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KS3 · Year 7 - Foundations · Term 3 - Stories That Endure · Week 7
Pages: Assessment week - performance + analytical paragraph
Assessment week. Group Shakespeare performance + 30-minute analytical paragraph on a scene of choice.
Lesson 1
What students do
Issue extract choices (12-16 lines from 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1). Model annotation: stresses, pauses, tone shifts.
Task
Annotate your extract for performance: stresses, pauses, tone.
Success criteria
Extract fully annotated with at least six marks.
Lesson 2
What students do
Rehearsal workshop. Demonstrate projection, eye-contact, consonants on "Out of this wood do not desire to go."
Task
Rehearse in groups of 3-4; peer-feedback on projection and intonation.
Success criteria
Each pupil acts on at least one piece of feedback.
Lesson 3
What students do
Remind of success criteria: clear voice, sustained character, accurate text.
Task
Perform extracts to the class. Audience completes feedback slips.
Success criteria
Performance is audible, sustained, textually accurate.
Lesson 4
What students do
Plan the 30-minute paragraph: choose scene, pick two quotations, draft topic sentence.
Task
Plan an analytical paragraph on a chosen scene.
Success criteria
Plan has clear claim, two quotations, one-paragraph structure.
Lesson 5
What students do
Brief recap of success criteria. No further modelling.
Task
30-minute analytical paragraph on a chosen scene from the play.
Success criteria
Precise claim, two accurate embedded quotations, method-and-effect analysis, Tier-2 vocab.
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