Plot sort activity worksheet with answer sheet. Good for recapping order of events in the novella and to test memory of chapters.

A comprehensive booklet on the civil rights movement, including enslavement, activism and the black lives matter movement. Take your students through the fraught and intricate journey of the systemic oppression of African people, whilst empowering them to challenge misconceptions about black culture and its contributions to world history. Contents: Lesson 1: 20th August 1619-The Day that Changed the World Lesson 2: The Middle Passage Lesson 3: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou Lesson 4: The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the Silence on Slavery Lesson 5: Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July Lesson 6: Philosophy for Children (P4C) Lesson Lesson 7: The 13th Amendment Lesson 8: The Civil Rights Movement Lesson 9: Tulsa, Oklahoma ‘Black Wall Street’ 31st May 1921 Lesson 10: Black Entrepreneurs Lesson 11: Philosophy for Children (P4C) Lesson 12: Advocating for Justice Lesson 13: Nationalism Lesson 14: Debate: Defund the Police? Lesson 15: Police Brutality Lesson 16: Slave Patrols: An Early Form of American Policing Lesson 17: Black Lives Matter Movement Lesson 18: Don’t All Lives Matter? Lesson 19: Put Out the Fire? Lesson 20: President Barack Obama Lesson 21: Dismantling Racism Suitable for KS3 onwards.

This lesson will suit sets 1-4. Students will explore the different aspects of forming an argument through the context of Macbeth. Extension tasks provided, as well as sentence stems for constructing arguments. Group work will encourage speaking and listening skills, as well as writing to argue and persuade. Plenary allows students to self and peer assess group work contributions. Typically suited to a 50 minute lesson. Links to WAF2/5 and RAF3.

Used for an end of term/stand alone lesson. (KS3/Lower ability KS4 students).

This worksheet is suitable for all abilities to plan a persuasive piece of writing. Students are given opportunities to create a new product or ‘sell’ their favourite experience or commodity. Can be used as an extended starter sheet in a persuasive writing lesson. Teachers need only provide their own success criteria for a persuasive speech; i.e. use of rhetorical questions and exclamation marks. Plenary: most impressive speeches read aloud by teacher or student.

Double-sided, colour-coded, quote bank worksheet to use as a revision tool. Also includes a brief summary of each chapter, to help students revise the plot of the novella, as well as a vocabulary key. Can be set as homework to revise quotations or as a resource during mock exams or in class practice questions. Print double sided on A4/A3 paper. Suitable for all abilities.

Content: This lesson explores language and structure in the poem ‘Half-Caste’ by John Agard. Students will complete a variety of independent and paired tasks in order to pick apart the subtleties of the popular poem. Also includes an interactive mini plenary that assesses the students’ understanding of the writer’s choices. Differentiation: Sentence stems provided for response task. Separate resource includes full writing frame to comment on language and structure. Extension and super extension tasks Links to AO2, typically for a mid-top set at KS3/4. Lesson duration: 100 minutes (double) Lesson recently rated good+ in an observation with outstanding features.

This lesson can be used for any group at Key Stages 2,3 and 4. The lesson explores the features of gothic writing, and asks the students to create their own fictional character. Some brief notes on the origin of Gothicism is explored and linked to modern day literature and film. An ideal, light hearted, creative lesson for new classes/last lessons of the day and for cover. Typically suited to a 50 minute lesson. Can be extended to a double if students are asked to create a story based on their fictional characters.

This lesson explores the role of responsibility in the play, An Inspector Calls. Students will complete a close reading activity and peruse a modelled paragraph, hitting AO2 and AO6. Suitable for a mid-top set and an approximately 50 minute lesson.

This starter task is aimed at Spanish speaking students to improve their literacy and consolidate their own knowledge of phonics. Suitable for students of all age groups. Extension task provided.

This lesson explores the complexities of the war poem, Poppies. Students will be given tasks that utilise their critical thinking skills to find out the meaning of the poem. Imagery is the focus, with the tasks geared towards a response that will show the students’ understanding of how imagery creates meaning for the reader. Differentiated sentence starters and extension tasks provided. Plenary encourages students to review their work, checking for spelling, punctuation and grammar accuracy. Can be used for any set studying conflict poetry.

This interactive quiz will challenge students of all abilities to recap their knowledge of grammar and the rules of literacy. Students will enjoy working individually, in pairs or small teams. Can also be used for a staff icebreaker/training aid/beginning/end of term/cover lesson.

