SCHEME OF WORK – YEAR 7 – LESSON PLANNER

TIME/ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN RESOURCES NC/DIFFERENTIATE HOMEWORK

LESSON 1 v Introduce expectations, book format, home works, AT3 K.A.L – PROPER Find the
private reading and diaries, discipline etc. AND COMMON school library,
Parts of Speech v Introduce term’s work The Witches and Poetry – NOUNS / take out a
– common and starting with parts of speech and sentence building. ALPHABET, reading book
proper nouns. v Introduce common and proper nouns – examples CAPITAL LETTERS – read for a
Private reading and alphabet game. Capital letters etc. AT2 PRIVATE review in
diaries / READING three weeks
introduction to INTRODUCED time.
rules,
expectations.
LESSON 2 v Introduce term adjectives – definition. AT3 K.A.L –
v Think of different types of description in spidergram ADJECTIVES /
Parts of Speech – comparative, colour, personality, visual. ALPHABET.
– adjectives. v Make a table - four columns 6 lines down. Head it,
Building 1st column adjective, 2nd column - noun
sentences. v Think of 5 real animals and one made up mythical
creature – write them in the noun column.
v Think of how they appear, characteristic – don’t
think of the first adjective – try to make it
interesting. Talk about selectivity in writing.
v Go round class.
v Game – My Aunty’s Cat – alphabet adjective game.

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LESSON 3 v Introduce term verbs – definition. AT3 K.A.L –VERBS /

v Look at how verbs can be boring and interesting – ALPHABET.
Parts of Speech the technique of word choice as an aid to writing –
– verbs. think of interesting verbs for moving. Creeping,
Building stalking, skulking, zipping, tiptoeing.
sentences. v Go back to the 5 real animals and one made up
mythical creature.
v Think of how they move, don’t think of the first verb
– try to make it interesting. Selectivity in writing.
v Go round class.
v Game – My Aunty’s Cat .... argues, bounces, creeps
etc – alphabet verb game.
LESSON 4 v Read Chapters 1 & 2 The Witches – AT2 READING Finish draft
v After C1 analyse as a class which you think is the Roald Dahl AT1 DISCUSSING
Class reading – witch in the cartoon. THE TEXT
The Witches – v As a witch invent an original fate for a child. Look at AT3 CREATIVE
Roald Dahl C1 how Dahl takes out the pain/ horror of the fate – WRITING
&2 Solveg in the picture. Try to make it bizarre rather
than gruesome.

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LESSON 5 v Introduce term adverbs – definition. AT3 K.A.L –

v Look at how adverbs can enrich the verb and ADVERBS /
Parts of Speech sentence – the technique of word choice as an aid to ALPHABET.
– adverbs. writing – think of interesting adverbs to add to a list
Building of verbs on board. Creeping cautiously, stalking
sentences. silently, skulking sulkily, zipping frenetically,
tiptoeing daintily.
v Go back to the 5 real animals and one made up
mythical creature.
v Think of how they move, don’t think of the first
adverb – try to make it interesting. Adding
dimension to the writing in writing.
v Go round class.
v Game – My Aunty’s Cat .... walks, anxiously,
boastfully, courageously etc – alphabet verb game.
LESSON 6 v Recap in quick fire test – on parts of speech. Scrap lined AT3 K.A.L – PARTS
Introduce the term – parts of speech – importance in paper. OF SPEECH /
Parts of Speech writing. ALPHABET.
– revision v Lined paper, fold into four with flap.
v Play the word game where you have to select words:
Noun – D, C, T, S
Adjective – C, R, S, L
Adverb – P, B, F, G
Read out the nonsense sentence. Game cross off the
word if another has it – winner has most words left.
Quick fire quiz.

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LESSON 7 v Read Chapters 3 The Witches – AT2 READING Finish redraft

