Editable powerpoints
Suitable for KS3
Extract focused scene analysis with close questioning
Plenaries designed for discussion and review
Assessment and assessment moderation included
A Key Stage 3 friendly scheme of work for studying Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Includes:
20 complete lessons with lesson plans
Lesson on the Prologue
Lessons on Portraits in The Canterbury Tales
Lessons on tales such as The Wife of Bath, Pardoner’s Tale, Nun’s Priest’s Tale and others
Lessons on creating their own Chaucer inspired poetry
Lessons on the historical context behind The Canterbury Tales
Homework suggestions in SOW details
Extensions and links to suggested reading/translations in notes of slides
Print to A3 and share with students for their revision of the key characters of the play.
Editable documents.
Includes:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hamlet
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
A KS3 project (three-four lessons) to prepare students for a persuasive presentation on a chocolate bar they have designed.
This resource is designed to prepare students for the following skills:
Persuasive writing
AFOREST devices
Speaking and listening
Understanding target audiences and purpose of text
Improving vocabulary for non-fiction writing
Lesson 1:
LO: To analyse how advertisements use techniques to cater to differing audiences.
Students watch advertisements of chocolate bars, exploring and discussing target audiences and persuasive techniques used in the adverts.
Lesson 2:
LO: To analyse how language is used to create effects and to persuade audiences.
Students extend vocabulary to describe chocolates. Students practice using AFOREST devices to describe them and think about target audiences (packaging, flavour, etc.). You can either give the students the chocolates to taste, or you can just based this lesson on their knowledge of the chocolate flavours already.
Lesson 3:
LO: To create a speech that uses AFOREST and language devices to persuade audiences.
Students to plan and create a chocolate bar of their own design, ready to present to the class. Students to vote on which chocolate bar was the most persuasive in its pitch to the target audience chosen by the student.
Optional - extend L3 to a full writing lesson, followed by L4 as speaking and listening lesson.
Lessons on:
Setting
Description of a monster
Tension
Story arc
Gothic elements
Includes extracts from:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Brothers Grimm
A Christmas Carol
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Kraken by Tennyson
Northanger Abbey
The Red Room
The Sandman
The Tell Tale Heart
The Woman in Black
I created an Edexcel GCSE scheme of work that you could use to teach low ability or attainment target students of Grade 4-5.
There are 30 lessons in total:
1 lesson on the context of Shakespeare and the Globe theatre
25 lessons on the plot, characters and extracts of the play
3 lessons on the recurring themes of love, conflict and fate
1 lesson on debate as to who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet
This also includes:
Storyboard of each Act with scenes template
Themes quote bank board for students to fill
Character profiles for students’ revision to fill
You do not need to read the play. Only the extracts provided and mentioned in the lessons! This will hugely break down the students’ understanding of the play and help them focus on characters, themes, quotes, plot and language.
Students create a timeline on the historical context behind Chaucer and Old/Middle English.
Includes:
A lesson plan for starter, main and plenary
A learning objective
Resources list
Extensions in “notes” of slides
This lesson is designed for KS3 students.
I created a scheme of work that you could use to teach low ability or attainment target students of Grade 4-5.
There are 30 lessons in total:
1 lesson on the context of Shakespeare and the Globe theatre
25 lessons on the plot, characters and extracts of the play
3 lessons on the recurring themes of love, conflict and fate
1 lesson on debate as to who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet
An assessment task (which I have purposefully left open to your own interpretation but you can follow my guide)
This also includes:
Storyboard of each Act with scenes template
Themes quote bank board for students to fill
Character profiles for students’ revision to fill
There are also bonus revising of quotes games of Articulate and Connect Four.
You do not need to read the play. Only the extracts provided and mentioned in the lessons! This will hugely break down the students’ understanding of the play and help them focus on characters, themes, quotes, plot and language.
Includes:
20 lessons on the context behind the novel and each chapter
Worksheets for each lesson attached
A unit of work and separate powerpoints per lesson
Character profiles to fill in
Evidence log
Themes in the novel log
A bonus quiz for revision purposes (includes answer)
Suitable for grades 4-5 attainment targets.
A lesson on analysing tension and structure and Gothic features for KS3.
This lesson is part of a Gothic KS3 SOW, which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658108
A lesson on analysing structure and how it creates tension and Gothic features for KS3.
This lesson is part of a Gothic KS3 SOW, which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658108
A lesson on analysing tension, mood and atmosphere in Frankenstein and Gothic features for KS3.
This lesson is part of a Gothic KS3 SOW, which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658108
A lesson on analysing the description and appearances of monsters and Gothic features for KS3.
This lesson is part of a Gothic KS3 SOW, which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12658108
Students learn about life in the Medieval period, look at primary sources and then do a short quiz to check understanding.
Includes:
A lesson plan for starter, main and plenary
A learning objective
Resources list
Extensions in “notes” of slides
This lesson is designed for KS3 students.