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Mrs Birling quotes – KS3/4 English ‘Explode the Quote’ tasks for An Inspector Calls These Mrs Birling quotes starter activities are perfect if you’re teaching or revising An Inspector Calls. The passages to analyse are: “A rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.” [Triumphantly] “Didn’t I tell you? I couldn’t imagine a real police inspector talking like that to us?” Students have to ‘blow up’ words and phrases […]

KS3/4 English Lesson – A Christmas Carol Lesson and Quote Analysis Tasks This lesson focuses on the opening of A Christmas Carol and Dickens’ description of Scrooge, including a starter activity getting students to look closely at the deeper meaning, rather than just looking at a quote at surface level. This is part of a larger scheme of work on this Dickens classic, and is one of […]

KS4 English Literature Lesson Plan – A Close Study of Macbeth’s Soliloquies can Inspire Fascinating Insights from Students into his Character Soliloquies are key to an understanding of Macbeth’s character, so it is important to explore what he says in his soliloquies and how he says it. The character is facing an enormous internal dilemma as to how to proceed once he is tempted with the idea of kingship by the witches. How can you use […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Get Students Exploring the Fascinating World of Insects to Start them Thinking About Ecology Do bugs make you squirm? Do cockroaches make you shudder? Do wasps make you shriek? Do butterflies make you smile? We all have responses to insects and most are negative. However, insects give us an enormous insight into biodiversity on our planet and play a vital role in creating a healthy ecosystem in which we […]

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Asking Mathematical Questions about Real-World Money Problems Helps Develop Valuable Thinking Skills Mathematics teachers often say that ‘maths is all around us’, but how often does the stimulus for a mathematics lesson come from something in the real world? In this lesson, learners are invited to ask mathematical questions about a photograph taken in a car park.

KS4 English Lesson Plan – Use Drama To Engage Students With Sir Conan Doyle’s Classic Detective Fiction Gain an introduction to one of the most famous novels ever written, and one of literature’s most famous characters. Start to consider the context surrounding a work of literature consider aspects of genre, both detective fiction and the gothic you will need. These exercises are designed to be tackled before students have got to grips […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Get To Grips With The Periodic Table And See How Else We Might Group Elements Explore the periodic table and use this KS4 chemistry lesson plan to offer a number of creative activities that will set children thinking about the properties of different elements. As well as working with the traditional periodic table, students will examine The Underground Map of elements produced by Mark Lorch.

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Teach Students the Physics of Sport and how ‘the Force’ can Give them the Edge When we participate in sport we are constantly subconsciously judging the physics required to help us to win. How fast do I need to go to catch my opponent? What angle should I push the shot put to get the longest distance and why does turning on the spot help? Which gear ratio and rpm […]

KS3/4 Drama Lesson Plan – Give Everyday Experiences a Dramatic Intervention to Inspire Students Y9 can be a difficult time to capture students interest in drama. This lesson is firmly cemented in their own understanding of the world. The setting is rooted in their daily experiences and that in itself empowers them with a sense of empathy and contextual understanding. I always start the topic by setting high expectations […]

KS4 Chemistry Lesson Plan – Distil Your Own Perfumes And Experiment With Oils In Science Class Try Dr Joanna Rhodes’ inspiring chemistry activities designed to increase students’ understanding of one of our planet’s most fascinating resources… This lesson and supporting activities are dedicated to a type of substance that drives the world economy as well as being able to help you get to sleep when you have a cold. It is, […]

KS4 RSE lesson plan – Give students a chance to speak up about sex and relationships Giving students a chance to speak openly about sex and relationships can help them make good choices, and this lesson helps young people come to terms with important decisions about relationships and sexuality, providing them with the information they need to navigate potentially challenging scenarios. The aim of this lesson is to get pupils: thinking […]

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Devise Ways to Make Different Numbers To Help Make Sense of Mathematical Operations Combining four numbers in a multitude of ways shows the creative power of mathematics and allows students to develop their facility with priority of operations. In this lesson, students are given just four numbers – 1, 2, 3 and 4 – and have to make as many possible different answers as they can, using common […]

5 Surprising Things Children Learn On School Trips Some parents not keen on PTA funds being used to support educational visits and residentials? Perhaps Elaine Skates can persuade everyone to get on board…

