Teacher notes

UK KS4, US grade 9-10

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This short Scheme of Work is supplementary to the Scheme of Work targeted at KS3 students. This time, the focus is upon students studying for GCSE. The specific purposes of this Scheme of Work are:

• Using an electronic dictionary to help with spelling
• Using an electronic dictionary to research Literary terms
• Using an electronic dictionary to extend ICT skills

It is important to note that although the two Schemes of Work are categorised into KS3 and KS4, they both contain practice in universal skills which are appropriate to any age up to and beyond KS4. A teacher must, therefore, feel free to cover the tasks contained on the two worksheets in any one Key Stage, depending upon the needs and abilities of the students.

I would, however, recommend that any teacher wishing to use this second Scheme of Work with KS4 students is advised to make some use of the previous Scheme of Work first, at least in part, as many of the basic dictionary skills are covered there and would make transition to this Scheme of Work easier.

Although these activities assume access to a computer room for students to use individually or in groups, the computer-related activities can comfortably be covered using a single computer attached to en electronic whiteboard or projector. This would give a slightly different slant to the lessons and would encourage interactivity, which might well be appropriate for the assessment of Speaking and Listening (EN1).

Activity 1 – Literary terms

Purpose of the activity: to introduce, or review, the main Literary Terms which students might be expected to know and use in GCSE English or Literature Examinations.

This activity should cover 2-4 lessons, with access to computers OR electronic whiteboard for part of the time.

Part 1 – Introduction to (or review of) literary terms

Knowledge quiz

Many of these terms should already be familiar to students – some will be new.

Go through the following list, verbally, asking for a simple definition of each; the spellings will be covered later on in the Scheme of Work.

Literary terms

1. Adjective: a word which gives us more information about a noun.
2. Adverb: a word which gives us more information about a verb.
3. Alliteration: a series of words all containing, or beginning with the same consonant.
4. Ambiguity: open to two or more interpretations.
5. Anthology: any collection of poems or other writing.
6. Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds.
7. Ballad: a poem which tells a story.
8. Blank Verse: Unrhymed verse, where each line has ten syllables.
9. Consonant: all the sounds of the alphabet apart from the vowel sounds.
10. Emotive language: phrasing which creates a strong emotional response from the reader.
11. Enjambment: running one line of poetry into another without stopping.
12. Genre: a category or type of writing – e.g. horror stories or love stories.
13. Hyperbole: intentional exaggeration to create an effect.
14. Irony: a situation where something is said but the reader can see a different meaning.
15. Literary: the adjective referring to Literature.
16. Metaphor: a comparison where something is said to be something else.
17. Narrative: in story form.
18. Onomatopoeia: Words are made to sound like the things they describe.
19. Oxymoron: the bringing together of two opposites.
20. Personification: non-human things are described as if they were human.
21. Pun: a play on words.
22. Rhetorical Question: a question which does not expect an answer and therefore used for effect.
23. Rhyme: patterns of similar sounds.
24. Rhythm: the pattern of beats in speech or a line of verse.
25. Simile: a comparison using “like” or “as”.
26. Soliloquy: speaking thoughts alone, usually on stage.
27. Sonnet: a formally structured poem with 14 lines.
28. Verb: a word showing action, movement or being.
29. Vowel: the sounds A,E,I,O,U.

Part 2 – Spelling and use of wildcards

1. Ad?ect*ve
2. Ad*b
3. All?????tion
4. Ambig*y
5. A???ol?gy
6. A*nance
7. Ball*d
8. Con?o???t
9. E?j*t
10. Gen?e
11. H*bole
12. Meta*or
13. On?mat?po*
14. Oxym???n
15. Personific*
16. Rhy??
17. Rhy???
18. S?b?l*ce
19. S?mi?e
20. Solil*y

Part 3 – Results

Hand out the full list of terms and definitions for them to check their answers. This list will also serve as a revision sheet for them to keep for later.

Part 4 – Application of knowledge

Teacher to select a relevant section of text or group of poems, asking students to see how many examples they can find of the literary terms in the text they are studying, and, more importantly, the effect of each of the stylistic devices upon the reader.

Acitvity 2 – Using wildcards to help with spelling

1. Acceptable
2. Accidentally
3. Accommodate
4. Acquire
5. Argument
6. Believe
7. Committed
8. Conscience
9. Conscious
10. Definite
11. Desperate
12. Disappear
13. Embarrass
14. Equipment
15. Grammar
16. Grateful
17. Immediate
18. Independent
19. Library
20. Occur
21. Parallel
22. Possession
23. Privilege
24. Receive
25. Recommend
26. Relevant
27. Separate
28. Tomorrow
29. Truly
30. Until

However, the students will see them in this form:

1. Acceptible
2. Acidently
3. Acomadate
4. Aquire
5. Arguement
6. Beleave
7. Comited
8. Consience
9. Consious
10. Definate
11. Desparate
12. Dissapear
13. Embaress
14. Equiptment
15. Grammer
16. Greatful
17. Imediate
18. Independant
19. Libray
20. Ocurr
21. Parallell
22. Posession
23. Priveledge
24. Recieve
25. Recomend
26. Relevent
27. Seperate
28. Tommorrow
29. Truely
30. Untill

They are to follow the instructions on the worksheet, using the wildcard functions in OED Online to help them find the spellings of the words they do not already know.

The purpose is not only to review the spelling of the words on this particular list, but to show how the use of wildcards on an electronic dictionary can help them find correct spellings, which would be significantly harder to find in a paper dictionary.

(The following information can be copied and issued to students at any time in the Programme of Study, whether KS3 or KS4.)

Revision sheet of literary terms

Make sure you feel comfortable with the spellings and definitions of each of these terms; try to find examples in the texts you are studying.

Adjective: a word which gives us more information about a noun.

Adverb: a word which gives us more information about a verb.

Alliteration: a series of words all containing, or beginning with the same consonant.

Ambiguity: open to two or more interpretations.

Anthology: any collection of poems or other writing.

Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds.

Ballad: a poem which tells a story.

Blank verse: Unrhymed verse, where each line has ten syllables.

Consonant:all the sounds of the alphabet apart from the vowel sounds.

Emotive language: phrasing which creates a strong emotional response in the reader.

Enjambment: running one line of poetry into another without stopping.

Genre: a category or type of writing – e.g. horror stories or love stories.

Hyperbole: intentional exaggeration to create an effect.

Irony: a situation where something is said but the reader can see a different meaning.

Literary: the adjective referring to Literature.

Metaphor: a comparison where something is said to be something else.

Narrative: in story form.

onomatopoeia: Words are made to sound like the things they describe.

Oxymoron: the bringing together of two opposites.

Personification: non-human things are described as if they were human.

Pun: a play on words

Rhetorical question: a question which does not expect an answer and therefore used for effect.

Rhyme: patterns of similar sounds.

Rhythm: the pattern of beats in speech or a line of verse.

Sibilance: the repetition of the “S” sound.

Simile: a comparison using “like” or “as”.

Soliloquy: speaking thoughts alone, usually on stage.

Sonnet: a formally structured poem with 14 lines.

Verb: a word showing action, movement, or being.

Vowel: the sounds A,E,I,O,U.