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Checking Out Me History - John Agard
A lesson delivered to a Year 10 class that explores how John Agard presents ideas about power and conflict in ‘Checking Out Me History’. This was delivered before going on to analyse and annotate the poem.
Includes:
a key word and definition mix and match
a video
a research task (and grid) where students find out who the key black historical figures are in order to understand the context of the poem
an extension task where students identify lines in the poem that correspond to the images
Creating Effective Metaphors
Designed to follow on from the simile lesson, also available on my shop.
Students build upon their knowledge of similes and develop these skills into creating effective metaphors using advanced vocabulary.
During this lesson they will understand the effects of metaphors, and how they are similar/different from similes.
They will use their knowledge to develop effective metaphors in their creative writing, using engaging stimulus.
My Last Duchess
This lesson begins to explore the context, plot and key ideas in the poem ‘My Last Duchess’?
Exploring Outstanding Opening Paragraphs
A sheet listing opening sentences/paragraphs from a range of novels, which can be used/adapted for all secondary year groups.
I’d suggest laminating it, so that it can be reused.
Could be used to explore inference skills and the writer’s intent, sentence structure, word choice, and to identify literary techniques. You could also use these as sentence scaffolds for exploring both structure and content with students, as suggested by Jane Considine in her first The Write Stuff session on demonstration writing.
Lord of the Flies Chapter 6: Beast from the Air
A student-led exploration and analysis of significant moments in Chapter 6 of LOTF.
This lesson uses jigsaw work, enabling students to work in groups to share and discuss their explorations.
The lesson can be adapted for online learning through the use of collaborative breakout rooms in Teams.
Pathetic Fallacy
A lesson to enable students to explore and understand pathetic fallacy.
This lesson is designed for online teaching platforms, utilising polls, student votes and the chat function to encourage and monitor engagement, and allow for formative assessment. Teacher notes are included in the presentation for guidance.
Film clips are used to aid understanding of pathetic fallacy, and the main task involves a creative piece of writing to demonstrate their knowledge.
Ideal for KS3 and can be adapted to suit class ability.
Frankenstein
TBQ: Using my knowledge of Victorian Society, can I analyse an extract from a nineteenth century text?
Designed for a top set Y9 class and delivered over 2 lessons.
Includes:
introduction to context/galvanism/Mary Shelley
Extract and youtube videos to support comprehension
Quotation explosion task
Model paragraph response to the question ‘How does Mary Shelley present the theme of evil in the extract from ‘Frankenstein’?’
Sentence starters to support students’ own response to question
Peer assessment plenary
A Christmas Carol: The Poor
TBQ: Can I explore and analyse Dickens’ presentation of the poor in an extract from A Christmas Carol?
Designed for top set Y10.
Lesson includes quotation analysis task and an exemplar response.
Students prepare to write their own response to an exemplar exam question.
Exploring identity in Sylvia Plath's 'Mirror'
A lesson exploring how Sylvia Plath uses language to present ideas about identity in her poem ‘Mirror’.
Was designed for a mixed ability Year 9 class, but would be a great stretch and challenge lesson for a higher ability Year 8 class.
Various activities including an imagery task, where students match images to a line or phrase in the poem (handout).
Stretch and challenge tasks also incorporated.
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Creating Effective Metaphors and Similes
Two lessons to engage students in creative writing, and to enable them to create effective similes and metaphors whilst understanding the difference between the two,
Lesson 1: students develop their understanding of similes and identify their effects, utilising their knowledge to construct their own simile poem.
Lesson 2: designed to follow on from the simile lesson.
Students build upon their knowledge of similes and develop these skills into creating effective metaphors using advanced vocabulary.
During this lesson they will understand the effects of metaphors, and how they are similar/different from similes.
They will use their knowledge to develop effective metaphors in their creative writing, using engaging stimuli.
These lessons are aimed at Year 7 but may be suitable for L/A Year 8.
Using Varying Sentences for Clarity, Purpose and Effect
A descriptive writing lesson which focuses on using a variety of sentence types for clarity, purpose and effect.
This resource uses the Horror/Gothic genre as stimulus to encourage students to think about the intentional effects of different sentences, including sentence fragments.
Lesson was designed for Year 7, but perhaps suitable for L/A Year 8.
The Tempest Spell Writing
’Using creative writing skills, can I write a recipe for a magic spell to summon a storm?'
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Y8 class who were studying The Tempest.
I used this for the last lesson of term, so it was a nice and creative lesson to end on and the students had lots of fun creating their own spells.
The lesson includes an activity where students identify poetic devices in the spell chanted by the witches in Macbeth, and then goes on to support them writing their own spell to conjure a storm (like the Tempest).
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Lord of the Flies
A psychoanalytical reading
Chapter 6: Beast from the Air
Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters
Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness
Map project
Power and Conflict: Remains
TBQ: Can I explore the context of the poem ‘Remains’ to help me understand the plot and create a storyboard?
Lesson created for weaker ability Y10 class to enable them to understand the plot.
Lesson includes an exploration of context (youtube video) and PTSD.
Differentiated storyboard included.
Comparing Bayonet Charge and Charge of the Light Brigade
TBQ: Can I compare how the poets present ideas about war and conflict in ‘Bayonet Charge’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’?
Designed for weaker ability Y10 and delivered over 2 lessons.
Includes:
Step by step approach to comparing poems and responding to an exam style question
Revision venn diagram to compare the poems
Quote explosions
Comparative phrases task
Exemplar paragraph
Paragraph task
Peer assessment
Lord of the Flies: Id, Ego and Superego
A Freudian reading of LOTF, suitable for remote learning as well as in the classroom.
This lesson explores Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of the Id, Ego and Superego, applying it to Lord of the Flies to develop students’ contextual knowledge and understanding of characterisation.
This is a great stretch and challenge lesson, planned for a top set Y11 class, although can easily be differentiated according to ability.
Includes a range of tasks and stimuli to engage and facilitate learning such as videos, a Guess Who game, character profiles activity and a quiz (link included to quiz in lesson plan).
Creating Effective Similes
A lesson to engage students in creative writing, and to enable them to create effective similes using sophisticated adjectives.
Students develop their understanding of similes and identify their effects, utilising their knowledge to construct their own simile poem.
Power and Conflict: War Photographer
TBQ: When exploring War Photographer, can we analyse the language used to describe the effects of war?
Designed for a weaker ability Y10 group. Explore images and what a war photographer and darkroom is.
Youtube video included.
Students use the worksheet to explore their given stanza. These are differentiated and students are given prompt questions to help their analysis.
They then feed this back to the class and I used a visualiser to annotate the poem with the class feedback.
The Tempest Caliban Victim or Villain?
’After reading an extract from Act 1 Scene 2, can I analyse the character of Caliban and consider whether he is a victim or a villain?'
Delivered to a mixed ability Y8 class, focusing on the analysis of Caliban as a victim or villain, where students prepare to write an exam style response to the question - How does Shakespeare present Caliban as a victim?
A Christmas Carol Film Capture Sheet
A capture sheet for students to complete as they are watching A Christmas Carol.
A great revision resource or end of term activity, with a cloze summary included.