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Learn About The Appearance Of Different Numerical Sequences And Symmetry In Nature Bring biology and maths together with some truly absorbing activities involving Fibonacci, fractals, fraud prevention and more. Numbers in nature are ubiquitous and fascinating. The same codes that help crickets avoid predators form the basis of the encryption that keeps our credit cards and personal details safe from fraudsters. In this lesson, ideas about nature […]

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Link Maths To Real Life In This Problem Solving Lesson About Money Mathematical questions about a photo in a carpark gives a real-life context to this maths lesson. Students will devise their own investigations about the photo that will involve money, algebra, and finding patterns. Logical thinking and careful arithmetic are also required in this KS4 lesson. Browse more maths lessons from Colin Foster.

KS4 MFL Lesson Plan – Run A Collaborative Learning Session Based Around Crepe Recipes Teamwork; practising listening, reading, writing and speaking; peer assessment, one to-one support; differentiation; pupil autonomy; evidence of progress; oh and a recipe for crêpes … all in one lesson? Using your language lab (or a variety of multimedia resources) can create an engaging and collaborative MFL learning session for students, especially when you construct it […]

KS4 MFL Lesson Plan – Master Past, Present And Future Tenses With This Dr Who Inspired Lesson Teach the past, future and present tense in your target language by getting students involved in a little time travel. This is an active lesson that involves moving round the classroom and will really help the key MFL concepts stick. You can introduce a competitive element to learning this new vocabulary by making it a […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Make Use Of Recent Headlines To Make Air Pollution Relevant In Your Class Trigger debates and encourage students to connect their arguments to scientific evidence of the causes of air pollution and the technology that it is hoped will help us to make the air cleaner for everyone to breathe. Key curriculum links include parts of the KS4 chemistry program of study such as common atmospheric pollutants including […]

KS4 Art Lesson Plan – Create A Collaborative Large-Scale Triptych From MDF Encouraging students to imagine a piece of art (or series of artworks) in its entirety before commencing with a new project can improve the quality of their creative output. A simple yet inexpensive way to get students thinking about how artworks are ‘choreographed’ rather than simply thrown together, is to study triptychs. They provide the […]

KS4 English Lesson Plan – Give Students A Foolproof Way To Find Relevant Evidence In Literature Exams This lesson plan helps to combat the issue of vast amounts of time being wasted during literature exams by students desperately looking for evidence to back up their points. It works as a fantastic refresher, as well as giving students a foolproof way to flick straight to the relevant material. Click here for more free […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Should I Be Worried About Superbugs? Panic-filled headlines about winter vomiting bugs, swine flu and resistant antibiotics are becoming more and more commonplace in the media, but is there a real reason to worry or panic, and what can we do about it? This biology lesson plan will inspire pupils to dig beneath the scare stories and identify both genuine areas […]

KS4 History Lesson Plan – Use Roleplay To Explore Wealth, Poverty and Liberal Reforms of Early 20th Century Britain In this lesson, pupils get an introduction to the Liberal Reforms of 1906-1911 by examining the studies into poverty that contributed to these political milestones. It also provides pupils with two additional learning opportunities: gaining an insight into the research behind Booth’s Wealth & Poverty Map of 1901, and developing an understanding of the effort […]

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Use Pythagoras’ Theorem To Find Accurate Values For Triangle Perimeters In this lesson, students use Pythagoras’ theorem to find accurate values for the perimeters of some triangles. Although the values of the perimeters are so close that it would be very hard to distinguish them by measurement, mathematics makes it possible to be absolutely sure about the order in which they come. For more Colin […]

KS3/4 MFL Lesson Plan – Get Students To Debate With Confidence About The Subjects That Matter To Them This KS4 MFL lesson asks students to consider and debate the Syrian conflict in order to learn to speak in a different language with passion and feeling. They’ll build word banks in preparation to make sure they are able to articulate their points, which they will discuss with partners in the class.

KS3/4 Geography Lesson Plan – Use An Ice Cube To Show How Glaciers Move This lesson was originally used with a (very) mixed ability Year 11 class studying the ‘Ice on the Land’ topic as part of the AQA, a GCSE Specification for geography. It explores the three methods by which glaciers move: basal slip, rotational slip and internal deformation. They’ll need to draw accurate diagrams and even get […]

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