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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 1 - Autumn · Week 9
Pages: Ch. 18-20, pp. 151-176
Lesson 1
What students do
Echo-read recurring nightmare; note repetition.
Task
Highlight three repeated images across scenes.
Success criteria
Three repetitions across two or more scenes.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss what the recurring nightmare suggests.
Task
Track nightmare across novel in flowchart.
Success criteria
Flowchart shows three points with quotes and inferences.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model paragraph zooming from motif to one word with varied sentence lengths.
Task
Copy model; mark deliberate short sentence.
Success criteria
Names one short-sentence choice and its effect.
Lesson 4
What students do
Scaffolded paragraph on nightmare motif using deliberate sentence variation.
Task
150 words with at least one short sentence used for effect.
Success criteria
Motif named; deliberate short sentence; terminology accurate.
Lesson 5
What students do
Independent paragraph + self-edit.
Task
160 words on nightmare's significance + visible edit.
Success criteria
Motif tracked across two scenes; embedded quotes; one self-correction.
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