KS3 lessons
Huts on the beach/ Chapter 3
Language techniques and analytical writing
OpenPainted Faces and Long Hiar/ Chapter 4
Close stydy of how characters transform,civilisation erodes, and darkness takes hold
Lesson 1Lesson 2
Beast from Water/ Chapter 5
Exploring power of speech, the fragility of leadership and the dark forces that begin to consume the group
OpenBeast from Air/ Chapter 6
Exploring the opening of chapter 6 and how Golding introduces the beast, how the boys respond to fear, and what the collapse of order reveals about human nature
OpenShadows and Tall Trees/ Chapter 7
Evaluating structure/Explain how foreshadowing engage the reader
Lesson 1Lesson 2
Gift for the Darkness/ Chapter 8
Exploring the importance of Simon's discoveries and evaluate his news
OpenThe Shell and the Glasses/Castle Rock/Chapter 10 /11
Zoom in to characters and expllain the significance of the symbols;evaluate how tension builds in chapter 11
OpenDystopian Fiction Booklet
Resource booklet of dystopian extracts for Year 9: 1984, Revealing Eden, Noughts and Crosses, The Hunger Games, The Weathermonger, Fahrenheit 451, The Bees and The Handmaid's Tale
OpenLesson 1: What is a dystopia?
Introduction to dystopian fiction and how Orwell uses language to make a place feel undesirable in 1984
Lesson 1Lesson 2
Extract
Lesson 2: 1984, Reading Between the Lines
Introducing inference, with scaffolded steps, sentence starters and worked examples
OpenLesson 3: Handamid's Tale, Analysing Language
Paper 1, Question 2
WorksheetExtract
Lesson 5: Assessment, Summarise and Compare
Test your ability to summarise and compare two texts, Language Paper 2
OpenLessons 6-7: Exploring Structure
Explore structural features and use them in a Paper 1, Question 3 answer
OpenLessons 8-9: Structure Detectives
Student lesson booklet, practice for Paper 1, Question 3
OpenCommon structural features
Resource: a reference sheet of common structural features
OpenLesson 10: Fahrenheit 451, Reading Montag
Methods, inference and activism
Lesson 10Planning sheet 1
Planning sheet 2