1. Lesson Plan pro forma
Class: 8NE
(mixed ability sets)
indicate levels of attainment
Date:
29.4.2016
Time: 12:20 –
13:25
No. of pupils:
28
Unit /SoW: Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare Unit
Key Learning Goals:
ref. to exam board criteria/NC as appropriate
Shakespeare - reading a wide range of
fiction and non-fiction, including in
particular whole books, short stories,
poems and plays with a wide coverage of
genres, historical periods, forms and
authors.
… in pupil-friendly format:
LO: To know how to format and write a
newspaper article
Expected Learning Outcomes:
all pupils? some pupils? a few pupils?
All pupils will know what goes into a
newspaper article, focusing on the purpose,
layout, audience and style of writing. This is
in preparation for their newspaper article
assessment
Opportunities for Assessment:
Formative & summative
Formative
Recap of the events in Act Three Scene One – this allows the students to remember what
happens in Act Three Scene One so they can write accurately in their assessment
Order of events – a worksheetis provided so that they can order the events which will
allow them to focus on a few events in their newspaper article
PALS – students will be taughtPALS, which focuses on their writing and the different
things they have to think aboutwhen writing their newspaper article
Sample ofopening paragraph – ask students what is good aboutthis paragraph.Why
does it adhere to the PALS conventions.
Homework analysis – students should have broughtin their newspaper articles and they
have to answer the questions that are posed.This will allow them to think how to lay out
the article, as well as the writing style that is adopted.
Cognitive challenges:
Desirable difficulties for all abilities; how will students progress?
Analysis of articles – as the teacher has gone through PALS, this should be
easier for the students to analyse, and the questions will help scaffold for the
students.
EBT strategies:
e.g. APK, reciprocal teaching, collaborative learning, advance & visual organisers,
similarities and differences, goals, repetition and practice, meta-cognition, feedback,
cognitive challenge, subject knowledge, summaries and note-taking
APK – students will use their prior knowledge to think about Act Three
Scene One
2. Collaborative learning – students will be in pairs when analysing their
articles, and the order of events in Act Three Scene One
Key Terminology:
Romeo & Juliet
William Shakespeare
Newspaper articles
Headlines
Resources:
Order of events from Act Three Scene
One (x30)
Own newspaper articles
Homework and practice:
• N/A
