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KS3 War Poetry Siegfried Sassoon "The Kiss" Inference
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KS3 War Poetry Siegfried Sassoon "The Kiss" Inference

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A straightforward lesson exploring Sassoon’s poem, “The Kiss” with questioning used to discuss the effect of the personification of bullet and bayonet. There are 8 close reading and response questions on slide 15. These could be used to structure a discussion or set for independent work. The lesson culminates with a task asking the students to draw inferences about the nature of the speaker in the poem, writing in role as a senior officer. Planned for year 9 but could be suitable to explore unseen poetry at KS4.
KS3, KS2, Myths, Legends, Great Flood, Zeus, CRR, comprehension, guided reading, hw, cover
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KS3, KS2, Myths, Legends, Great Flood, Zeus, CRR, comprehension, guided reading, hw, cover

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Created as a cover activity for a mixed-ability year 7 class as part of a unit on origin stories, myths and legends, this uses a public domain text about Zeus unleashing the great flood on humanity (pairs well with the story of Noah’s Ark). There are ten questions focused on retrieval, inference and some basic analysis. Could be used as a cover activity, set for homework or the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session. Suggested answers are provided.
Unseen Poetry Exam Practice Christina Rossetti "A Birthday" Pre 20 Century
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Unseen Poetry Exam Practice Christina Rossetti "A Birthday" Pre 20 Century

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This is a short and straightforward activity giving students an opportunity to practise and develop the skills of writing an analytical essay about an unseen poem. The poem is “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti so no issues with copyright. The first slide of the ppt has a copy of the poem and the essay question. The second slide gives students a suggested pattern for tackling the task, the idea being that they should go through each of the steps in every paragraph of their response. The third slide can be used for self/peer assessment and developing the response further.
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Revision Walkthrough All Questions "Casino Royale"
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AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Revision Walkthrough All Questions "Casino Royale"

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This powerpoint guides students through the AQA GCSE English Language paper question by question (in that there are example questions and some guidance). There’s too much here for an hour’s lesson - could be extended over two or even three lessons. The text is a heavily abridged segment from “Casino Royale” by Ian Fleming in which Bond faces his enemy, Le Chiffre at the casino.
Fiction "Dracula's Guest" Bram Stoker CRR Comprehension Homework Home learning
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Fiction "Dracula's Guest" Bram Stoker CRR Comprehension Homework Home learning

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This is a simple and straightforward activity using the opening of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula’s Guest”. There are four, short tasks dealing with vocabulary, information retrieval, inference and analysis. Useful for homework or as home learning. Could be used to structure a guided reading activity. Could be used for flipped learning prior to analysing the next (more gothic) segment of the story in class. Useful for students at KS3 or to embed key sklls and build confidence at KS4.
KS2, KS3 "The Call of the Wild" fiction extract, crr, comprehension, cover activity, hw, reading
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KS2, KS3 "The Call of the Wild" fiction extract, crr, comprehension, cover activity, hw, reading

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Created for a year 7 class as a homework to go alongside our class reader of 'Love That Dog', this is a comprehension (close reading and response) activity based on the segment from "The Call of the Wild" in which Buck fights Spitz to become top dog. There are 14 questions in total, focusing on vocabulary, inference and the effects of language. This would be a good cover activity or the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session.
KS3, Pirates, "The ballad of John Silver", John Masefield, Mood, Analysis, Reading, Writing, Script
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KS3, Pirates, "The ballad of John Silver", John Masefield, Mood, Analysis, Reading, Writing, Script

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Created for a higher-ability year 7 class as part of a unit of work on "Treasure Island" and pirates, this lesson plan takes the pupils through "The Ballad of John Silver" by John Masefield. Using images and drama to embed the idea of writing having a mood, the lesson culminates with the pupils selecting one of the verses from the poem and re-writing it in script form (model given on one of the slides), creating the same mood as the original poem.
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Question 5 Viewpoint Opinion Writing Starters Settlers
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AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Question 5 Viewpoint Opinion Writing Starters Settlers