v List key features of a witch as a plan. Roald Dahl AT3 WRITING FOR
Class reading – v Draw a picture of witch without her disguises on as A PURPOSE, USING
The Witches – a wanted poster. Underneath write a paragraph DESCRIPTIONS, LIST
Roald Dahl C 3 explaining the key features of a witch to look out for. PLANS
v Redraft on paper (or computer) for homework.
LESSON 8 v Read through traditional view of witches on Witches and AT2 READING Finish draft
worksheet p12. Spells AT3 WRITING
Descriptions – v Try to use adjectives, verbs and adverbs to describe worksheets CREATIVELY
Witches’ a gathering of witches.
gathering
LESSON 9 Lesson 1 Macbeth AT2 READING
v Read through worksheet. Think of who were Old paper SHAKESPEARE /
& 10
witches in history – medicine women, no doctors. snippets POETRY
Introduce The Crucible, Salem Witch Trials. Cauldron AT3 WRITING
Descriptions –
v Using imagination think up some inventive display CREATIVELY – K.A.L
Witches’ cures /
solutions for common ailments.
Macbeth extract
Lesson 2
v Look at the Macbeth witches (Act 3?) extract -
analyse the alliteration, introduce term.
v Look at the idea of a spell as a poem.
v Try to do a class poem, think of an ingredient using
adjective and adverb, maybe alliteration.
v Redraft onto old paper snippets for class cauldron
display.
v Class spell.

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LESSON 11 v Read Chapters 4 The Witches – AT1 ROLE PLAY, Finish draft
v In pairs, role play the conversation, then write down Roald Dahl PAIRED WORK
& 12
the feelings and thoughts that you have when the AT2 READING
witch is there and after the witch has gone in a AT3 DIARY
Class reading –
spidergram. WRITING, USING
The Witches –
v Go over the form and purpose of diary writing and DESCRIPTIONS
Roald Dahl C 4
draft a diary entry for the boy, recounting the events AND EMOTIONS,
AND his thoughts and feelings. SPIDERGRAM
PLANS
LESSON 13 v Write a review of your book – plot, characters, was it Reading chart AT1
good, who would like it? Look at reading diaries. PRESENTATION,
Private reading v In pairs discuss each other’s books. PAIRED WORK
– Reviews, v Class discussion. AT2 READING,
genre v Introduce chart – look at genre and create class REVIEW, GENRE
chart. Try to get class to choose book from different AT3 WRITING
genre next for lesson 30 private reading lesson. REVIEWS.

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LESSON 14, Lesson 1 The AT2 READING PRE Lesson 15

v Read poem twice. Introduce the idea of creating Jabberwocky 1900 POET. draft of own
15, 16 & 17
words and nonsense poetry. Poetry as performance. worksheet ANALYSING Jabberwocky
What is a poem? Paper and pens POETIC STYLE
The
Fun, short lines, playing with language for wall AT3 WRITING
Jabberwocky –
v Pairs – what is the jabberwocky like? display. CREATIVELY – K.A.L
Nonsense
v Groups of 4 – try to perform a verse – try to bring
poetry, creative
out the rhythm / feel of the poetry with background
use of
sounds.
description and
v Class performance.
words. Rhythm
Lesson 2
and rhyme and
v Read again – plot it out. Boy / girl lives in strange
performing
place – looks and finds and kills strange animal,
poetry
returns home a hero.
v Try to think of own strange creature – introduce
elision – hippocrump, rhinoflab, zebzab.
v Analyse Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre
and gimble in the wabe.
Ellision – toads, doves, movement, light sounds.
v How will your animal move – waddle/ trot troddle.
Butt/jab bab & jutt.
v Create two lines in Jabberwocky style.
Lesson 3 & 4
v Choose a location for our poem – jungle, artic, urban
- think of words to describe it in a class spidergram
– strange plants and animals.
v Collect sounds and rhythms – killing sounds. How
will you kill your creature – slicker slack.
v Try to write a verse or a poem in The Jabberwocky
style – 4 beats. May be class poem and display.
Folder poem Redrafting critically and for wall and folder.
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LESSON 18 v Read Chapters 5 The Witches – AT2 READING Finish redraft

v Go over the form and purpose of letter writing and Roald Dahl AT3 LETTER for folder
& 19
draft a friendly letter from the boy to a school friend, Paper for letter WRITING,
explaining about his holiday, the hotel and his mice. redraft. SPIDERGRAM
Class reading –
v Plan the letter out in spidergram. PLANS
The Witches –
Roald Dahl C 5

Redraft for
folder
LESSON 20 v Read Chapters 6 & 7 The Witches – AT2 READING Finish draft.
v Plan out a description of the Grand High Witch and Roald Dahl AT1
& 21
the sort of things that she does. IMPROVISATION
v In pairs try to think of bad deeds she has done – AND SMALL
Class reading –
improvise an interview with her. GROUP WORK
The Witches –
v Perform some. AT3 WRITING FOR
Roald Dahl C 6
v Go over a magazine article format. A PURPOSE,
&7
v Draft a celebrity interview for Witches Weekly with PLANNING
The Grand High Witch and preview the conference.

