Key Stage 3 units

Exploring and investigating

These lesson materials, written by Jane Branson, are part of a wider set of NATE materials based on the Entitlement Document.

Introduction and lesson plans

These lessons cover the following topics - if you click on the link you will open a folder containing the files referred to in the lesson notes:

1. Research the background of a text, its social context and cultural background - looking at Macbeth in Year 9
2. Research a topic to provide raw material for a brochure or leaflet - a leaflet advertising a zoo - for Year 7
3. Investigate language use on the Internet: using websites about homelessness - to support reading Stone Cold with Year 9

Most of the resources are in word processor or PowerPoint format so that you can adapt them for your classroom. There are also some SMART Notebook pages for those who have the appropriate whiteboard - the lesson materials can be used without these.

Some of these resources are included in a pre-publication format and so may contain references to links, etc, for the editorial team. Please ignore these. We should be very grateful for any comments you wish to make on these materials.