USEFUL FOR BROADENING KNOWLEDGE AT A LEVEL. CAN BE PRINTED OFF FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AS A REFERENCE GUIDE.

This is a step by step (1 - 2 lessons) guide to Remains by Simon Armitage. Contains 2 quizzes on content and techniques, a guided task on considering how the poem relates to the themes of power and conflict, and a step by step process of writing a response on the theme of power. Worked very well with middle ability Y9 but would also be suitable for higher sets.

In this lesson, aimed at middle to high ability Y9 or KS4, the stanzas of the poem are divided up with prompts to be given out to pairs or groups of students. Once students have thought about their individual stanza, they can feed back to the class and everyone can complete the A3 copy of the poem (with spaces for notes) to provide themselves with revision notes. The accompanying ppt provides a structure for the teacher to use when facilitating feedback.

This is a set of revision tasks which takes students through all three acts of the play, looking at characters, the theme of responsibility, younger versus older generation and Priestley’s message. Activities include match up the quotations to the characters, multiple choice answer quiz on Act One, order the plot for ‘Gerald’s bit’ in Act 2, analyse Mrs Birling’s refusal to accept responsibility for her actions and write on her metaphorical wall, highlight an extract for evidence of the difference between the younger and older generation and match up the statements with the evidence to confirm Priestley’s message. Copy of An Inspector Calls needed for the Mrs Birling wall task.

A positive view on the consequences of war, through Kathryn Tynan’s poem ‘The Broken Soldier’ and Agnes Herbertson’s 'The Seed Merchant’s son. Aimed at middle to high ability, there is some focus on structure and rhyme, along with general poetic techniques to build towards some analysis. Example TEAL paragraph given (Technique, Evidence, Analysis & Link to question) before students asked to write their own analytical paragraph. This could be adapted to fit a different structure. Plenary asks students to compare the two views of war presented in both poems.

This resource contains 3 x mini question 2 worksheets featuring two short extracts on linked topics. The topics are: UKs coasts and seas, Natural Disaster relief based on the 2013 Oaklahoma tornado and the Puerto Rico hurricane & the Indian Ocean. Easily adaptable, printable, email(able!)

An introductory or revision task where small groups of pupils take it in turns to memorise the images and quotations on the poster. The aim is to reproduce it in their groups and use it as a talking point.

This is a poster for a collective memory activity, where pupils in small groups take it in turns to have a minute to memorise the images and quotes on the poster. The aim is to reproduce the poster as exactly as possible. This facilitates discussion about what the play might be about.

This resource contains pictures of animal footprints to be put around the classroom. Students are required to match up the footprint with the animal they think it belongs to. Includes footprints to stick up, teacher answers PPT and student quiz sheet.

A 20 MINUTE, THREE TASK LESSON LOOKING AT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL / MEMORY, INDEPENDENCE AND SUMMARISING TO ENABLE KS3 ENGLISH STUDENTS TO REVISE TEXTS FOR ASSESSMENTS.

This lesson is aimed at encouraging students to love reading. It has links to author readings and recommendations from celebrities. There is a genre quiz that helps students work out the kind of story that might interest them, amongst other activities. Aimed at Y6 - Y8.

This lesson introduces the big Las Vegas hotels and the themes they are based around. After looking at some example, and watching some clips, students are tasked with creating their own and presenting their ideas to persuade the audience that their hotel should be the next one to be built on the strip.

THIS RESOURCE AIMS TO BROADEN PUPILS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BELIEFS AND TREATMENT OF WITCHES BY FOCUSING ON THE STORY OF THE PENDLE WITCHES. USEFUL INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY FOR STUDYING MACBETH.

AIMED AT KS3, THIS LESSON USES CHOCOLATES TO HELP INSPIRE PUPILS TO CREATE MOUTHWATERING ADJECTIVES AND VERBS. FOCUS IS IMPROVING LANGUAGE CHOICE IN DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. STUDENTS WORK THROUGH ACTIVITIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN BESPOKE BOX OF CHOCOLATES AND THEN DESCRIBE TO ADVERTISE!

This complete lesson shows students how to identify the rhythm of a poem and to think about its effects. The lesson also asks students to analyse the poem using CLAPS as an approach. Copy of the poem included.

Two lessons aimed at building confidence in language analysis. Using an extract from Chris Priestley's Tales of Terror (included), students are reminded of methods in a starter task (answers provided) then led through a step by step analysis. Taking a section at a time, questions are provided that aim to get students thinking about the choices Priestley has made in creating his atmosphere. At the end of each section, there is a mini plenary task to consolidate knowledge and check understanding. The end of L2 has an extension task which encourages students to extend Priestley's extract by describing what could be seen inside the house, using similar methods.

This 25 slide PowerPoint contains 8 practice questions for students to try. Each question pairs two of the power and conflict poems from the AQA anthology. I have provided extracts of the longer poems for ease and to facilitate both poems being placed side by side. The chosen poems / extracts anticipate common themes and each pair has a set of highlighted colour-coordinated quotations. This is to help students anticipate connections between the poems with the exam in mind. The idea is that the students consider the suggested quotations to come up with points of connection or comparison. This will be their umbrella point (linking point / topic sentence) for each section of their answer. Examples of what these umbrella points could be are provided for each question / pair of poems. Students could then mind map the given quotations and produce their analytical paragraphs in response to the given question. Examples of a mind-mapped quotation are provided for each question. These tasks are ideal for class or independent revision in preparation for the GCSE Lit exam.