calendar
calander
calender
calandar
perserverence
perseverance
perservirance
perseverants
indispensible
milenium
indispeneble
milennium
indispensable
millenium
millennium
indespencible
supersede
accomodate
supercede
accommodate
superceed
acomodate
acommodate
superseed
Six of the keywords for this topic are written in the
boxes above. But which spelling is the correct one?
Write the correct spelling on your whiteboard.
Aims:
• To provide you with some simple
activities which can be introduced
into any lesson.
• To reinforce the importance of
literacy in every lesson.
A4 Sheet
Exercise Book
Back Cover
Keywords to
fold out and
see whilst
writing
Vocab Builder
In July 1828 Daniel O’Connell stood for
election in County Clare. Voters ignored
the views of their landlords and vote en
mass for O’Connell. He won by 2057
votes to 982. Which words could be used
to describe how O’Connell would have felt
after the election?
Ecstatic
Disappointed
Proud
Rebellious
Daunted
Confident
Pessimistic
Notable
Defiant
Cooperative
Hopeful
Scared
What words would you use to describe how the British government
would have felt?
You have 3 minutes
to write down,
spelling them
correctly, any
keywords to do with
the topic Germany
1918-1945.
Premiership (5 points)
Division 1 (3 points)
Lebensraum
Anti-Semitism
Goebbels
Kristallnacht
Locarno
Dawes Plan
Stresemann
Swastika
Aryan
Fuhrer
Reparations
Niemoller
Division 2 (2 points)
Division 3 (1 point)
Holocaust
SA
SS
Weimar Republic
Reichstag
Gestapo
Mein Kampf
Germany
Nazis
Hitler
Dictatorship
Jews
Communists
Hitler Youth
Problems of law and order were common, because of claim-jumping and
the fact that the gold ___________ the ‘dregs of society’. With no US
government law officers to __________ them, people had to make their
own arrangements. Each town held a mass meeting where a chairman and
officers were chosen. They drew up a ‘mining code’. Claims to
_________ had to be recorded with the district recorder. Disputes
over claims were dealt with by a committee of _________. A sheriff
would be appointed to arrest lawbreakers, and a court of all the miners
Alternative
task
what
– give
theThe
out
main
the
problems
keywords
wouldNow
decidehighlight
on ______________.
trials
did
not takewere
long– and the
most in
common
punishments
were
banishment
or board
students
mining
towns.
must do
a flogging,
Pictionary
on the
________________.
and then the group decides where the word
fits.
Many other nationalities came to the mining towns to make their
_____________. Most camps banned Mexicans, Chinese and
___________ from mining in the area. Mobs would drive Mexicans from
their claims. The Chinese were left to rework old exhausted claims but
even then were often harasses and ____________. The Indians were
just ________________. Most miners refused to work alongside black
people. Despite this, some 2000 free blacks did prospect, and when in
1850 Texas slave-owners arrived with their slaves the white miners made
them ________.
As – when I read out
something which blames the
peasants for the troubles
you stand up.
Bs – when I read out
something which blames the
king you stand up.
1953 Uprising
 Now watch the second video – the 6th
Anniversary of the Uprising.
 By the end of the session you will be
producing an alternative voiceover to
this video.
Now your turn
E/D grades – will
know the events of
the 1953 uprising.
B/C grades – will
be able to explain
why it happened.
A grades – will be
able to explain its
impact.
 Produce an alternative voiceover
for the video.
 However, you are going to be
given a side – some of you will
represent the SED government and
others will represent victims of the
aftermath of the uprising.
 Think about how you can make
your voiceover biased in favour of
the side you have been given.
In your team, can you solve these poetry anagrams?
aanstz
ehmry
hhmrty
abelllsy
Grab a dictionary
for the definitions.
Stanza
Rhyme
Rhythm
Syllable
How many did your
team get?
When introducing new keywords do you:
• Explore their meaning (maybe using a
dominoes activity)?
• Explore the language and origins of the
word?
• Get students to use the word in a
sentence?
• Get the students to spell the word
phonically?
• Explore synonyms of the word (maybe
using a spider diagram)?
Connective Cards
Therefore
Manchester United
is a good football
team.
Do you go
through
homophones
when they
crop up?
Modelling ideas:
 Give students a piece of writing without
punctuation – what should they add to
improve it?
 Give students simple sentences – can
they use ambitious language to develop
them?
 Give students writing without
connectives – can they add correct
connectives?
VOCABULARY
Pick 4 WOW words from the board
and write four sentences using them.
outstandingly, tenderly,
quietly, formidable, bleak,
outspoken, stern, comical,
pathetic, yearning, dwell,