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Teacher of English and Curriculum Leader of Media Studies | MA in English Studies | NPQLT 2022-23 | PGCE Mentor | Passionate about oracy, metacognition, modelling, stretch + challenge, and effective use of feedback/ feed-forward
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Power & Conflict Poetry- Introduction (War Poems)
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To begin exploring the effects of writer’s methods to create meanings (AO2).
Literacy ‘do now’ task and vocabulary builder activity
Expectations of the GCSE exam and helpful tips/ tricks
Exploring modern conflicts and types of power
Exploring featured conflicts of the collection
Exploring context
Word association
Poetic techniques- vocabulary booster
Unseen Poem analysis practice- ‘We Are Not Enemies’ by Rupi Kaur with prompts for annotations, analytical writing practice, and a high-level modelled example (WAGOLL)
Metacognitive reflection plenary
Macbeth- The Supernatural: Analysis Walkthrough Booklet
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson/ homework booklet. Fully-resourced 20-page booklet. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
13 key quotations linking to the theme of the supernatural + space to annotate
Macbeth context revision clock
Contextual development/ quotation from James I’s ‘Daemonologie’
Key vocabulary builder + tragic genre understanding check-in
Use of speech + language on stage
Exam-style question (the supernatural- Act 4, Scene 1)
Introduction modelled example (WAGOLL) + mini planning grid
Modelled analytical paragraph (WAGOLL) + success criteria checklist
Space for written response
Self-assessment + DIRT upgrading tasks
Metacognitive reflection
GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision Lesson- Violence
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of violence in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of violence in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Oracy task- Talking Point debate
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (the Captain’s speech Act 1, Scene 2)
High-level WAGOLL model example
Essay structures
Peer-assessment task
AQA GCSE Media Studies- Film Industry Comparison
For AQA GCSE Media Studies (assessment from 2023 onwards)
Fully resourced lesson on comparing/ contrasting the marketing strategies behind I, Daniel Blake and Black Widow, complete with exam-style questions and grade 7-9 wider-reading extension tasks.
GCSE Media Studies Christmas Advertising
Ideal for AQA GCSE Media Studies advertising SOWs. Fully resourced lesson on Christmas adverts (print and audio-visual).
Key vocabulary ‘do now’ task
Practice exam-style questions on an unseen Christmas print advert from Age UK (2 marks, 2 marks, 12 marks)
Peer assessment task with clear links to assessment objectives and exam mark scheme
Analysis of the John Lewis 2016 Christmas advert (focus on narrative structure, theories, mise-en-scene and representation)
Planing of a television Christmas advert for a brand/ company of students’ choice by creating a storyboard, building on learning from prior lesson activities
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q1-3 Revision- The Gap of Time
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from Jeanette Winterson’s ‘The Gap of Time’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini descriptive writing (Q5) progress check task with high-level modelled example
Q1-style comprehension task
Q2-style language analysis task with high-level modelled example provided, self-assessment sturctures and ‘unstuck’ indicative content for scaffolding
Q3-style structure analysis task with sample answer, peer-assessment structures, and scaffolded support to form compelte answers
AQA GCSE Media Studies Learning Journey
Completed AQA GCSE Media Studies (exams/CSPs from June 2023) 2-year learning journey/ curriculum map with links to curriculum intent, dual-coding, assessment objectives, key assessment points and KS3 prior skills/ knowledge.
PowerPoint file to allow for editing and adapting. Perfect for displaying in classrooms, providing to students and assisting in rationalising curriculum intent/ progress.
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Funeral Blues + Nothing Gold Can Stay
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’.
Learning objectives displayed
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
WAGOLL example of analytical paragraph
Space for analytical writing practice
AQA GCSE Language P1 Q5 Revision- Embedding Ambitious Vocab
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson/ creative writing lessons at KS3 + KS4. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To demonstrate consistent application of sophisticated, ambitious vocabulary in order to effectively describe (AO5).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Revision strategies
Vocabulary booster tasks
Progress check- short writing task with WAGOLL model example
Risks of overusing ambitious vocab in creative writing
Sample answers
Practice question- descriptive writing task with recommended structures
Self-assessment task + upgrading
Metacognitive reflection task
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q4 Revision- Coraline
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘Coraline’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check tasks with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment. Slow-writing and scaffolded structures included.
Q1-style comprehension task
Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers
Extract from Chapter 3 of Neil Gaiman’s ‘Coraline’ (1990)
Persuasive Speeches- Michael Sheen World Cup Speech
Analysis and persuasive writing activities ideal for a KS3/ KS4 homework task for a non-fiction unit/ AQA Language Paper 2 revision with full instructions, paragraph structures, success criteria and WAGOLL modelled examples.
This project focuses on Michael Sheen’s persuasive speech in support of the Welsh football team in the 2022 World Cup.
Resource tasks:
Read the speech. Highlight and annotate any persuasive techniques on the sheet.
