotation Sheet Homework or revision task used to recap, consolidate and develop understanding of the themes Dickens uses in ACC.

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Lesson produced as part of a KS3 poetry unit of work exploring places - Urban vs Natural Fully resourced lesson (can be divided into two separate lessons) studing South Bank by John Agard. Includes: PowerPoint 3 x worksheets/activities Full poem Skills developed: Language analysis Evaluating the writer’s language choices Exploring the writer’s themes and ideas Using the senses in poetry for effect TIER 3 Vocabulary Independent writing- persuasive Cultural capital

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.

Lesson produced as part of a KS3 poetry unit of work exploring places - Urban vs Natural Fully resourced lesson introducing John Clare’s Sonnet. Includes: PowerPoint 1 x worksheets/activities Full poem Skills developed: Structure analysis Evaluating the poet’s structure choices Exploring the writer’s themes and ideas

Worksheet activity exploring the way Boyne presents the persecution of Jewish people in Chapter 12 specifically. Students consider and explain the choices Boyne made (quotations provided) in this chapter. Focus on the effect on the reader. Writing frames and scaffolding AND stretch and challenge.

Collection of resources to support and develop the use of structural features in creative writing. Differentiation- suitable for a range of abilities Creative writing plan ideas Success criteria structure strip Storyboard/image structure strip Consolidation of structural devices Suitable for KS3 and KS4

An Inspector Calls - Context Pre-teaching activity. Watch Absolute History’s Time Crasher’s episode ‘How To Follow Edwardian Etiquette’. Students have a series of contextual questions to answer to introduce them to the social context of the Edwardian era. Final task asks them to reflect on the way life differs for the different classes in the era, ready for them to explore the theme further in the play An Inspector Calls.

Starter aimed at year 7 students

**A Christmas Carol ** Full lesson revising themes and quotations. Revision lesson used to recap, consolidate and develop understanding of the themes Dickens uses in ACC. Includes: Powerpoint - with starter task Themes Revision Grid worksheet (print on A3 for best results) - DIFFERENTIATED FOR ALL LEARNERS Quotation sheet

Full differentiated, resourced observation lesson on the ending of An Inspector Calls Includes: Powerpoint (including page numbers) 2x worksheet (starter task and main activity) Lesson Plan Covers: The Inspector’s departure to the final phone call at the end of the play Structural devices Priestley’s intentions Skills developed: Understanding of the plot Analysis of character development Explanation of structural devices Evaluation of Priestley’s methods Use of subject terminology TIER 3 VOCABULARY Using evidence to support ideas and develop analysis

Coraline - Year 7 - Introduction - Genre -Explore book covers -Making inferences and deductions using evidence -Justifying predictions about themes, character, and plot -Understanding the genres of horror and fantasy -Applying understanding of genre to develop predictions Lesson 1 of full scheme of work. ** AVAILABLE HERE ** https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/coraline-scheme-of-work-ks3-12817192

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

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

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 Christmas Carol - Context - Gallery Walk - Introduction to the novel Gallery walk activity to introduce context. Resource to be used at the beginning of SOW to introduce historical/social context necessary to understand the themes and ideas of the novel.

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.

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