This lesson is on Persuasive Language and has 22 slides.

There is a small sample of slides shown.

To view a full lesson see the first lesson in Year 9 English - Where our words come from.

The preview of the lessoon is as follows: 

• 1. Vocabulary
• 2. Power point on the development of language
• 3. Construction of flow chart whilst viewing the power point
• 4. compare with neighbour – fill gaps
• 5. Short 14 minute film on History of the English language
• 6. Write a short paragraph (10 lines) outlining the evolution of the English Language

There are 21 slides in this lesson on annotating.

A preview of the lesson is below:

• A power point with information on how to annotate a biography
• Then practice annotating on an extract

There are 32 slides in this lesson on Analysing an interview.

The preview is below:

• KWL
• Power point - types of sentences, formal and informal language.
• Read through the provided text: Aron Ralston Interview
• Answered all comprehension questions in your work booklet.

This lesson on feature articles has 32 slides.

The lesson contains the following:

• Power point feature articles
• Example of a Feature Article and questions
• Poster activities on feature article “Drama in Real life: Trapped on the Bottom of the Ocean”
• Reading comprehension questions on article

There are 22 slides in this lesson. The lesson teaches students how to keep notes each day after a lesson in class. It shows the student how to take notes and summarise concepts.

The Cornell note taking method helps organize class notes into easily digestible summaries. This method is effective because the main points, details, study cues, and summary are all written in one place.

In this lesson Writing objectively there are 10 slides. A small sample is shown.

The lesson is about writing a newspaper report objectively.

Students are given a text that has emotional words in it. They identify the emotional words and remove them from the text and re-write into a factual newspaper report

There are 27 slides in this lesson on How to write a paragraph.

Students take notes on how to write a paragraph and then complete activities.

• Power point on important facts on paragraph writing
• Identifying parts of a paragraph
• Practice paragraph writing
• Assess your neighbours work on paragraph writing

There are 18 slides in the lesson on comparing texts.

The lesson outline is as follows:

• Activity- comparing texts
• answer the question that you will be responding to in a TEEL paragraph  which is:  How has a text positioned you to respond to a survival story?
• write your paragraph you will need to select one of the three texts we have read over the past weeks
• Create a brainstorm
• make a list of the techniques (conventions, structural and language features, rhetorical devices) used in the text
• find evidence from the text that links the techniques to your response
• Response planning
• plan out your paragraph using the TEEL structure.

There are 10 slides in this lesson.

• Re-read the information from your chosen survival story.
• Find the key information for the Lead Paragraph and write this into the planning table.
• Select other information that you will include in your newspaper report. List it on the table in order from most important to least important. (Select enough information for a 300 – 500 word report)

There are 17 slides in this lesson on Newspaper reports.

• Power point on conventions of a news report
• Activity – identifying the structure of a news report
• Read the news report

There are 10 slides in this lesson.

Students analyse case studies and form an opinion on them.

Activity is:

• Information Source 2 – Soccer boys rescued from cave in Thailand     OR
• Information Source 3 – Survivors of plane crash found in the Andes Mountains 
• Read the source of information.
• After reading it, complete the table with selected information from the source.
• You can shorten or change the wording of the information when you write it into the table if you wish.

• Planning a Newspaper Report
• Drafting a Newspaper Report
• Editing and Improving Your Writing
• Writing the Final Copy of Your Newspaper Report

There are 18 slides in this lesson.

By the end of this lesson students will recall and demonstrate their understanding of how newspaper reports are written.

• Power point on how to write a newspaper report - includes a diagram
• Activity 2: Revising What We Need to Know
• Copy the diagram into your file to help you later with your newspaper report
• Activity – writing important information
• Activity 3: Applying this Knowledge

There are 10 slides in this lesson.

In previous lessons you created a plan for your newspaper report by selecting the information to include on the planning table.

Today you will use the information to compose a first draft of your report. It should be between 300 and 500 words long

• It is very important that you retell the information in your own words. Do not copy it down exactly as it appears in the information source.

Outline is below:

• Reread the information you have included on your planning table.
• Decide on a headline for your story.
• This may change later when you are editing and improving your work.
• Write the lead paragraph, being sure to answer as many of the key questions as possible.
• Write the rest of the report with the most important information first and the least important at the end.

There are 8 slides in this lesson.

In your previous lesson you created a draft for your newspaper report by selecting the information from the planning table.

Today you will use your draft to compose a good copy of your report. It should be between 300 and 500 words long

Activity instructions:

• Reread the draft newspaper report that you wrote previously.
• It is a really good idea to read aloud.
• Check the spelling and punctuation closely. Underline or highlight anything you are unsure about. Find out if these need correcting.
• Remember that your sentences should be short and quite simple. Rewrite any that are too long or complicated.
• Most paragraphs should be only one or two sentences long. Check that each paragraph only has one point.
• Also consider your choice of words to make sure your work is not repetitive or uninteresting.
• You should ask for assistance if you are unsure about how to correct or improve your work. 

