Year 9 Senior Academy
Medium term plan
Title: It’s Talkin’ Time!
Unit summary:
This unit allows students to journey through the history of the language that
they use every day. It will allow them to notice the changes and influences
upon our language. It will also allow students to analyse and transcribe a piece
of spontaneous speech from a TV chef. They will be assessed on their ability to
spot language features but to also write about the language used by the TV
chef. The unit will culminate with students being invited to create a non-fiction
text (article, leaflet, blog) in which they report on a particular historical event.
This can be as broad or specific as the teacher (and student) wishes it to be. It
is important that the students are trained on how to write a text for a
particular audience and that their writing matches the particular requirements
of a particular type of text.
Essential question:
How do TV chefs use language to instruct and enthuse their listener?
How has our language changed through the ages?
How can I capture the key events of a historical event by writing a non-fiction
text?
Products:
A written and annotated transcript of a TV chef recipe (typed version for
particular students)
A timeline of language through the ages (extension task could be an imovie
of a ‘whistle stop tour’ of language through the ages)
EXHIBITION PIECE – create a non-fiction text for a particular historical event
(this can be decided by the class AND OR the teacher). The focus needs to
be on the audience and purpose of the text.
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Curriculum content:
Writing: Essay writing, writing for a particular genre/writing to a particular
audience and writing with imagination.
Reading: It is advisable that students are reading a class novel alongside the
project – In previous years it has been ‘Gangsta Rap’ as this looks at a specific
language and dialect. There are plenty of other texts that have a particular
accent or regional dialect associated with them.
KS4 link: spoken language
Assessment:
The key assessment will ask students to transcribe a short clip of a popular TV
chef instructing the audience on how to follow their recipe. The assessment
will require students to analyse the language being used and to consider how
the chef persuades and encourages the listener to attempt and follow their
recipe. This unit is inspired by the GCSE English Language Controlled
Assessment; ‘studying spoken language’. It is a good idea to use the mark
scheme for this assessment when assessing the student’s work (pf course, it is
also important to mark against the specific AF’s that are listed at the beginning
of this unit)
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Overview of lessons: BASED ON 7 HOURS OVER A FORTNIGHT AND A 6 WEEK
TERM (21 SESSIONS)
Session Content
1
2
3
4
5
6
Skills
Resources
learnt/assessment
Reflection
PPT’s from
previous
‘Knowledge about
Language’ Unit –
see old dpt
website or JRO
Introduce Unit – general
introduction to language
use.
Look at ‘accent, dialect and
register’
Consider the influences
upon the language that they
use today (idiolect)
MILESTONE 1: Students are Features of
introduced to the ‘TV Chef’ language
assessment
Students need to look at the
language features of when
offering instructions.
Students need to begin to
transcribe (and OR)
annotate the short clip of
their TV chef.
Students need to begin to
transcribe (and OR)
annotate the short clip of
their TV chef.
Students complete the
assessment; ‘How does the
TV chef use language to
instruct and enthuse the
listener?’
Students complete the
assessment; ‘How does the
TV chef use language to
instruct and enthuse the
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Youtube for video
footage of your or
student’s chosen
clip
Annotation
Annotation
Assessment
scaffold? This can
be written by the
teacher – again,
use the GCSE spec
to help you with
this
Essay Writing
Language Analysis
GCSE English
Language
Specification
listener?’
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MILESTONE 2: Students are History of the
introduced to the ‘History of English language
Language Timeline’ task.
In this lesson a brief
overview needs to be set of
the start and end times of
the timeline. There are
MANY videos online that
offer a history of the English
Language. If you search ‘the
history of the English
language in 10 minutes’ on
youtube – there will be a
perfect clip waiting for you!
I would suggest starting at
the middle ages – use this
clip as a basis for your
timeline.
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To differentiate, you may
wish to create a class
timeline or ask particular
students to create their
own.
Students need to be given a
strict ‘success criteria’ for
their timeline.
Students now need to work
on ‘draft 1’ of their timeline.
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Students now need to work
on ‘draft 1’ of their timeline.
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Youtube
Timeline Model of
Excellence – this
can be your
choice, even
better if it’s a
timeline written
by a student! See
JRO for excellent
year 8 examples.
10
Critique of Draft 1
Critique questions
– written and
designed by the
students
following the
model of
excellence
timeline
It is advisable that
the critique
questions are
written on a
separate sheet
for the students.
See JRO for
support in writing
critique
questions.
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Draft 2 of timeline (this will
be the final copy)
12
Extended writing
opportunity
200 word commentary on
the significant changes to
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our language.
13
Extended writing
opportunity
Carry out some research
into one specific time that is
detailed on your timeline.
Create a piece of writing
that captures the events at
that time.
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
MILESTONE 3: Introduce
Exhibition task and allow
students to research and
explore chose historical
event
Students begin to select
their specific areas of
research in order to ‘scaledown’ ready to plan their
non-fiction text.
Students carry out some
research into their chosen
text type. Students need to
find a high quality ‘style
model’ to base their own
text on
Non-fiction text – draft 1
and critique questions
Non-fiction text – draft 2
and critique questions
Non-fiction text – exhibition
copy
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
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Locating specific
historical events
Research
Drafting and
extended writing
Drafting and
extended writing
iPads
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