In the episode, Charlotte describes her 100-minute lesson on one of her favourite topics. Although Charlotte’s lesson won’t suit all, it is clearly discussed how the lesson can be either condensed down to 60 minutes or even extended over 2 lessons.

With the lesson targeted at a mixed ability group, Charlotte plans for this through a variation of tasks, including her clue-based starter activity, text analysis paired discussion, video clip, whiteboard work and a diamond 9/6 activity to finish off. Parts of the lesson are designed to encourage surprise and shock from the students, ensuring they remember the content for future years.

She also heaps praise on the work of Simon Beale (@SPBeale on Twitter) work of for his work on the breaking down of ‘heavy texts’ to make tasks more manageable and relatable to students.

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