Guided questions looking at the hidden meaning and language used by Blake

Hook: Exploring what three wishes students would have if they were given by a fairy. Starter: Re-capping questions verbally/ watching Act1, Scene 3 Development:Comprehension questions/ analysis (challenge) questions on the conversation between Prospero and Ariel Main: Students will analyse Ariel’s language in his fight to freedom and Prospero’s responses-exploring the theme of power Plenary: Students are to write a paragraph exploring why Ariel does/ does not deserve power

A full lesson focusing on analysing structure and writing-up a model response. Using a Jaws video to encourage students to pick up on focus and shifts using a storyboard. Students then will read and annotate a Jaws extract an complete a timed questions. Follows I DO, WE DO, YOU DO format. Includes: Powerpoint Exam style question and extract High quality model responses Structured sentence frames Guided reading questions A Please note: resources are printable from PPT itself.

An activity and lesson in one! Blow place-mat up onto A3 sheet of paper. Starter: Writing down ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotate the model paragraph Main: Writing a description based on the image using the structure strips as a guide.

Focused on key revision skills. Students are to recall quotations based on images. Students are to answer recall questions to aid revisions/ fill-the-gaps of key quotations with missing words. Students are to use the retained information applying the skills in analytical paragraphs/ exploding quotations. Includes challenges. A great, quick way to revise and teach students specific revision skills.

Two lessons on letter-writing using Marcus Rashford’s letter as inspiration. I used this with a low-ability class of Y11 and they really enjoyed it and also were able to write Grade 5-6 standard letters. Frayer Models used for direct vocabulary instruction. Using Personally/ Socially/ Future/ Solutions as a template to plan a letter Features WAGOLL introduction Includes structure strips

Exploration of Mercutio’s character throughout display including a table exploring him at different points. Exploration of Mercutio as a comical character using bawdy language including the ‘Medlar tree’ speech. Evaluate: To what extent do you believe that Mercutio is responsible for the death of R&J?

An activity focusing on descriptive writing. Used as a whole lesson placemat. Blow up onto A3 paper. Starter: Whole class ambitious adjectives to describe the image. Development: Annotating the WAGOLL (model description paragraph) Main: Using structure strips as a guidance, pupils will create their own descriptions.

This lesson explores the presentation of Juliet in this scene through prompt questions. Additionally, it explores her character and transformation throughout the play. Using visual hexagons, students will explore her throughout the play through a number of ambitious adjectives. Plenary: Students will explore the language transformation from Act 1/2 to Act 5

Match-up Activity: Exploring language techniques employed in the scene: from similes to juxtaposition. Starter: Re-cap of the scene. Development: Guided reading analysis of the scene Main: Exploding quotation including guided anlysis and model responses (according to Assessment Objectives- AQA) Differenation: Guided questions relating to each quotation to be put on support station. ‘Challenges’ embedded throughout.

An activity looking at the Cratchit family in Stave 3. Students are to use the guided questions to explore meaning and create explanations. One has been done for you.

A revision PowerPoint looking at Scrooge's transition in each Stave. Includes key context slide, a quotation 'fill the gaps' activity and a table to complete. Key quotations are identified and pupils have to plan PETER paragraph responses.

Starter: Exploring social and historical context and analysing Lord Capulet’s reaction to the servants’ brawling in Act 1, Scene 1. Development: Guided annotations (differentiated key questions to analyse the characterisation of Escalus). Main: Essay plan exploring conflict in th play so far Plenary: Exploring the character of Romeo and his Petrarchan ways. Includes sentence starters, model paragraphs. Aimed at Middle-High ability (4-6)

A booklet/ PowerPoint zooming in on Shakespearean language and asking pupils to complete PEER paragraphs based on comprehension of the scene and Macbeth's madness.

A nice little lesson looking at Macbeth's changing ambitions. Features a language technique match-up starter with some really ambitious devices. Goes onto look at ambitious adjectives to describe Macbeth's changes, guided annotations of the extract and a WAGOLL/ sentence starters for pupils to look at PETER paragraphs!

Practising PETER paragraphs between Ozymandias and London. Includes a table, engaging with comparative connectives and two model P.E.T.ER paragraphs and the P.E.T.E.R acronym success criteria.

A poem exploring how to analyse poetry using the S.M.I.L.E acronym. Includes: A poetic technique match-up, guided questions, fill the gap activities, exploding quotes examples, a poetry generator with guided questions for analyzing and a PETER paragraph generator.

A lesson looking at the language used by Macbeth. Includes: Tension graph and PETER paragraph analysis.

An extract based analysis with prompt questions and analysis questions to explore writers’ methods. Additionally, an ‘evaluate’ question to make students try and create a ‘thesis’ within their analysis.