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I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)

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I am a secondary school English teacher, teaching KS3 and KS4. My lessons are all differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Please leave a review - I would love to hear your feedback :)
AQA Language Paper 2 Non-Fiction Scheme of Work. Complete set of lessons and resources.
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AQA Language Paper 2 Non-Fiction Scheme of Work. Complete set of lessons and resources.

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Includes a range of lessons and resources for a non-fiction scheme of work. All lessons differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Lessons include a range of topics including: Prisons, P.T Barnum, the Death penalty, Live Aid, the news, Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’, Selling houses, gun law and nursing. Lessons cover both the reading and writing sections of the paper. Please leave a review. I would love to hear your feedback :)
Guess Who - Speaking & Listening. To gather & present information on an allocated topic.
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Guess Who - Speaking & Listening. To gather & present information on an allocated topic.

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Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson starter asks students to write down a funny story that is either truth or a lie. The teacher then collects these in and returns to them for the plenary. The main part of the lesson involves students been allocated a topic and having to work with others to gather information about that topic to eventually present their findings.
Room 101 - Speaking and Listening - To practice and develop skills in presenting.
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Room 101 - Speaking and Listening - To practice and develop skills in presenting.

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Used as part of the speaking and listening GCSE module but can work as a stand alone lesson to practice speaking and listening skills. Could also be adapted for teaching non-fiction if needed. Lesson is based around the concept of Room 101 with students being asked to think about their pet peeves and eventually work in a group to present a short presentation on why it should be put into room 101.
General Election 2019 - To develop our understanding of the General Election
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General Election 2019 - To develop our understanding of the General Election

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Lesson is aimed at developing students’ understanding of the General Election. Lesson looks at the history of voting, what happens in a General Election, who the main parties and leaders are & what the main pledges of each party are. Students have a choice of tasks based on speech writing. They can either write a speech arguing that the voting age should be 16 or write a speech arguing which political party should be in power.
Buddy The Elf - Creative Writing Christmas Lesson
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Buddy The Elf - Creative Writing Christmas Lesson

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Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson focuses on descriptive writing skills. Main task asks students to create a piece of creative writing from the point of view of Buddy the Elf, experiencing New York City for the first time. Students watch a short clip to help with this and complete planning activities.
Sherlock - Mystery writing KS3 - Paper1, Question 5
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Sherlock - Mystery writing KS3 - Paper1, Question 5

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A Sherlock mystery writing lesson to focus on Paper 1, Question 5 descriptive writing skills. Differentiated using aim/challenge/super challenge and the GCSE mark scheme. Aimed at KS3 but could be easily adapted for GCSE groups. Lesson planned using the TEEP model.
Christmas Carol Stave 2 - Fezziwig and role models
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Christmas Carol Stave 2 - Fezziwig and role models

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A Christmas Carol lesson analysing Fezziwig and role models in the novel. Aimed at KS4 but can easily be adapted. Differentiated using the GCSE mark scheme and aim/challenge/super challenge. Lesson is created using the TEEP model.