110 slide powerpoint with lesson plans and activities to go alongside reading of Wonder by RJ Palacio.
Used with an extra literacy class in year 8 but can be adapted.
A collection of poems for Section C of the AQA Literature Exam. Suitable for classwork or homework.
16 poems / 8 example exams broken up into sections. Each section has two scaffold sheets and sheets to write up an answer. On the answer sheets, there is a copy of the mark scheme and space to self/peer/teacher assess.
Includes a front cover to explain how to answer the paper.
Can be editted.
Lesson on Gerald Croft. Focus on ‘We’re respectable citizens not dangerous criminals’. Link to Harvey Weinstein / exploitation of power in 2018. Worksheets included.
Week of lessons - PPT and work book. Includes notes and tasks for Stave 4.
I used these with a lower ability GCSE class but they would suit a variety of classes.
Full scheme also available.
A lesson exploring the theme of oppression in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
I have used this as part of a poetry scheme but also as a bridge into texts such as Of Mice and Men.
Worksheets are included and students from Year 7 to Year 10 have loved studying this poem.
Week of lessons - PPT and work book. Includes notes and tasks for Stave 3. Also includes writing booklet to develop skills - punctuation and sentence structures.
I used these with a lower ability GCSE class but they would suit a variety of classes.
FULL SCHEME for every stave is also available as a bundle.
7 PowerPoints following the same format. All adaptable.
Can be used as whole lessons in school, homework tasks or for home learning.
Suitable for KS3 - 4 or as GCSE prep.
Slide one: Learning objective / overview of tasks
Slide two: Find definitions of new vocabulary
Slides three - six: Literacy challenges such as how to use a semi-colon
Slide seven: Produce a piece of writing using the new vocabulary and skills. Pupils are given an image to use as stimuli in the style of AQA GCSE English Language.
Slide eight: Review work / set targets
Resources linked to the pilot papers provided by AQA. They are designed for Year 9 but I have used them with low ability GCSE.
Starter to help pupils understand tone and perspective, particularly in 19th century texts.
PPT to scaffold answers to Questions 1 - 5.
Worksheets to help with Q2, 3 and 4.
A set of retrieval challenge grids - could be used for short responses or more detailed revision.
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Jekyll and Hyde
Anthology Poetry
Unseen Poetry
Macbeth
A Powerpoint with several worksheets to scaffold analysis of The Manhunt. Students from Y7 to Y11 have always loved this lesson.
Worksheet on semantic fields
Worksheet based on an article in National Geographic about PTSD and art therapy
Worksheet on selecting relevant evidence from poems
Sentence starters for PETAL paragraphs
WWW EBI sheets
A Key Stage Three Scheme of Work Exploring Identity through Poetry.
Includes PPTs on 9 poems and worksheets plus retrieval tasks.
Poems are chosen to be representative and include themes of age, ethnicity, culture, relationships and migration.
Includes a key word bank with tier two and three words - these are then distributed throughout the PPTs.
A starter for every lesson plus some blank templates for students to create their own quizzes.
Each starter has a question about the language papers and the different literature texts to encourage continual revision.
An Inspector Calls
Macbeth
A Christmas Carol
Relationships
Can be edited
A PPT with an example answer to improve. Includes slides on vocabulary and links to the AQA mark scheme. Focus is on Sheila, Mr Birling and social responsibility.