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10th Aug.
Film study. Uses leading questions allows students
to provide answers rather than telling. How are
ideas developed? Why is it important we are
introduced to him while he is being brave?
Poetry. What idea do these four lines create?
Which techniques gave you that idea?
Constantly asks questions, asks for input, do you
agree with that? What do you think?
Leaves wait time, reiterates question. When they do
answer then extends thinking. Accept and extend.
Have you done essay writing before?
Asks questions about what they might like to do
after the year nine exam.
Is that making sense?
Uses leading questions.

11th Aug.
Building questions.
Whats a proper noun? Why is town capitalised?
Where is the metaphor? What is the effect?

Leading questions.
Student says I dont know, Teacher: You do know,
have a little think. Ill ask you another question.
How would (describes an alternate ending to the
film) change our understanding of the character as a
whole?
24th Aug.
Film study revision.
Were you surprised?
What part of the movie shows development?
Have a little think. Student suggestion. Ah yes,
what were you going to say X? Another student
suggestion. Because its using the same purpose?
Another student.
What does this scene tell us about Truman and how
hes changing X? Wait time. Student doesnt
answer. Whats now different? What does he do?
getting more narrow. Response. Yes he does do
that. Then, picks up on another student.
Why did the director use this?

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What idea did it help us get?

Was it for us to see he was getting evidence?
Getting them to think about funeral imagery in the
poem: What is a funeral? Whats its function?
What does a funeral signify?
25th Aug.
Constant questioning to elicit understanding from
students. Help them and also for her to check where
they are at.
Once a student answers she unpacks the suggestion
further.
- What does the low angle tell us about Truman?
- Why does he put himself in that situation?
- What does this scene convey in relation to?
- What does this setting tell us?
- What other meaning does it have?
- Do you know what benign means?
- What happens in the middle for him?
- If we got to the end of the film and he hadnt
been scared would we have felt the same way?
Asks questions about each point of STEEPEL

War poetry Questions to guide class discussion.

Any in there you dont understand?
How does the word horror contribute?
What horrifies you? Why?
How has that manifested?
Are there rules around war?
31st Aug.
Looking at Disabled.
She is speaking about the same stuff as with year 12
but the language is simplified.
How do I elicit answers without giving them the
answer?
When do we sing sad hymns?
What rhymes do we have inside the line?
Is it a positive or negative effect?
All surface questions:
- What clarification do you need on this one?
- What does an example look like? A quote?
- Why did the director?
- What does linking back to the question
include?
- Are there any words with the same beginning
sound?
1st Sep.

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Exam revision more relational questioning than

year nine:
- What does happy hunger games tell us?
- What about behind the hunger games?
- What event does this quote prove?
- What is the Reaping? What does reaping
mean?
- Have you heard of the saying you reap what
you sow?
- What do we learn about the character here?
5th Sep.
Intro to static image questions to assess prior
knowledge:
- Why doesnt the border go all the way around?
- Do you think these two are friends or enemies?
- Why do you think that?
- What in the layout tells us this?
- What about the colours?
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6 Sep.
Intro to static image:
Asks questions in a genuine manner.
Leaves decent wait time.
- from student like a meme?
- What do you think dominant image means?
- Have you heard of the word dominate?
- What does dominate mean?
- Do you think these two are happy?
th
7 Sep.
After a do now exercise to illustrate:
- Who was the audience for our message?
- What was the 1st purpose?
- Do you think you would know the purpose if
you got the text?
- Would you send the same message to your
Grandma?
To guide analysis exercise:
- What do the static images have in common?
- Who is the audience?
- What is the purpose?
- What does it communicate?
- What effect does this meaning have on you?
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22 Sep.
Relational questioning:
- What does red symbolise in Gattaca?
- Why did they spend hours setting that up?
- What happens at that voice over is happening
that can support that moment?
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12 Oct.

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Revision. Questions for recall. /uni-structural:

- What do you remember about writing an
essay?
- What do you use for an intro?
- Who is the author?
- What were the main points we studied?
- What was the technique used for that?
- Who said that?
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13 Oct.
Philosophy unit:
- Do we know what philosophy deals with?
surface / prior knowledge assessing
- Is believing everything the same as believing in
nothing? - abstract
- Can you be both rational and irrational? abstract
- What can give us meaning? - abstract
19th Oct.
Metacognitive / recall:
- do now: Discuss with friend how you were able
to find out something about a person from what
was not true.
- Write as a sentence: How did we do this
Facilitating class discussion.
Relational & abstract:
- Even if there wasnt a tiger, would this idea still
be true?
- Do you get a deeper sense of what is true?
- Anything else he might have done out of the
ordinary?
- Why do you think the island looked like that?
- Why a dead body?
- What did Pi do on the island?
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27 Oct.
Starts lesson with a question:
- How many of you got into your mock exam and
thought what was that quote or language feature
again?
2nd Nov.
Course feedback students to answer:
- What have I enjoyed most so far in year 9
English?
- If I could add something or change something
what would it be?