This lesson was recently used with a low ability year 9 girls’ group; successfully. This lesson will familiarize students with analyzing at word level: a key skill for both language and literature papers. Students will create mind maps of 6 high frequency words via dictionary/thesaurus work. Students will then write a series of paragraphs simply analyzing key words from a variety of sentences extracted from current news and popular culture publications. Plenary includes a score based peer assessment. Typically a 50 minute lesson; low to mid ability groups.

Context This lesson explores the use of foreshadowing in Arthur Miller’s infamous play: A View from the Bridge. Links to AO2 Content Students will recap the definition of foreshadowing as a starter task, then proceed to brainstorm ideas in order to analyse key quotations from act one. Differentiation: Extension tasks, exemplary paragraph and writing frame provided. Suitable for all sets, during a single period of approximately 50 minutes. Follow on lesson could include peer assessing the students’ paragraphs and redrafting to include alternative analysis.

This resource was used effectively with a top set Y11 class. The lesson begins with the students assessing their own knowledge of the poetry cluster by matching quotes to the correct poem-an effective settling activity. They then answer a series of questions about the poems whilst using their anthologies to annotate. ANSWERS provided on the PowerPoint presentation. A 5 minute ‘thesis challenge’ is then set and students will select a range of effective quotes that they’ve already analysed, to support their opening thesis statements. Optional homework/follow up lesson: write a full response to the comparative question: compare the attitudes towards possessive love in Porphyria’s Lover and The Farmer’s Bride. Differentiation: work in pairs to complete the starter and main task, exemplar thesis statement provided. Timings provided as well as check points for AFL. Suitability: All abilities; perhaps remove some of the questions for the main task and lesson the amount of quotes to select for the plenary.

This resource was created to address gaps in text knowledge and to consolidate analysis skills with a focus on leadership. There are two lessons whereby a top level exemplar paragraph is included as well as a directed group work tasks. Some students will have done more revision.research than others, therefore this is a good activity to share and fill gaps in knowledge. A follow up lesson could include a timed exam question with a focus on a character who exhibits leadership/masculinity. Differentiation: stretch tasks, exemplary paragraphs, varied challenges of group work roles. Lesson time: 100 minutes

This lesson can be used across key stages to teach creative writing. The lesson explores mini saga stories and challenges students to write, peer assess and redraft their writing. This lesson would most benefit those who see writing creatively as daunting or difficult under timed or restrictive conditions-i.e. based on an image. The task uses the approach of language paper 1 whereby a stimulus is given for students to base their writing on. Includes guided peer assessment, exemplars, student friendly wording of the assessment criteria, as well as a plenary which relays a useful memory technique. Differentiation: colour coded instructions, help boxes, stretch, challenge and never finished tasks plus teacher’s notes in the comment boxes under each slide. Lesson duration: 50 minutes

Homeschooling becoming a drag? Spice things up with Plausible ©! This is a printable PDF sample of Plausible © Plausible is a scenario based card game that improves confidence in articulation, vocabulary and grammar. Plausible offers a multitude of challenges that not only cater for all abilities (the cards alone have been colour contrasted to accommodate Dyslexia requirements), but also provides a range of combinations to play, giving players a unique opportunity to create their own games, whatever their mood! Players get to revise key grammatical terms, (nouns, antonyms etc.) whilst discussing real life situations, using hyperbole and metaphors! Suitable for ages 11+

This interactive lesson is designed to give students of all backgrounds knowledge of one of the West Indies' most honored entrepreneurs: Marcus Garvey. Through the exploration of his endeavors, students will utilize their inference and writing skills to explain the social and economical impact of Garvey's achievements. Includes peer assessment plenary covering AF2 Reading and AF2 Writing, pair work and class discussion activities and homework task. Typically for a 50 minute lesson. Pitched for a mixed ability group; minimum set 3.

A poignant, skills based lesson designed to fuse elements from the civil rights movement and the use of language and structure in printed media from the time. Students will consider how language and structure was used to portray opposing approaches to protesting against segregation in America during the mid-late 20th century. Lesson includes worksheets to help students consider the use of language and structure in printed media and an exemplary PETER paragraph to assess against AF4 Reading and AF4 Writing. Can also be used as an SMSC lesson to evoke discussions on equality. Homework task included. Pitched for mixed ability; minimum set 2.