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A range of engaging lessons across KS3 and KS4 created by a current practicing English Teacher.

A range of engaging lessons across KS3 and KS4 created by a current practicing English Teacher.
Dystopian - Building Tension
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Dystopian - Building Tension

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Set in a Dystopian World - Students are taken through a journey in a apartment complex. They are encouraged to describe the mystery faced behind each door, build suspense and anticipation. Build the world and experience in a way that they see fit. A short but encapusalting lesson to encourage students to slow down and really consider the impact of words and sentences. Looking at the effects they can create on the reader. During this lesson students are encouraged to: -Control the pace of their writing through sentence length -Look closely at the adjectives and adverbs they are using. -Think about the information they withold in the narrative to create the suspense.
Shylock - MERCHANT OF VENICE
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Shylock - MERCHANT OF VENICE

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Shylock - Understanding the Villain A sequence of lessons that guides students through the development of Shylocks character in The Merchant of Venice. Looking at his actions throughout the play and considering different elements of social context. The lessons will then aid the students in creating a speech from the perspective of Shylock.
Dystopian Fiction - Creation of a new world
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Dystopian Fiction - Creation of a new world

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Creative lesson taking the students through a dynamic view on how to structure and recreate a new society after a significant change in power. The lesson takes the students through fundatmental elements in structuring society including power hierachies. It allows the students to challenge their on beleifs on who they think is truly in control and test what happens if this were to come true. Includes activities: Class discussions Videos Mind Maps Source Analysis The students will then be able to test all their new knowledge in a piece of creative writing. This is based around a diary entry of someone living in their dystopian world!
Dystopian Fiction - Creative Writing Booklet
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Dystopian Fiction - Creative Writing Booklet

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This is a guide through a Dystopian story. The guide will begin in the initial planning phase and foster the thinking of the students. It will guide them through different perspectives on dystopian fiction and give direction to an informative video. The booklet will then get the student’s looking at how society is developed and how in a dystopian world this construct falls apart. Ultimatley this all comes together to give the students enough knowledge to produce an excellent, well informed piece of creative writing.
Transactional Writing - The Key Principles Booklet
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Transactional Writing - The Key Principles Booklet

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This resource is an interactive booklet that has been portioned out over 3 lessons. Each lesson can be completed within the booklet either online or in lesson on paper. Learning Aim To be able to organise information and ideas and present confidently to an audience (AO5) English Language. This is acheived through a fun and interactive sales pitch. Incorporating all the key elements required of the student and aiding them in the structural develop of their answers.
To Kill A Mockingbird - Complete Scheme Booklets
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Complete Scheme Booklets

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Full Text Coverage Included 2 x Work Booklets Bonus - ADDED 2 MORE RESOURCE BOOKLETS! 1/2 To Kill A Mockingbird - Chapter 1 - 9. This booklet is designed to support a scheme as either a complementary homework booklet or for use in the classroom to aid with resourcing alongside the text. It contains tasks for each chapter, links to resources and audio files. It is fully interactive and can be given to a student to keep as a digital homework file. 2/2 A work booklet that focuses on Atticus Finch pre and post trial. (Chapter 10 onwards) What kind of person is Atticus Finch? How is Atticus presented in To Kill a Mockingbird so far? (Part 1) How is Atticus presented in To Kill a Mockingbird so far? (Part 2) How does our need to belong affect our identities? How is the black community presented? What is included: A series of activities covering: Analytical Writing Recap Quiz Sources and Resources Interactive Activities
To Kill A Mockingbird-Debate/Essay Book
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To Kill A Mockingbird-Debate/Essay Book

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JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE IN THE NOVEL This is a comprehensive work booklet exploring key themes justice and injustice. The booklet is designed to take the students through the key moments in the text and make them think critically about them. Placing their own views on the moment but also using evidence from the text. The booklet allows for the planning of a GCSE evaulative style question but also opens up to the possibility of a debate. This is a perfect homework resource or planning tool to assist students.
Creative Writing - Non-Linear Writing
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Creative Writing - Non-Linear Writing

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Learning Question: Can you rewrite a famous linear narrative adding depth to characters using non-linear structure. This booklet has been desgined as a stand alone lesson to be delivered in the classroom or something that can be given to a student as homework. It will take them through all the key elements of non-linear narratives and guide them into creating their own. Key Aims To recall key non linear texts and films To understand elements of a non-linear narrative To apply non-linear writing techniques to add depth to characters.
AQA Power and Conflict-Blank Revision Sheets
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AQA Power and Conflict-Blank Revision Sheets

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A selection of blank revision sheets that focus the students attention on core aspects of the poems. These sheets have been designed and created to look visually appealing and once complete and filled in could be used as a lovely display. There is an individual sheet for each poem in the power and conflict cluster. Two poems have already been completed as an examplar.
Jekyll and Hyde - Last Night Work Booklet
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Jekyll and Hyde - Last Night Work Booklet