LESSON 22 v Read Chapter 8 The Witches – AT2 READING / Finish leaflet

v Plan in a list what the witches intend to do. Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION for folder.
& 23
v Plan leaflet in books Paper for AT3 WRITING FOR
v Design a leaflet warning other children about the leaflet A PURPOSE,
Class reading –
plan, the Delayed Action Mouse Maker Formula 86 PRESENTING
The Witches –
and about the witches. INFORMATION –
Roald Dahl C 8
v Extension – computer redraft CONCISE /
INFORMATIVE
WRITING

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LESSON 24 v Read Chapters 9 & 10 The Witches – AT2 READING / Finish draft
v Draft a recipe for Formula 86 – like a chemistry Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION
Class reading – experiment – equipment, diagram, method, results AT3 WRITING FOR
The Witches – (Bruno), conclusion (the Plan) A PURPOSE,
Roald Dahl C 9 PRESENTING
& 10 INFORMATION –
CONCISE /
INFORMATIVE
WRITING
LESSON 25 v Write a review of your book – plot, characters, was it Reading chart AT1
good, who would like it? Look at reading diaries. PRESENTATION,
Private reading v In pairs discuss each other’s books. PAIRED WORK
– Reviews, v Class discussion – individuals reviewing their AT2 READING,
genre books. REVIEW, GENRE
v Fill in chart – look at genre and try to get class to AT3 WRITING
choose book from different genre next for private REVIEWS.
reading lesson.
LESSON 26 v Read Chapter 11 The Witches – AT1 PAIRED WORK Advantages /
v In pairs produce two spidergrams – one of how Roald Dahl – ROLEPLAY WITH disadvantages
Class reading – Bruno feels about being a mouse, one on how his STRUCTURED list.
The Witches – parents will react, different stages of emotion. EMPATHY
Roald Dahl C 11 v Role play the scene of Bruno meeting his parents. PLANNED OUT.
v List the advantages and disadvantages of being a AT2 READING /
super-mouse for homework COMPREHENSION
AT3 LISTING BOTH
SIDES OF
ARGUMENT

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LESSON 27 v Read Chapters 12 & 13 The Witches – AT2 LOOKING A T Finish draft.
v How is the protagonist going to turn back into a Roald Dahl DAHL’S STYLE
Class reading – boy? AT3 POETRY
The Witches – v Invent a recipe for turning a mouse into a boy – WRITING, WRITING
Roald Dahl C 12 ingredients and maybe a spell poem method. Look FOR A PURPOSE
& 13 at the reasoning behind Dahl’s ingredients.
v Extension – try to create some sort of logic in the
spell – c.f. wrong end of a telescope to shrink-
magnifying glass?
LESSON 28 v Read Chapters 14 & 15 The Witches – AT2 LOOKING A T
v Compare the character of Bruno to the main Roald Dahl DAHL’S WRITING
Class reading – character in the story. How do they compare, differ? STYLE
The Witches – In what way is one character made to look COMPREHENSION
Roald Dahl C 14 dislikeable? Why does Dahl do this? AND CHARACTER
& 15 ANALYSIS.

LESSON 29 v Read Chapter 16 The Witches – AT2 Finish off

v Write a formal manager’s report on the events in the Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION draft
Class reading – lobby. Write down Mr Jenkins’ official complaint Report AND READING
The Witches – about the Grandmother’s strange story. Also invent template? AT3 CREATIVE
Roald Dahl C 16 a response taken by the Manager after an interview WRITING AND
with the Grandmother. Write your conclusion – who EMPATHY
do you believe and what are you going to do about
it?

