Notes from Atwood's Testaments book launch Linked to Handmaid's
When we saw Margaret Atwood talk about her books at the cinema, I frantically scribbled notes and have now typed them up as best as I could. I might have missed/misheard some things but thought this might be useful, especially for the AO3 context which is heavily weighted in this Lang/Lit sect...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Unit: Paper 1 - telling stories
Topics: Imagined Worlds
Exam/Board: AQA
Nouns in Writing - specificity and granularity - Artemis Fowl
A worksheet introducing and exploring the Cognitive Grammar concept of specificity and granularity and their role in creating tension in a text. Short extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) with brief writing prompt.Could work as short homework task, or in lessons} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Unit: Writing
Topics: Imagined Worlds
Exam/Board: AQA
Verbs in Writing - Artemis Fowl
A worksheet that can be used in a lesson or as homework looking specifically at the role of verbs in expressing action. Extract taken from Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer), tasked based on Cognitive Grammar and exploring stative vs dynamic verbs.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Unit: Writing
Topics: Imagined Worlds
Exam/Board: AQA
Transrealism article taken from The Guardian
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Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Unit: Paper 1 - telling stories
Topics: Imagined Worlds
Exam/Board: AQA
The Lovely Bones Lesson 1
Introductory lesson to The Lovely Bones, modified to suit the transition from Year 11 to 12 and also lay the foundations for teaching the text. Students will explore Sebold's motivations and discuss the significance of transrealism as a literary movement. Lesson is based on examiner's rep...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A Level Lang & Lit
Unit: Paper 1 - telling stories
Topics: Imagined Worlds
Exam/Board: AQA
Introducing Othello - basic plot, theme and context points
A lesson to introduce students to some of the bigger ideas around context, plot and theme before they begin reading the text in earnest.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lit (A)
Unit: Paper 1: Love through the ages
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Introducing Shakespearean Love
A lesson to test students' ability to analyse language, form and structure post GCSE and to begin exploring Shakespeare's attitudes towards love as part of the Love Through the Ages unit. This will link into our study of Othello} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 5
Course: A level lit (A)
Unit: Paper 1: Love through the ages
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Young Drivers - persuasive writing
2X 90 minute lessons based around young drivers for GV+CSE resit students. Teaches persuasive language and article writing. Could be made into one session as there is a lot of discussion work in session 1.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Kangaroo Boxing - summary, comparison and evaluation
2X 90 minute lessons based around Kangaroo boxing for GCSE resit students. Teaches summary, language analysis, comparison and evaluation skills using a clip form a documentary and modern and 19thC texts.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Rule the World - Compare and contrast using Songs
90 minute lesson based around two songs of the same title (Rule the World) for GCSE resit students using compare and contrast skills.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
The Darkest Hour - Structure, comparison and evaluation
2X 90 minute lessons based around the film 'The Darkest Hour' for GCSE resit students. Teaches structure, comparison and evaluation.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
WW1 Propaganda - infernece and evaluation
Two 90 Minute lessons based around WW1 propaganda posters and recruitment poems for GCSE resit students. Teaches inference, connotation, evaluation and a little bit pf creative writing!} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 2
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Year 9 Crime Fiction Reading List
A collection of novels and short stories compiled from suggestions on the AQA GCSE Facebook group to complement a Crime Fiction Unit for Year 9.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Reading
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
The Wound in Time - poetry Carol Ann Duffy
Lesson on The Wound in Time - Armistice Centenary poem by Carol Ann Duffy.Made for HA yr 9, would also work for unseen with KS4} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Poetry
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Cold Reading - A Christmas Carol
A collection of 5 lessons where students conduct a cold read of ACC making timelines of the events / writing summaries and then explore character and setting. 4 of these lessons feature a low stakes quiz to ensure students recall the stave read in previous lessons. This is based on the idea of cold...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Paper 1
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Genesis and Catastrophe - Roald Dahl lessons exploring writer's craft
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Only This - Introductory lessons exploring writer's craft
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
The Wish - a series of lessons exploring writer's craft
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
The Landlady - a series of lessons exploring writer's craft
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
Princess Mammalia - Roald Dahl lessons to explore writer's craft
A short story by Dahl with a series of comprehension questions and 4 lessons that take students through the text exploring language, structure and then crafting a piece of creative writing. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Writing
Topics: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA