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Students will: - Understand why we use genre to understand texts. - Explore how some text producers choose not to follow generic genre conventions. - Analyse a text in pairs.

In this lesson, students will: - Understand the term prosody and prosodic features. - Discuss spoken transcript conventions. - Read a model analysis of prosody and demonstrate our own understanding.

A lesson that could be used either for GCSE English Language (high ability) or KS5 English Language A-Level. The lesson focuses on Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech - unpicking rhetorical devices and linguistic features and analysing them. The lesson includes a student response and an opportunity for students to apply their understanding to their own analytical answer. This is an interactive lesson that allows students to practie their analysis, whilst focusing on something that is current and interesting/engaging to them. Hope you enjoy this lesson and the resources!

Perfect for transition days/ new classes - All about me fact file document.

Whole lesson on how to analyse an extract (Macbeth - Literature). Example answers included. Main focus in on developing detail in analytical paragraphs. Perfect for a revision lesson.

Aimed at KS4 - high ability but can be easily differentiated.

Whole lesson including exemplar answer.

The resources comprise a unit of work on Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' for KS4 pupils studying GCSE English Literature. The class is a Year 11 nurture group, but this can be easily differentiated for students in other years/ higher ability. Lessons 11-21 *The students have watched the film prior to studying the text.

GCSE low ability introductory lesson; fun and interactive. AQA - modern play.

AQA English Language GCSE - Paper 1 Question 3 Revision pack Could be used to model annotation and work as a class to write model answers. Could also be set as homework. Inc. texts and mark schemes.

Accent presentation - Lesson on theories linking to accent. Students are required to create their own presentation based on theories. 10 page document on theories (inc Trudgill & Labov) to aid presentation. Could be set as homework - wider reading.

Bell task: Describing atmosphere (use of sound effects) of storm to link to subject matter. Starter: Soundscape Main: Annotate poem using annotation prompt sheet (pdf) Development: Quote and explanation match up. Then students are to write an analytical paragraph demonstrating their understanding.

Whole lesson on audience for An Inspector Calls.

Really helpful sheet to go alongside a marked answer for ‘An Inspector Calls’

A lesson exploring characterisation and how characters develop in the play.

A lesson on developing analytical writing by linking in relevant contextual ideas.

A lesson on developing inference skills

Engaging and interactive group work lesson. Students work towards planning at least two essays for ‘An Inspector Calls’.

A lesson which focuses on page 11-15. Bell task Title + Learning Objectives Homework Main activities: Analyse key quotations from the play. Read and summarise Act 1 Explain how the Birlings are represented as a family of power and status. Links to context. Plenary: Exit pass

A series of lessons, resources, homework and model answers for the AQA English Language exam. The main focus is AO1 and terminology including: morphology, noun phrases, verb phrases, transitivity, verb processes, parallel clauses and so on.