Xmas Coral and Love and Relationship revison games
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Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies
Exam/Board: AQA
Wonder SOW
A full scheme of work on wonder.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Novels
Exam/Board: AQA
Darkside extracts
Extracts from the novel 'Darkside'} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Vocabulary
Exam/Board: AQA
Why Should We Read?
A PPT with some reasons for reading and a range of quotations on the subject to try to enthuse and encourage students to read more.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Reading Motivation Posters for Display
A collection of posters/memes/inspirational quotations to display around the classroom to encourage reading.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
Reading Lesson Activities
Sitting in silence reading can be very difficult some students. This PPT can be projected during a reading lesson and the teacher can interrupt the reading every now and again with a question or a task. Works well to share which books are being read by pupils and to give recommendations...} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 3
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Reading
Exam/Board: AQA
'An Inspector Calls' Act Three and The Inspector
A lesson in which students have to argue for different interpretations of the character of The Inspector.Taught to mixed ability Year 10.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Set Exam Texts (Novels)
Exam/Board: AQA
'The Farmer's Bride'
Taught to Year 9.Introductory lesson to 'The Farmer's Bride'- context and basic analysis.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies
Exam/Board: AQA
'Singh Song!' 2 lessons
Taught to Year 9.Two lessons on 'Singh Song!' starting with context and then language analysis.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies
Exam/Board: AQA
'Porphyria's Lover' 2 lessons
Taught to Year 9.Two lessons on 'Porphyria's Lover', starting with an investigation lesson and then a language analysis lesson.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies
Exam/Board: AQA
'Love's Philosophy' Introductory Lesson- Context and Basic Analysis
(I know there should be an apostrophe in the title but it won't let me compress the file with it in!!)Taught to Year 9.Introduction to 'Love's Philosophy', context and basic analysis.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Poetry Anthologies
Exam/Board: AQA
BBC 500 words story reading journal
A journal for students to complete- this can well work with Paper 1 Q5 GCSE, or for any Year group really- even Year 7!} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Language
Unit: Paper 1
Exam/Board: AQA
'An Inspector Calls' Pub Quiz
A fun, end-of-term lesson taught to Year 10 as a revision tool.A series of questions based on context, themes, quotes and characterisation. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Set Exam Texts (Novels)
Exam/Board: AQA
'Macbeth' Key Character Information
Very basic introduction to the key characters in 'Macbeth'. I printed them off and gave them to students to read aloud to the class.Taught to Year 7 as part of an Introduction to Shakespeare unit. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Shakespeare
Exam/Board: AQA
'Jane Eyre' Stretch and Challenge Thesis Statement cards
A range of thesis statements in worksheets for students to analyse.Used as a revision tool for Year 11.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Set Exam Texts (Novels)
Exam/Board: AQA
'Jane Eyre' Swiss-Army Knife Quotations
A range of key-quotations from the novel, in Swiss-Army Knife form for students to analyse. Used as a revision tool for year 11.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Set Exam Texts (Novels)
Exam/Board: AQA
Poetic Technique Bingo
Fun, end-of-term lesson in which students drew bingo grids in their books and then looked for the techniques in the unseen poems on the PPT.The idea was that they would then have the technique and an example taken from the poem. Taught to year 9.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Unseen Poetry Experiment 'Valentine'
Taught to year 9.In this lesson, students attempted to analyse an unseen poem without reading it in its entirety. Based on 'Valentine' by Carol-Ann Duffy} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Unseen Poetry Comparison Biscuit Lesson
In this lesson, I gave students two biscuits with some similar features (Oreos and Chocolate Chip Cookies). They then went on to write up a GCSE unseen comparison style response based on the table.This lesson was taught to year 9.} VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA
Poetry Silent Debate 'Remains' and 'Exposure'
This lesson was taught as unseen poetry for my Year 9 who were studying the 'Love and Relationships' cluster, but could be adapted as an anthology lesson. } VIEW
Level: Key Stage 4
Course: GCSE Literature
Unit: Unseen Poetry
Exam/Board: AQA