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VICTORIAN WORKING CHILDREN - CONTEXT FOR VICTORIAN NOVELS KS3 & 4
Students should produce a word cloud on what they know of Victorian society so far. They are then asked to match the image with the children's job from this era. More information is given about different child jobs and then students use this to write their own job adverts, using given examples. See other lessons for sale.
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE COLOUR CODED SAMPLE ESSAYS PLUS LIST OF EXAM QUESTIONS
Three resources here - a list of 8 possible View from the Bridge questions and two sample, colour coded responses.
English Literature Paper 1 GCSE AQA - Macbeth - Bravery and Courage Revision ppt
Extract question looking at how Shakespeare presents bravery and courage in given extract and in the play as a whole. Students are asked to consider these themes for the whole play and then look at the extract specifically. Using questions relating to different parts of the extract, students gradually build up an understanding of the extract. They can then begin to plan or write an answer.
KS3 Drama scheme based on the idea of a class visit to a haunted house.
Drama scheme of six lessons, aimed at KS3. Ideal for end of term activities. Covers a range of drama skills with easy to follow lesson ideas.
GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA - MYTHS AND LEGENDS - KS3 - AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 SKILLS KS4
Please note: this resource assumes you have a copy of the Anthony Horowitz retelling of this story. This is a fun and engaging couple of lessons on the story of Glaucus and Scylla (the one where gets Circe to change Scylla so that she loves him but actually changes her into a monster). Starter activities include a Greek Goddess memory game and a look at the symbols of some of the goddesses. Students then imagine what they would like to control, if they were a Greek god or goddess and design a symbol to represent their power. Following this, there are language activities looking at the writer’s use of words and phrases and sentence forms (as in Language Paper 1) when introducing the character of Circe. Then an examination of the language techniques used to describe Scylla’s transformation.
MACBETH EXTRACT TO WHOLE EXAMPLE QUESTIONS WITH SAMPLE ANSWER KS4 ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 1
2 x Macbeth exam questions, looking at Lady Macbeth being controlling just after Duncan's murder and Macduff's loyalty towards King Duncan. Includes sample answer for the first question. Pupils could plan out / answer the second exam question.
AQA ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 2 EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS KS4 REVISION NON OR LITERARY NON FICTION
Two lessons worth of English Language Paper 2 style questions. Powerpoint presentation with step by step guidance for students for answering Q 1 2 & 3 of the exam. Students would be able to answer Q4 after completing the tasks in the PPT. Resource contains two extracts related by the theme of explorations - one in Antarctica and one in the Siberian Marshes. Answers for self assessment and peer assessment task included.
CHRISTMAS THEMED DESCRIPTIVE WRITING TASKS 4 LESSONS 3 HOMEWORKS & DIRT ACTIVITIES KS3 & 4 ENGLISH
This resource contains 4 x complete lessons using a variety of recent High Street Store Christmas adverts as stimulus. It also contains 3 x home learning tasks with corresponding 10 minute DIRT / follow-up class activities for peer marking. Merry Christmas!
CHARLIE AND ME BY MARK LOWRY - 3 -4 HOURS OF ACTIVITIES TO GO ALONGSIDE CLASS READING
These are a selection of activities to compliment the reading of this wonderful book by Mark Lowry. I did this with my LA Y8s and they really loved it. I would say that Y7 and 8 would be most suited to this book and these activities. Mark Lowry cleverly works in poetry to this story so it is ideal to dip into poetry alongside enjoying this story of two brothers. Included are activities on Haiku and Limericks, plus some non-fiction relating to dolphins and persuasive writing.
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DESCRIBING CHARACTERS FOR KS3 & 4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING & WRITING SKILLS INDEPENDENT LEARNING
This bundle contains 4 x single worksheets based on famous fictional characters - Dr No (James Bond), Gollum, Mrs Pratchett and The Witches. Each contains an extract from which pupils have to identify the writer’s techniques. Then, pupils can plan their own description using a themed given image. Planning boxes are provided to help. They can then self assess, looking for the skills they identified earlier in their own descriptions. Can be used one worksheet at a time or printed off as a booklet.
The second resource in this bundle is a work booklet which offers a range of structured tasks based on several fictional extracts with the purpose being to identify and be able to use the following skills: interesting vocabulary, simile, lists,adjectives, metaphor, short sentences, pathetic fallacy, opening sentences with a simile & personification. Easy to print off as a booklet and work through the tasks.