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This is an editable powerpoint which I created for my KS4 classes to use as settlers/starters and to build the skills they will need for the writing task on paper 2. The slides can be used for the first 5-15 minutes of the lesson (depending on whether you want your students to work independently or generate ideas through discussion). Of course, you may then wish to extend the ideas into a longer piece of writing - there’s scope for flexibility depending on the needs of your class. The first four slides are simply about the generation of ideas to support a viewpoint. The next three are focused more on varying the expression of ideas and the final four are slightly more developed again, using examples from existing media.
KS3 KS4 Writers' use of language Non Fic Fic Big Cats "My Struggle with a Tiger" Conan Doyle
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KS3 KS4 Writers' use of language Non Fic Fic Big Cats "My Struggle with a Tiger" Conan Doyle

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This is a straightforward powerpoint focusing on two short pre-twentieth century extracts. One is from “My Struggle with a Tiger” by Charles Jamrach and the other is from a story by Conan Doyle. This was planned for a less confident GCSE class but could also be used at KS3. It focuses on analysis - talking about the effect of the writer’s language choices on the reader. The last four slides are printables of the extracts.
KS2, KS3, "A Dragonfly" Eleanor Farejon, writing, reading, crr, cover, homework
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KS2, KS3, "A Dragonfly" Eleanor Farejon, writing, reading, crr, cover, homework

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This is a simple and straightforward powerpoint created for cover but also useful for homework - or could be taught as a lesson or used to structure guided reading and writing. There are three slides. The first focuses on writing to describe, the second is a simple comprehension activity and the third is an opportunity for more extended creative writing. The intention was for the ppt to be displayed, reducing the need for photocopying, but the slides are easily editable if handouts are required.
KS3, KS4, Non Fic Pre-1914 "Nature Near London" CRR Guided Reading Inference
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KS3, KS4, Non Fic Pre-1914 "Nature Near London" CRR Guided Reading Inference

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Originally planned for KS3 students as part of a reading unit on the natural world, this could be used with much less confident readers at KS4, perhaps as part of a catch-up or intervention series. The text used is from “Nature Near London” (1905 so public domain) by Richard Jefferies. Alongside the short excerpt are some questions which can be used to diagnose gaps in reading skills and comprehension.
KS3, KS4, reading comprehension, revision, guided, crr, Dickens, "David Copperfield" setting
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KS3, KS4, reading comprehension, revision, guided, crr, Dickens, "David Copperfield" setting

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This is a multiple-choice quiz with 19 questions (answers provided) based on a description of setting from “David Copperfield”. This could be used for revision of reading skills at KS4 or could be part of a unit on Dickens at KS3. Alternatively, the questions could be used to structure a guided reading session or, as flipped learning, to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding so that subsequent teaching can be more sharply focused.
AQA GCSE Eng Lit Poetry Love and Relationships Anthology Practice Question Revision
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AQA GCSE Eng Lit Poetry Love and Relationships Anthology Practice Question Revision

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This is a very bog-standard powerpoint using some questioning to support students’ recall of Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’ and ‘Singh Song’, “Love’s Philosophy” and Sonnet 29 - prior to asking them to tackle a question about the presentation of feelings about romantic relationships. Might come in useful as a starting point for revision. If you find this of use, I would very much appreciate you taking the time to leave a review.
"Ozymandias" KS4, GCSE, Eng Lit, AQA, revision, analysis, questioning, ppt, whole lesson
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"Ozymandias" KS4, GCSE, Eng Lit, AQA, revision, analysis, questioning, ppt, whole lesson

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I made this for my year 11 class at their request, to revise “Ozymandias” prior to their February mock exam in English Lit. Please feel free to use/amend for your own classes. The intention is that the ppt slides provide prompts for probing questioning and whole-class discussion of the poem. Just to be clear - this wasn’t used for first teaching of the poem - my students had a (in many cases, very hazy) knowledge and understanding before they went through this lesson. I hope very much that you will find this resource useful and will be really grateful if you’ll take a minute to leave a review. Thank you.