This lesson plan is for a secondary English class where students will explore Shakespeare's insults. The lesson objectives are to develop students' knowledge of Elizabethan vocabulary and have them evaluate their own learning. Students will analyze insults from Shakespeare's plays, practice delivering insults to each other, and discuss which assessment levels they achieved. The teacher aims to give deeper praise to students and meet individual learning needs through differentiation.

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
Personal Teaching and Learning Targets (taken from evaluations and learning conversations referencing QTS standards)
To give deeper praise. Instead of just praising a pupil, tell the whole class why you are praising them. This will then allow other pupils in the class to hear
what element of their work is being praised and will result in them replicating it. QTS standards 1 and 6 (Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and
challenge pupils and make accurate and productive use of assessment).
Learning Objectives
(Highlight those to be shared with pupils)
Learning outcomes/Success Criteria
(Highlight those to be shared with pupils)
To explore Shakespeare’s language and develop our knowledge of
Elizabethan vocabulary.
To explore Shakespeare’s language and develop knowledge of Elizabethan
vocabulary. To be able to evaluate the levels of assessment they have
achieve during the lesson.
Context (National Curriculum links, scheme of work information, insight into previous lesson, etc.)
Previous lesson: Part of the Introduction to Theatre SOW. Previous lesson introduced pupils to Shakespeare’s language. They looked at English words first
used by Shakespeare and then matched that word to the play Shakespeare used in it. For example: Green-eyed monster in Othello. They learned why
Shakespeare’s language is so difficult and learned some Shakespearian phrases. They then translated Shakespeare’s language into modern English.
This lesson will be looking at: Speaking and Listening AF3 and at levels 5 and above. All pupils are encouraged to aim high; therefore lower levels are not
mentioned.
Pupils are given opportunity to self-assess using the assessment criteria to check their levels.

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
Individual learners’ needs Developing and incorporating literacy, numeracy, and ICT:
xxxxxxxxxxxx – constant reiteration of task.
xxxxxxxxxx – does not like being put on the spot with questioning, but if he
raises his hand I make sure I ask him as he is obviously comfortable to
speak on that occasion.
Recap of definitions of key terms (literacy)
Be aware of time constraints (numeracy)
Learning and Teaching Sequence

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
Time
Link to learning
objectives and outcomes
Pupil Teacher Differentiation Assessment
5
Minute
s
1
minute
s
5
minute
s
4
minute
s
10
minute
Shakespeare Word search
To enable pupils to
discover the more unusual
plays by Shakespeare
Go through LO
Did the pupils notice how I
greeted some of the
pupils?
Go through assessment
criteria
Introduce the class to the
first insult
All pupils
All pupils
All pupils
All pupils
All pupils are to think about how they
would deliver the insult.
Volunteer required to come to front of
class and deliver the line in various
ways
Register
Walk round, checking all pupils are
engaged and not struggling. Pointing
pupils in the direction of answers
Explain what is required from today’s
lesson.
Flicked thumb at them as they
entered the room
Give all pupils higher levels within
assessment criteria pointing them to
what is achievable for all.
Will remind pupils to think of non-
verbal language and tone of voice.
Will only model the answer if the
pupils do not grasp the idea
Have class direct the student to
perform it in different ways,
None required
None required
None required
None required
– all pupils are
expected to
achieve their
fullest potential
None required
Class
discussion
What did my
gesture mean
and why is it
relevant to
today’s lesson
Question: what
do the pupils
notice about the
levels of
assessment?
xxxx – will be
asked to deliver
the insult, then
volunteer asked
for if he is not
happy to do so

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
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10
minute
s
10
minute
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10
minute
s
Pupils are given their own
insult to look at, practice
and think about how they
would deliver the insult
and then insult their
neighbour
Pupils and put into groups
and given an insults
dictionary and asked to
translate their groups
insults and explain why the
language is insulting
On representative from
each group will deliver the
best insult and explain
what it means to the class
in modern English
Plenary
Which level did they hit?
Why?
What could they have
done to achieve the next
level? Why?
All pupils
All pupils
Representatives from each group
All pupils
contemptuously – looking the student
up and down, angrily, shouting –
pointing finger aggressively etc.
Threateningly – circling and hissing
through teeth etc.
Remind pupils of tone, mood and
non-verbal gestures. Also remind
pupils of expected behaviour.
Example of model answer
Facilitate task
Get pupils to record levels
Give ideas to
those who are
not as
comfortable
with this type of
task
None required
as peers will
assist
Point pupils in
the right
direction if
needed
Class
discussion
Pupils to put
thumbs up or
thumbs down
for the best
delivered insult

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
5
minute
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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
Lesson Evaluation
What was successful/not so successful? Why? What can I do about it? Annotate your lesson plan using these prompts:
Explanation Questioning Assessment Differentiation Transitions Engagement Relationships Literacy Numeracy ICT Involvement of other adults
These prompts are a guide for reflection, you are not expected to use all the prompts, but you are expected to demonstrate reflection.
Targets

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PGCE School Direct Secondary Lesson Plan
Trainee Name Julie Robinson Subject English Class 7YEn2
Lesson Title Shakespeare’s Insults Date 13th
February 14
Lesson Evaluation
What was successful/not so successful? Why? What can I do about it? Annotate your lesson plan using these prompts:
Explanation Questioning Assessment Differentiation Transitions Engagement Relationships Literacy Numeracy ICT Involvement of other adults
These prompts are a guide for reflection, you are not expected to use all the prompts, but you are expected to demonstrate reflection.
Targets