LESSONS

SHAKESPEARE

• 7 TEACHERS' PLANNING SHEET
• 9 PAINTING WITH WORDS introduces the concept of imagery
• 11 WHODUNNIT? demonstrates the different ways in which characters reveal their state of mind
• 13 TWO FACES explores the motivation of key characters
• 15 THE THEME MACHINE helps students understand and identify themes
• 17 THEN AND NOW encourages an awareness of historical context
• 19 MINI ACTS helps students to focus on dramatic structure

PRE-20th CENTURY PROSE (WIDE READING)

• 21 TEACHERS' PLANNING SHEET
• 23 THE WRITER REVEALED establishes a connection between aspects of a story and the personality and attitudes of its author
• 25 VIEWPOINT enables students to recognise different viewpoints and to identify features of the narrative voice of a text
• 27 CHOICES using choices to structure a narrative
• 29 NEW WORDS examines how language changes over time
• 31 CHARACTER MATCHING helps students to describe characters
• 33 SETTING introduces the concept of setting, and examines its effect on the story

MEDIA

• 35 TEACHERS' PLANNING SHEET
• 37 THE CAMERA OFTEN LIES helps students to see how the truth can be distorted by editing of images
• 39 THE FRONT PAGE introduces the concepts of tabloid and broadsheet newspapers and asks students to compare layout in two newspapers
• 41 THE WAY I SEE IT Shows that news stories can be subjective and contain emotive language
• 43 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS helps students understand the methods used by advertisers to motivate their target audience
• 45 HOW TO SELL helps students analyse the separate elements of advertisements and become aware of how advertisers use connotations to reach their target audiences
• 47 DESIGN AN AD students use their understanding of advertising techniques to create their own advertisement

20th CENTURY DRAMA

• 49 TEACHERS' PLANNING SHEET
• 51 BLAME helps students examine the motives of characters, their relationships with other characters and how consequences structure a text
• 53 HIGH AND LOW encourages students to think about the techniques actors use to reveal the status of characters
• 55 MISSING SCENES students imagine an extra scene for the play, focusing on language, behaviour and the structure of the play
• 57 CREATING THE MOOD asks students to identify the mood of the play they are studying and to experiment with ways of creating different moods
• 59 SIGNS OF THE TIMES helps students to explore the historical setting of the play

CREATIVE WRITING

• 61 TEACHERS' PLANNING SHEET
• 63 BEGINNINGS helps students to plan a story, focusing on an effective opening
• 65 TRAVELLERS' TALES stimulates ideas for original writing based on the idea of travel - looking at reasons for travelling, types of traveller and destinations
• 67 TRAVEL WRITING students consider the genre of travel writing, focusing on purpose, audience and language. The lesson leads to a piece of original travel writing
• 69 CREATE A CHARACTER encourages students to produce rounded and realistic characters in their writing
• 71 RIGHT UP YOUR STREET examines how point of view affects description of place and encourages more effective descriptions in students' own writing

APPENDIX

• 72 THE WAY I SEE IT role cards
• 73 THE WAY I SEE IT word banks
• 74 SEVEN DEADLY SINS homework sheet
• 75 CREATING THE MOOD mood cards