There are 21 slides in this lesson.

• By the end of this lesson, students will know what Narrative Conventions are and they will complete some activities to confirm their learning.

• Power point with definitions and meanings of Narrative conventions
• Activities to practice

There are 16 slides in this lesson on Point of View.

• By the end of this lesson students will know what POV is and they will complete some activities to their learning.

Overview - Powerpoint about POV and activities

There is a small sample of slides for this lesson on plot.

To view a full explicit instruction lesson view lesson 1 English.

There are 38 slides in this lesson.

The Silver Brumby is the Novel used to analyse but you could adapt to any Novel studied.

Lesson outline:

• Power point with definitions and meanings of plot
• Activities to practice finding a plot
• Analysing the Silver Brumby Plot

There is 21 slides in this lesson on Characterisation.

By the end of this lesson, students will know what the Narrative Convention characterisation is and will complete activities to confirm  learning.

Outline of lesson:

• Power point with definitions and meanings of Narrative conventions
• Film activity to identify the plot –

This is a comprehensive lesson on How to Write an Introduction.

There are 38 slides in this lesson. A small sample is shown

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to write an introduction in the correct format.

• Power point on How to write an introduction
• Activity: Identifying the parts of an introduction
• Activity: Practice writing an introduction for the statement:

There are 16 slides in this lesson.

This lesson explains how to write the body of a essay and students complete activities to practice.

• Power point notes on how to write a body of an essay.
• Practice activities to ensure you understand fully.

This lesson on writing a conclusion has 12 slides.

It takes the student through each step of writing a conclusion and includes the following:

• Powerpoint on parts of a conclusion - order of sentences
• You tube video on writing a conclusion - URL provided
• Activity on writing a conclusion on the poster Scream
• Activity on assessing another students effort on writing a conclusion.

There are 8 slides in this lesson.

This lesson teaches students how to use quotes in english and include the following:

• Powerpoint on using quotes
• Sample shown on an extract using quotes
• Revision on paragraph sequence
• Example shown on how to write a paragraph using quotes
• Powerpoint on paragraph writing
• Practice paragraph on the poster Scream - using evidence
• Example "Hamburger" on how to write a paragraph using a quote as evidence.

There are 49 slides in this lesson.

The lesson is about the language used to dis-emplower groups and individual people. The order of the lesson is below:

• Think/pair/share
• Purpose pf language Think/Pair/Share
• Idioms – Think/pair/share
• Activity – assessing senarios
• Videos on hate language
• Activities on hate language
• Videos on Hate speech
• Radio clip on hate speech
• Hate language – Donald Trump
• Boat people – Video -hate language used in news broadcast
• News reports putting the person-first language
• Plenary – students identify one example of the disempowered group or person

This lesson is more than one lesson - it could take up to 4 hours to cover what is in this lesson.

There are 39 slides in this lesson.

• By the end of the lesson students will explore the term privilege.
• What is it? Who has it? And how is it represented in language and society.

Contents of lesson: 

• Watch the Interview with Morrison and discuss the use of language and its implications for women.
• Reflect on power positions in our society.
• Brainstorm the meanings of privilege and bias.
• make a list of the different types of privilege.
• Assign gender connotations to the list of words provided by the teacher.
• In pairs or small groups, change a range of phrases to make them more inclusive
• View the Always #LikeAGirl video and discuss their own, and society’s biases.

There are 31 slides in this lesson. The lesson is about the power of language as a positive influence on people.

Outline of the lesson:

• Discuss language for the power of good.
• Watch the TED Talk The Power of Words
• Complete Worksheet My internal dialogue
• Watch any/all of the videos
• Answer the questions provided by the teacher.
• listen to a song which inspires and motivate them. 

There are 34 slides in this lesson on helping students create affirmation cards with positive messages.

• By the end of this lesson students will have created a message for a friend who is troubled. You will use positive language to uplift them. Students also create some positive affirmation cards.

Outline of the lesson:

•  Write a note to an imaginary friend who is struggling with an issue.
• View some examples of affirmation cards.
• Read Worksheet lessons Affirmation poster analysis to support understanding.
• In pairs or small groups, discuss and analyse a selection of affirmation cards which are aimed at a range of audiences.
• Complete Worksheet - Affirmation card reflections.
• Consider any audiences who may be under-represented in the packs of cards.
• Understand the importance of avoiding plagiarism of other affirmation cards.
• Complete Worksheet Planning for affirmation cards.