KS3 MISSING PERSON DRAMA SCHEME - EIGHT STRUCTURED LESSONS WITH RESOURCES
Aimed at KS3, this scheme takes you through the morning after a girl called Ellie disappears from her home in the night. There is a village meeting, a bag found at the station containing items that Ellie has lost (giving possible clues to her disappearance), a group effort to put up missing posters, mime to the Beatles’ track She’s Leaving home and much more. Students really enjoy this scheme. Hope you do too!
THE SOLDIER RUPERT BROOKE REMOTE POETRY LESSONS: CONTEXT, NATURE, SONNET
Two lessons that can be delivered remotely, or face to face. Looks at Brooke’s life and how his lack of battle experience influenced his perception of the war, a focus on Brooke’s use of natural imagery by matching up images to quotations in ‘The Soldier.’ Student investigation into whether the poem is a sonnet, using a set of given criteria. Lesson 2 provides a range of questions for students, with answers for teachers, that look at a range of methods used and their effects. Final task asks students to find a piece of music that matches the tone of the poem.
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KS3 POETRY THEMED BY NATURE / NATURAL WORLD
A range of poems introducing students to poetic techniques and form.
In this selection of poems, nature is used to convey a range of ideas such as happiness, change and loss.
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING & READING SKILLS FOR KS3 & 4
Lots of resources here - mix of booklets and ppt activities for either KS3 or lower ability KS4.
Useful for homework booklets, cover or in-lesson skills practise.
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UNSEEN POETRY - KS4 AQA LITERATURE THREE LESSONS
All three lessons use TEAL (technique, evidence, analysis & link) as a framework but this could easily be edited out / changed. All lessons aimed at middle to higher ability students.
In the Can by Rosie Jackson is a one stanza poem that tries to convey life in prison. Tasks start with a collective memory exercise (see slide notes) then moves to reading poem followed by group work on allocated extracts. Eventually, after student feedback, they will write their own TEAL paragraph using example provided.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - students read poem and answer a series of questions (with suggested answers provided). Leads to writing a TEAL paragraph with a set of given prompts.
Booklet of example war poems - pupils can choose which one to write a response on but can first look at how to annotate in detail at the examples given from ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ Example response provided.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN 15 KEY QUOTATIONS REVISION AID DISPLAY EXAM ENGLISH LITERATURE
Wondering what quotations to suggest your students learn for their exam? Here are fifteen carefully chosen quotations. Some include the ‘obvious’ ones but others are chosen to show the examiner that your students can select more judiciously. They can be edited if you wish and printed out to be stuck on walls for revision or on classroom walls. Each slide comes with an explanation of the quote with key terminology to help students understand its relevance. There are also suggested exam questions which each quotation might be useful for answering. There are similar resources on An Inspector Calls, Macbeth and Blood Brothers available in my shop.
HOW DOES SHAKESPEARE PRESENT MACDUFF AS A LOYAL CHARACTER ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE EXAM PREP
This lesson looks at the important character of Macduff and the theme of loyalty. Using the extract where Macduff discovers King Duncan’s body, students can work through questions that guide them through key ideas. Key quotations from the extract are provided with opportunities for students to analyse them first before being given suggested answers. An example paragraph is provided for the first bullet point of the essay. Then, three key quotations are suggested for the wider play that show Macduff’s loyalty to his country and his family, as well as to the King himself. Students can then write an analytical paragraph on one of the quotations discussed.
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Y7 Y8 Y9 KS3 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY SCHEME FULLY RESOURCED RANGE OF ENGAGING POEMS FOR STUDY
The scheme builds up students’ knowledge of understanding of the skills required to analyse poetry and includes lots of engaging activities. Poems included are: First visit to the Seaside, Homeless, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Jabberwocky, Afternoons, An Autumn Poem, Awakening to Snow, Snowflakes, Brothers, Steam Shovel, Lighthouse, Mirror, November Night, Roller Skates & Valentine.
AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE EXAM QUESTION - HOW IS LADY MACBETH PRESENTED AS A POWERFUL FIGURE?
A Powerpoint presentation consisting of a variety of tasks relating to Lady Macbeth. Main focus is working through the exam question, beginning with the given extract. Aimed at low to mid ability.
NARRATIVE WRITING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 SECTION B EXAMPLE AND PLANNING TWO LESSONS
This two lesson resource gives students an example of a story, for which they can discuss what the candidate has done well and what could be improved. Following this they can use the mark scheme included (from the new spec AQA) to award a level / mark.
Using this knowledge of what makes a good narrative, the remaining slides give some prompts and advice about how to go about planning and writing a narrative. Planning sheet and suggested titles is included for students to plan according to what they have learned. The actual story could be written by way of extension.