Explore power, control, and resistance in Suzanne Collins’ gripping dystopian novel with this fully resourced and engaging scheme of work, ideal for high-ability Year 8 or GCSE-preparation Year 9 groups.
What’s Included:
- 16+ structured lessons aligned to key AOs (Reading, Analysis, Context)
- Detailed lesson slides for every chapter (up to Chapter 16)
- PETER paragraph scaffolds for developing analytical writing
- Extract-based tasks with language and structural annotation
- Discussion prompts on dystopia, power, morality and heroism
- Contextual debates: inequality, media manipulation, cosmetic culture
- Silent debates, peer assessment frames, and group tasks
- Embedded exam-style questions (ideal for pre-GCSE skill-building)
- KS3 English Literature units
- High-ability Year 8 or Year 9 classes
- Pre-GCSE prep (AQA/Edexcel-compatible)
- Schools promoting social justice themes through fiction
- Challenge prompts for AO3 and viewpoint writing crossover
- Links to trailers and media clips to support visual engagement
- Tasks to develop independence, inference, and oracy
Format: PowerPoint (fully editable)
Recommended Duration: 4–6 weeks (16+ lessons)
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This Hunger Games scheme is a brilliant way to hook KS3 students while developing key English skills. The lessons are dynamic and varied, covering everything from character and theme to media and dystopian conventions. It encourages strong textual analysis while also offering opportunities for debate, creative writing, and critical thinking. The resource is clearly mapped and easy to follow, making planning effortless and delivery impactful. Students loved the moral dilemmas and real-world connections — a thrilling, high-quality scheme that ticks every box.
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