Big question: How does Priestley present Mr Birling?
Lesson is based on a cold reading of the play. Lesson includes:
Retrieval practice questions
Analysis of Mr Birling’s speech in Act 1
Topic sentence practice. Students have to write topic sentences for a series of analysis paragraphs
Return to the big question
Lesson teaching students how to write a review. Students will look at features of a review and examples in order to help them write their own successfully.
Lesson focusing on the presentation of fairies (Puck) in the play. Students will explore the fairies at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1. They will analyse the language used to present Puck, with the opportunity to write their own PEED paragraphs (sentence starters included). There is a creative task allowing students to become ‘film directors’ and create their own version of Puck (worksheet also provided for this).
Updated (January 2024)
Lesson exploring Mr. Fezziwig.
Lesson includes:
1.Do Now retrieval activity
2. Questions to help students analyse Dickens’ characterisation of Mr Fezziwig
3. Non-fiction article ('3 Reasons Fezziwig is the Best Boss at Christmas and Always’) and discussion questions
4. Comparison activity (Scrooge and Fezziwig)
Lesson for the Power and Conflict poem ‘Kamikaze’.
Big Questions:
What was Garland’s intention for writing the poem ‘Kamikaze?
2.How does Garland present her ideas about the effects conflict can have on an individual?
What historical events inspired Garland’s poem?
Lesson includes:
-Starter activity exploring analytical verbs
-Fact sheet exploring the contextual factors that influenced the poem
Analysis worksheet with a series of questions to help students analyse the poem
Homework task
A lesson focusing on character development.
Students explore key techniques used by writers to shape convincing characters. Through analysis of a short animated film (GiveInToGiving) , students will construct a character profile for the protagonist and craft a descriptive piece of writing to bring the character to life.
The lesson also offers a writing model and success criteria to support students with their writing.
Eight weeks worth of revision activities for AQA English Literature (Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Power and Conflict poetry) and Language.
Each activity is centred around one of the assessment objective to help students focus their revision.
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Detailed lesson for Q3 (structure). The lesson:
- looks at the differences between language and structural techniques
-gives students opportunities to identify structural techniques within a text
- includes a detailed flashcard with sentence stems and terminology for revision
-includes mark scheme
English Language Paper 2 exam, using the thought-provoking theme of valuing our time over factors such as social media and money.
FOUR detailed lessons are included that tackles each question individually. Example paragraphs, peer/self-assessment and success criteria are given to help break down the skills needed into manageable chunks.
Lesson looking at how Priestley introduces the Inspector to the play. Students will unpick key quotations and analyse the methods Priestley uses to present Inspector Goole. Questions are given to help students ‘Explode the Quote’ and an exam style question is provided.
An AQA Q5 writing task starter has also been included for revision.
A series of detailed lessons focused on students creating their own theme park. Each lesson requires students to write for a different purpose or form (writing a review, pitch, leaflet). SPaG tasks are also included.
Lesson teaching students how to write a film review.
Lesson includes:
-homophone literacy task
-review activity for 'Black Panther'
- structure of a film review
-sentence starters/structure to help students write their review
13 detailed lesson PowerPoints for revision of ‘An Inspector Calls’.
Each lesson focuses on a different character or theme. A variation of tasks are included:
-visual and auditory task
- independent written tasks
- group tasks
-speaking and listening task
I have also tried using examples that are relatable to them, for example getting students to make comparisons between the relationship of Sheila and Gerald and Beyonce and Jay-Z.
Scheme also includes:
- focus on exam skills
-break down on how to approach the question
- lesson on assessment objectives
- weekly homework timetable, which includes exam style questions for a seven week term
- midweek homework tasks for revision of the ‘Love and Relationships’ poetry cluster.
PEEDC (point, evidence, explanation, development and a comparison one too) posters to use as classroom displays or as flashcards for students to help write a successful PEE paragraph.
Lesson looking at Atwood’s use of religious allusions in The Handmaid’s Tale. Lesson includes:
-series of questions for Chapter Four and Five
-group task involving students researching into the biblical references used in the novel
essay question
Lesson for Chapter Six of The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will focus on A03, researching into Puritan society and making links with the novel. An exam style question is also included as homework or an extension.
Five detailed starter activities that get students to blow up the language used in key quotations from 'Macbeth' and the 'Love and Relationship' poems.
Questions are given to aid analysis and interpretation of language. Extension tasks for each starter has also been provided. This requires students to write an essay response using the quotation, however only focusing on their weakest Assessment Objective (questions are also provided for this).
These activities can be completed individually, in pairs or in small groups.
Detailed lesson considering the role Mr Birling plays in the death of Eva Smith, making links with the context (working women in Edwardian Britain).
Lesson includes:
- AQA Question 1 (starter) and Question 4 (extension) revision tasks
- 'Explode' the quote activity