Select one quotation from the speech and write a short analytical paragraph to answer the question: How does Michael Sheen use language to persuade and motivate his national team? There are structures and a modelled example on the sheet to follow.
Write a short persuasive speech to rally support for a team for the 2022 World Cup from a country of your choice.
GCSE Media Studies Christmas Adverts Project
Ideal resource for GCSE Media Studies Christmas/ Winter homework projects
Research into Christmas advertising
Exam-style questions on advertising conventions, advert narrative structures and features, and the influence of social/historical/cultural contexts
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Another Night Before Christmas
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adapted for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 comparative analysis worksheet on Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’.
Learning objectives displayed
Vocabulary builders
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Walkthrough- A Gentleman in Moscow
Ideal for AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 revision/ walking-talking mocks. Fully resourced walkthrough/ walking-talking mock on an extract from A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Especially useful for students aiming for grades 7-9.
Exam-style questions
Tips for each question
Indicative content for each question
Paragraph structures for each question
High-level WAGOLL model examples for each question
Self-assessment tasks using the exam mark schemes
Metacognitive plenary
Blood Brothers- The Psychology of Nature vs. Nurture
Ideal for stretching and challenging KS3 + KS4 students when studying the context of Blood Brothers and exploring the psychology of nature vs. nurture! Fully-resourced. Intended for BB but could be applied to the majority of GCSE literature set texts/ A-Level set texts, or could even be used in citizenship/ PSHE.
What does this lesson include?
LO: To demonstrate an understanding of the nature vs. nurture debate in psychology.
Key vocabulary
‘Do Now’ task defining nature and nurture
Links to Blood Brothers
Nature vs. nurture personal venn diagrams
Nancy L. Segal research
Building knowledge- YouTube link with handy explanation video
Exploring a twins case study
Hinge questions to assess understanding
Twin + triplet studies- looking at the ‘Three Identical Strangers’ documentary and research documents
Cornell notes activity
Oracy plenary- whole class Talking Point-style debate
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Unseen Poetry- A3 Sheets X11 Bundle
Ideal for GCSE English Literature revision
A bundle of 11 A3 double-sided unseen poetry worksheets including a variety of poems, space for annotations, visible learning objectives, structure/ language techniques tasks, modelled examples and space to write analytical paragraphs. Perfect for Year 11 revision!
This bundle includes worksheets on:
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Another Night Before Christmas’
Joseph Coelho’s ‘February’
Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’
Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’
Seamus Heaney’s ‘Blackberry Picking’ and Henry Vaughan’s ‘The Retreat’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’ and Phillis Wheatley’s ‘To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty’
W.H. Auden’s ‘Funeral Blues’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’
Owen Sheers’ ‘On Going’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘Clearances’
Brian Bilston’s ‘The Caveman’s Lament’ and Anon’s ‘You’re the One’
Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ and William Ernest Henley’s ‘Invictus’
Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ and John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’
GCSE Macbeth: Theme Revision- Corruption
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
Intended to be a 100-minute lesson but can be adapted for your needs and time allowances.
What’s included?
LO: To explore the theme of corruption in Macbeth and demonstrate an understanding of the play’s historical/ social context.
Big question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of corruption in the play?
‘Do Now’ literature knowledge recall activity- 5 questions on Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C poetry + vocabulary
Vocabulary builder activity
Key quotations recap
Macbeth context revision clock
5 questions in 5 minutes on Macbeth
Tracking theme development
Use of language on stage
Exam-style question (discovery of the regicide- Act 2, Scene 3)
Essay planning mat
Context development
Quote explosion + practice time
GCSE English Literature Quote Revision- Dual Coding
4 X dual coding revision grids for students to link their own quotations from key set texts with the provided images/ symbols.
1 x Macbeth
1 x A Christmas Carol
1 x An Inspector Calls
1 x Power & Conflict Poetry
Ideal for quotation recall, interleaved practice and as ‘do now’ activities!
Unseen Poetry A3 Sheet- Who's for the Game
Intended for AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 Unseen Poetry revision but can be used/ adaptive for all exam boards.
Double-sided A3 analysis worksheet on Jessie Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’.
Learning objectives displayed
Knowledge retrieval- poetic techniques
Space for annotations
Success criteria list to support note-taking/ annotations
Space to explore connotations of the title + a key quotation
Prompts for structural analysis
Space for analytical writing practice
AQA GCSE English Language P1 Q4 Revision- The Silence of the Lambs
Ideal to use as part of any AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-based SOW/ Year 11 revision lesson. Fully-resourced lesson. Especially stretching and challenging for students aiming for grades 7-9!
What’s included?
LO: To critically engage with an extract from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ by applying the mark scheme and exploring the source (AO1, AO2, AO3).
‘Do Now’ interleaving literature recall task (Macbeth, ACC, AIC, P&C)
Mini creative writing (Q5) progress check task with a focus on strutural techniques + self-assessment
Q1-style comprehension task
Q4-style evaluation task with scaffolded support to form complete answers