THE SILVER SWORD BY IAN SERRAILLIER

English Teaching Resources - The Silver Sword is a complete 17 lesson teaching unit with a 147 slide editable PowerPoint presentation, a 23 page booklet of worksheets and a lesson by lesson overview.

The resource contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword.  Resources include:

    - A unit overview with 17 four part lessons covering historical context, plot, character, themes and language

     - Analysis of the characters of Joseph, Ruth, Edek and Bronia Balicki and Jan

     - Challenging extension activities for G&T pupils

     - A range of engaging starter and plenary activities

     - Historical context research activity

     - Discussion of key themes: war, family, friendship, hope, etc

     - Developing inference and deduction skills through The Silver Sword

     - Empathetic writing – Ruth’s diary

     - Speaking and Listening task - Hotseating to develop character knowledge and understanding

     - Analysing Ian Serraillier’s use of language, symbolism and structure in The Silver Sword

     - Writing a book review for The Silver Sword

     - 17 lesson scheme of work

     - A 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview images)

     - 23 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow

Download it from http://www.teacher-of-english.com/resource.php?id=553

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

A Midsummer Night's Dream comes complete with a 14 lesson scheme of work, a 116 slide PowerPoint presentation and 20 accompanying worksheets to help teach one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies.  The resource itself is a progressive series of lessons (see unit overview) designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the play's plot, characters, themes and language.  English Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream covers key areas of the curriculum and can be edited and tweaked to suit your teaching needs.  The lessons cover a range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:

    * an introduction to Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre
    * analysis of the characters - the aristocrats, the labourers and the fairies
    * Shakespeare's use of structure and contrast
    * language and poetic imagery
    * empathetic writing and non-fiction writing
    * exploring themes and hot seating
    * Shakespeare's comedy - creating and resolving conflict
    * extension tasks, essay questions and links
    * video links to help the teaching and learning of key scenes
    * 116 slide Powerpoint, 14 lesson unit of work overview and 20 page worksheet booklet

 Download this resource here - http://www.teacher-of-english.com/resource.php?id=652

English Teaching Resources: A Midsummer Night's Dream - 14 lesson scheme of work, 116 slide PowerPoint and 20 worksheets.

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