In this lesson, students will think like a writer and learn to adapt their language to align with various intentions. Lesson includes: *Do Now Activity: Students work in pairs to analyse the intentions of writers in various articles related to a TikTok ban. Understanding Writer’s Intention: Explanation of the concept of writer’s intention. Question 5 Task on AI: Students engage with a Question 5 task related to artificial intelligence. Class Planning: Collaborative planning session for a writing task. Writing Tasks: Students practice identifying intentions in sample paragraphs and adapt model sentences to suit different intentions.

Practice paper and lessons for the reading section of AQA English Language Paper 1. Lessons include: Extract from The Handmaid’s Tale and exam-style questions (Q1-Q4) Breakdown for each question I do, We do, You do Model paragraphs for Q2-24 Sentence stems to help students write their own analysis paragraphs

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.

The lesson focuses on the theme of redemption through the character of Jacob Marley. The lesson includes: Do now activity: non-fiction article ‘Ghost stories: why the Victorians were so spookily good at them’ and questions. Explanation of purgatory with links to Jacob Marley. Breakdown of the AQA English Literature Paper 1 Section B Extract analysis task Instructions on how to write a thesis statement and model example Model analysis paragraph and sentence starters to help students analyse theme of redemption in the extract.

A lesson focusing on how does Dickens uses setting to establish mood, character and themes. Lesson includes: Do now: retrieval practice (setting) Slides focusing on the importance of setting and methods to create a vivid setting. Quotation analysis task . Students collaborate in groups to analyse how Dickens uses the setting of Scrooge’s home to establish mood, character, and themes. Key quotations and guiding questions are provided to assist students in their analysis.

A lesson focusing on Dickens’ initial description of Scrooge. Lesson includes: Do Now inference task Etymology of Scrooge’s name Questions to help students analyse the opening description of Scrooge Language analysis task Independent writing task with sentence stems

AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Practice. Lesson includes: Explanation of literary structure and techniques Exploration and analysis tasks of a scene from the film ‘Encanto’. Model example paragraph Success criteria and sentence starters to help students’ written analysis of the scene

The second lesson in ‘A Christmas Carol’ SOW. Big question: What are the typical conventions of a ghost story, and to what extent does ‘A Christmas Carol’ align with these genre expectations? The lesson includes: what is genre? Exploration of conventions suited to ghost stories. questions to aid students’ analysis of the preface read, re-read, read again the opening of the novella analysis questions big question revisited: indepedent writing task

First lesson for A Christmas Carol SOW. Big Question: Who was Charles Dickens? Lesson includes: What is AO3? A brief exploration of AQA Assessment Objective 3 Fact sheet about Charles Dickens and questions Activity focusing on students making connections between the novella and the context What inspired Charles Dickens to write ‘A Christmas Carol’? Independent writing task with sentence prompts.

An introduction to ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. The lesson includes: Big question- Who was Tennessee Williams? To what extent might the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ be an expression of his identity? Research into Tennessee Williams (questions provided) Inference and prediction tasks using the ‘Poker Night’ painting by Thomas Benton and synopsis Homework task (Tennessee Williams Interview with Mike Wallace in 1958)

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. You can find a range of paid and free resources at www.thehappyteacherhub.co.uk

A lesson exploring the character Sheila Birling. The lesson includes: questions about Sheila Birling character tracking activity. class discussion question and sentence starters

Big question: What are the key features of a play? What do we learn about the Birling family though the stage directions? Lesson includes: Retrieval practice (J.B. Priestley brain dump) Students explore the conventions of a play Questions to help students’ analysis of the staging and opening stage directions Revisit the big question. Series of sentence starters to help students answer the question

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

The lesson involves students writing an analysis of an extract from chapter 5. They begin by exploring ideas about code-switching to gain a better of Starr and her feelings in the extract. Students will then look at how to write an analytical response through I do, We Do, You do. They will also look at how to use metaphors to develop their interpretations (idea inspired by Chris Curtis’ How to Teach Like a Writer).

An introduction lesson for The Hate U Give. Students will begin by researching the contextual factors surrounding the novel (American school system, statistics of poverty and police brutality in the U.S). They will then read chapter 1 and use their knowledge of the context to make inferences about the text.

Lessons focusing on Q1 to Q3 from English Language Paper 1, using an extract from Great Expectations.

Introducing students to Socratic Seminars though the exploration of the poem ‘Out of the Blue’ by Simon Armitage. PowerPoint includes: -Explanation and brief history of Socratic Seminars -Seminar question -Planning questions -Sentence stems to help with discussion -Evaluation activity You can find more resources at www.educatedminds.co.uk

An assembly looking at why we should celebrate black history. The assembly highlights important black figures, such as Frederick Douglass, Mary Seacole, Lewis Latimer and the Moors, and their contributions to history. The assembly also explores the presence of black people in Britain from the 3rd century to the Victorian era (Beachy Head Lady, Ivory Bangle Lady, John Blanke and Sarah Forbes Bonetta) to highlight how black people were visible in Britain before the Transatlantic slave trade and were more than just enslaved Africans. Lots of help from David Olusoga’s Black and British :)

Five tutor time activities focusing on a few important Black figures in history.