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LESSON 30, v Introduce project – booklet on How to care for a pet. Reading chart AT2 READING, Booklet work,
Choose pet. Library & LIBRARY SKILLS, finish off.
31 & 32
v Introduce layout – contents page, informative clear librarian RESEARCH SKILLS
instructions on care, food, cleaning, exercise, special
Reading &
clubs, activities.
Library Module
v Suggest private research also
– How to Care
v Look at book box choice of books.
for a Pet Booklet
v Find information in encyclopaedia and internet
sources.
LESSON 33 v Read Chapters 17 & 18 over two lessons. The Witches – AT2 Finish off
v Go through the key moments and story board in Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION draft
& 34
about eight boxes the key moments in the scene. Story board AND READING
template AT3
Class reading –
TRANSFERRING
The Witches –
TEXTUAL GENRES
Roald Dahl C 17
& 18
LESSON 35 v Go through Hamlet extract. Hamlet’s ghost AT1 PERFORMING
v Support attempts at performance. extract SHAKESPEARE AND
Text in v Choose two vastly different interpretations of the LOOKING AT TEXT
performance – text and perform in class. IN PERFORMANCE
Hamlet’s ghost v Look at how different moods can affect AND ITS
interpretation. MODALITY.

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LESSON 36, v Read Chapters 19 & 20. The Witches – AT2 Finish off
v Recap scene. Imagine the story in the tabloid Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION draft
37 & 38
newspapers. Story board AND READING
v Headline. Alliteration introduced. template. AT3 WRITING FOR
Class reading –
v Go over how a newspaper article is written – impact, Computer A PURPOSE,
The Witches –
interview reported, facts, layout and pictures. room 2 NEWSPAPER
Roald Dahl C 19
v Write a newspaper article in books, redraft on LESSONS. ARTICLE.
& 20
computers for folder AT3 K.A.L.
Spellings
ALLITERATION
Redraft for
INTRODUCED
folder
USING I.T.
LESSON 39, Lesson 1 The Listeners AT1 PERFORMING Finish story
v Read through the poem. worksheet POETRY board.
40 & 41
v Class performance – pairs perform lines – two lots of Plain paper AT2 READING Finish work.
the poem. Pens etc PRE1900 POETRY
The Listeners –
v Recap on rhythm, rhyme, ghostly atmosphere – try Glue, crepe etc AT3 WRITING
Reinforcing
to find examples of each in the poem. for masks POETRY AND
poetry work &
v Story board the story – best for wall display. USING PARTS OF
looking at
Lesson 2 SPEECH AND
performance
v Description of The Listeners using adjectives, verbs IMAGERY
and adverbs, simile and (extension) metaphor. Draw CONSCIOUSLY IN
picture – for wall display (masks). WORK.
Lesson 3 RHYTHM AND
v Look at the style – try to think of the rhythm / RHYME
rhyme / atmosphere.
v Write an extra verse about what happens after the
man has gone.
v Extension – masks of The Listeners and descriptions
of the man on his horse using simile and metaphor.

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LESSON 42 v Read Chapter 21. The Witches – AT2

v Try to think of some of the problems that the mouse- Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION
Class reading – boy may encounter in the house. AND READING
The Witches – v Write down the problems and some original AT3 PROBLEM
Roald Dahl C 21 inventions that may make being a modern house SOLVING
mouse a little easier.
LESSON 43 Read Chapter 22. The Witches – AT2 Finish draft.
v Invent an extra chapter for the book. How did the Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION
Class reading – mouse and the grandmother get into the castle? Did AND READING
The Witches – they succeed in killing the witches? Did anything AT3 CREATIVE
Roald Dahl C 22 disastrous happen? Write down the final showdown WRITING
between grandmother and the witches.
Extension
Try to keep to Dahl’s style of the unusual and
inventive ideas, and use of the grotesque but
without the gore.
LESSON 44, v Watch The Witches video 90 mins (CD) The Witches - AT2 Finish draft
v Introduce the idea of reviews. Roald Dahl COMPREHENSION
45 & 46
v Review the film and compare it to the book. Which Video, TV and AT3 COMPARING
is the most effective version and why. What did you tape. GENRE TYPES AND
Video – The
like / dislike about the book and the film? Was ANALYSING VIDEO
Witches –
anything different in the book / film? CRITICALLY
Review
v Introduce the term genre.

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LESSON 47 v Write a review of your book – plot, characters, was it Reading chart AT1
good, who would like it? Look at reading diaries. PRESENTATION,
Private reading v Try to guess what sort of person reads what books. PAIRED WORK
– Reviews, Anonymously put title of book in. Try to work out AT2 READING,
genre what it’s about from the title, what types of people REVIEW, GENRE,
would like to read it. STEREOTYPING OF
v Look at the danger of stereotyping books but also BOOKS
pulp fiction. AT3 WRITING
v Fill in chart – look at genre and try to get class to REVIEWS.
choose book from different genre next for private
reading lesson.

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