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Jekyll and Hyde - Last Night Work Booklet Main focus: To understand how Stevenson creates atmosphere at the start of the chapter This is a bespoke work booklet created to guide students through ‘The Last Night’ chapter in Jekyll and Hyde. This is based around Edexcel and their marking criteria. The booklet is in an A4 print friendly format with areas dedicated to write. It is also digital and can be shared with students on Google Classroom or other platforms.
Macbeth Acts 1 - 5 EDEXCEL/AQA Revision
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Macbeth Acts 1 - 5 EDEXCEL/AQA Revision

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A set of slides designed to guide the students through the acts. Each slide includes a key quote and 4 prompts to foster thinking and aid memory recall. The slides are also designing to help students think about the narrative from alternate perspectives. Finally - the resource includes an aid to assist with the development of an analytical paragraph giving opportunity for self reflection and peer marking.
Dystopian Fiction including Work Book
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Dystopian Fiction including Work Book

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FULL DYSTOPIAN FICTION WORK BUNDLE This bundle includes: 1 Lessons **1 x Creating a Dystopian Society **1 x Creating and Building Tension **1 x A fully comprehsive work booklet ** This is a guide through a Dystopian story. The guide will begin in the initial planning phase and foster the thinking of the students. It will guide them through different perspectives on dystopian fiction and give direction to an informative video. The booklet will then get the student’s looking at how society is developed and how in a dystopian world this construct falls apart. Ultimatley this all comes together to give the students enough knowledge to produce an excellent, well informed piece of creative writing.
Vocabularly - Gothic Horror
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Vocabularly - Gothic Horror

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A creative writing lesson focused on the use of vocabularly to build suspense and engage the reader. The lesson takes the students through several tasks to help develop vocabularly use in creative writing. Activities include Close analysis of a source to help generate creative ideas Scaffolded questions to help students develop a creative mind Challenge tasks to help push high ability students A planning task to aid the final piece of writing.
To Kill A Mockingbird - Boo Radley
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Boo Radley

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Is Boo Radley Maycomb’s local bogeyman? How does a writer use symbolic imagery to create an idea? This lesson works perfectly alongside the learning booklets created. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12774407 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12753640
To Kill A Mockingbird - Introduction
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Introduction

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How has Lee introduced her key characters to create initial impressions? An introduction to the text. A great opening lesson that will allow the students to explore initial ideas relating to the text. Challenge thoughts and feelings and become inspired to read on.
Non-Fiction Language Skills Overview
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Non-Fiction Language Skills Overview

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A breakdown of the non-fiction edexcel language paper. This looks at: The time students should allocate to each question The amount of marks offered for each question Approaches to writing and answering the questions. An extract based example with a quote breakdown to guide the students This lesson is designed to prepare the students to be able to confidently approach edexcel language paper - non fiction. This can be applied to alternate extracts however a specific example is given.
To Kill A Mockingbird-Bob Ewell Analysis
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To Kill A Mockingbird-Bob Ewell Analysis

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A comparison booklet guiding students through a series of activities comparing: Bob Ewell and Attitcus Finch Bob Ewells role as head of the family and Atticus Finch’s Bob Ewells house description and that of the black community. The students will be encouraged to use skills of inference through evidence presented in the text to form logical and clear conclusions. They will be encouraged to use quotes and embed them into their responses. Questions broken down with scaffolding include: Atticus and Bob are both single fathers. However, is this as far the similarity goes? Bob Ewell is the head of the family. What can we infer about his family through him? How does Harper Lee contrast the Ewell’s home with those of the black community? Which character does Harper Lee make us like the most and why? Is this important to their role in the trial? Do you think they speak through their actions or their words and why is this the most effective? This booklet is perfect for an aid to homework task or to be delivered in lesson.
Jekyll and Hyde-The Last Night Workbook
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Jekyll and Hyde-The Last Night Workbook

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Jekyll and Hyde-The Last Night Workbook **Objective: ** To understand how Stevenson creates atmosphere at the start of the chapter This booklet will guide the student through the chapter looking at the atmosphere at the start and as the chapter progresses. The booklet includes: Activities on the key terms required Activities on specific aspects of the chapter Scaffolding to help students access higher level writing Challenge tasks Creative writing to add as an additional activity interleaving a poem.
To Kill A Mockingbird - Mockingbird
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Mockingbird

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What is the significance of the Mockingbird? Why is the Mockingbird important to the narrative - Why has Harper Lee used a Mockingbird? Is it a symbolic representation of something? A key message in the novel? This lesson will allow the students to explore these questions and input their own ideas into essays and practice questions. This lesson includes -Metacognition tasks -Visual source based tasks The lesson directly correlates with the learning booklets which can be found on my shop