English lessons for Year 10 students

Unseen Texts: Reading Skills: The Tiredness of Rosabel 5 Lessons

Unseen Texts: Reading Skills: Pre-1900 Dracula 5 Lessons

Reading to Writing: Descriptive: Stimulus Text 5 Lessons

Reading to Writing: Narrative: Stimulus Texts 5 Lessons

Writing Skills: Planning and Structuring your Writing 5 Lessons

Approaching Unseen Texts - Non-Fiction - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aron Ralston 5 Lessons

Reading unseen non-fiction texts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
Lesson 1
Examining thoughts and feelings - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
Lesson 2
Exploring the writer’s perspective - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
Lesson 3
Close analysis of writer’s methods - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
Lesson 4
Evaluative response - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston
Lesson 5

Unseen Texts - Nonfiction - Comparing two texts - Touching the Void - Joe Simpson 5 Lessons

Grammar for writing: recap and review 4 Lessons

Alternative perspectives - Isabella Bird 5 Lessons

Viewpoint Writing - Planning - 'Heroes' 5 Lessons

Unseen non-fiction 5 Lessons

Rhetoric and clarity of expression: counterarguments 1 Lesson

Rhetoric and clarity of expression: counter arguments
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Year 10 English Lessons

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Unseen Texts: Reading Skills: The Tiredness of Rosabel 5 Lessons

Approaching unseen fiction texts

Characterisation - types and function

Language analysis: selection of evidence

Language analysis: analytical writing

Analysing structural features

Unseen Texts: Reading Skills: Pre-1900 Dracula 5 Lessons

Unseen Fiction Texts - Pre-1900

Mary/Eve Dichotomy

Thinking about space - where do women belong?

Responding to evaluation questions

Evaluation – writing it up

Reading to Writing: Descriptive: Stimulus Text 5 Lessons

Reading skills – unseen fiction – Cold Mountain

Journeys in literature – Cold Mountain

Descriptive detail – close analysis

Descriptive writing – planning techniques

Descriptive writing – slow write

Reading to Writing: Narrative: Stimulus Texts 5 Lessons

Reading skills – Samphire

Reading skills – Samphire part 2

Narrative writing – what makes a good opening?

Narrative writing – creating movement in our writing

Narrative writing – effective endings

Writing Skills: Planning and Structuring your Writing 5 Lessons

Reading skills – Pre-1900 unseen fiction - Heart of Darkness

Writing skills – responding to a setting stimulus image

Writing skills – responding to a person stimulus image

Writing skills – using symbolism

Writing skills – a writing process

Approaching Unseen Texts - Non-Fiction - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aron Ralston 5 Lessons

Reading unseen non-fiction texts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston

Examining thoughts and feelings - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston

Exploring the writer’s perspective - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston

Close analysis of writer’s methods - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston

Evaluative response - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston

Unseen Texts - Nonfiction - Comparing two texts - Touching the Void - Joe Simpson 5 Lessons

Reading process - non-fiction texts

Examining thoughts, feelings and perspective

Close analysis of language - Touching the Void – Joe Simpson

Summarising ideas across two texts Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Aron Ralston and Touching the Void – Joe Simpson

Comparing writers' perspectives and methods

Grammar for writing: recap and review 4 Lessons

Grammar for writing: sentence construction

Grammar for writing: using semicolons to link main clauses

Grammar for writing: the colon

Grammar for writing: embedding skills

Alternative perspectives - Isabella Bird 5 Lessons

Reading Unseen non-fiction texts - The Hawaiian Archipelago – Isabella Bird

Analysis of language

Alternative Perspectives - Hawaiian Archipelago – Isabella Bird

Comparing texts – form and function - Isabella Bird and Aron Ralston

Personal response - who has inspired you?

Viewpoint Writing - Planning - 'Heroes' 5 Lessons

Generating ideas - stimulus extract

Planning techniques – Logos, ethos and pathos

Writing an effective introduction

Creating an impact – rhetorical devices and sequencing

Writing an effective conclusion

Unseen non-fiction 5 Lessons

Unseen fiction text - reading skills revisited

Unseen non-fiction text - comparison of ideas, attitudes and perspectives

Comparing writers' methods - review of skills and structures

Evaluation and personal response

Writing skills - review of techniques

Rhetoric and clarity of expression: counterarguments 1 Lesson

Rhetoric and clarity of expression: counter arguments

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