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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 3
Pages: Churchill, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" (1940)
June 1940, after Dunkirk. Britain stands largely alone against Nazi Germany. The speech is engineered to steel the nation.
Lesson 1
What students do
Listen to the recording; track every "we shall".
Task
Highlight all anaphora; underline tricolons in another colour.
Success criteria
Locates 6+ "we shall" repetitions and one tricolon.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why list every location of fighting?
Task
Group talk: what feeling does the cumulative list create?
Success criteria
Links technique to effect on wartime audience.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model: "Churchill uses anaphora to suggest…".
Task
Write a paragraph analysing the "we shall fight" sequence.
Success criteria
Sentence stem used; effect on audience explained.
Lesson 4
What students do
Examine juxtaposition of "old" vs "new" world.
Task
Find one juxtaposition; explain what each side represents.
Success criteria
Two contrasting ideas named; effect of contrast explained.
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan paragraph structure on board.
Task
How does Churchill build defiance?
Success criteria
Two techniques analysed; quotation embedded accurately.
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