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Y8 Romantic Poetry: William Blake

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Objectives: 1) To identify key facts concerning the contemporary framework of the poem. 2) To identify and discuss examples from The Lamb & The Tyger belonging to the semantic fields of religion (heaven & hell).  STARTER TASK: Read the BBC History Biography of William Blake then list five key facts about him in your books under the title; 'William Blake Contemporary Framework' Main Part 1:  In your groups, read The Lamb & The Tyger then highlight words that belong to the semantic fields of heaven & hell.  Main Part 2:  Semantic Fields & Imagery Individually, draw a table in your book to show quotes and images the quotes create for the reader over a double page and illustrate in the style of Blake. Plenary: Draw round your hand then write down (on the figures) SMILE across the fingers (showing you know what each letter stands for).
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Y7 Persuasive Speech Making

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VegIvb1e7s Objectives: 1) Discuss how speeches played a role in WW1 propaganda. 2) Discover what the main persuasive speech devices are through researching famous speeches then create a list of top persuasive devices you should use in your own speech. 3) Create a plan for your own persuasive speech. Resources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25356306 DIRT: Look at your personalised letter writing feedback and make the indicated changes. STARTER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrePa0wGGNI Listen to this famous WW1 speech and discuss how it persuaded people to go to war.  MAIN PART 1: Watch these famous inspirational speeches and discuss what they all have in common then create a spider diagram of common conventions of powerful speeches.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6_3TJcCkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C4c7VR8X7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE https://ww...
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Y7 WW1 Informal Letter Writing

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Objectives: 1) DIRT: Identify your personalized writing target/s and highlight where you think you hit them in your last piece of work. 2) Discuss what it would have been like in the trenches at the front line. 3) Create a letter home describing what it is like at the front line in the trenches, making sure you work on hitting your personal target.  WW1 Literacy Starter: In your books, turn these sentences in complex sentence: The, ____________, gas filled the air.  Even though the smoke lifted,__________________, ________________. The bullets flew; __________________.  STARTER: As a class, listen to the WW1 trench audios. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/soldiers_stories_gallery.shtml In pairs, discuss how you would have felt if you were there.  What would it have been like to live in trenches during WW1? Discuss how you would have to b...
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