Beowulf: KS3 Scheme of Work for Lower Ability

Resource Pack for lower-ability students to capture students' imaginations and assess their language skills.

Through engaging worksheets and activities, students gain a complete understanding of the plot and its characters. This 9-lesson scheme is based upon carefully selected, accessible extracts from a modern adaptation. Specifically designed to highlight achievement.

Straightforward with writing tasks and language work embedded - no need to hunt around, everything is here

V Denman, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Stimulating tasks focus students on:

  1. Identifying language features in Beowulf
  2. Using these to enhance their own writing
  • Plus! Creative extension activities to consolidate the lesson's work.
Extracts taken from Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Charles Keeping (OUP Oxford: New Ed edition, 1999). ISBN-13: 978-0192723697

Activities:

  • Powerful verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Kennings
  • Alliteration
  • Punctuation
  • Flexible SoW with extracts, worksheets and extension tasks all included — everything in one pack!

A very useful short module which would increase the confidence of the pupils who studied it, as well as getting them to learn more of our literary heritage

D Coppard, HoD & Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (3861)

Great - a really straightforward resource which does exactly as it says on the can! Straightforward with writing tasks and language work embedded - no need to hunt around, everything is here. I think that it provides an easy and accessible route through a potentially challenging text which really engages this age group.

V Denman, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

I really enjoyed this resource. On the whole it is well thought through and documented, providing the teacher with examples of resources and assessment focuses for each session

H Ward, HoD and Peer Reviewer

A good resource for lower ability sets, with an interesting subject. In a short module, aimed at lower ability pupils (or for EAL pupils of middle or higher ability, this covers several skills of reading and writing in an interesting way, making use of an exciting text. It has a focus on vocabulary enrichment, which I would find useful for English as an Additional Language pupils as well as lower ability pupils. A very useful short module which would increase the confidence of the pupils who studied it, as well as getting them to learn more of our literary heritage.

D Coppard, HoD & Peer Reviewer

Good - some engaging activities well suited to lower ability pupils. Particularly liked focus on language activities eg. using powerful verbs, punctuation activities etc.

Strong focus on how language can be used to enhance writing. Thorough handling of Beowulf and makes it accessible for less able readers.

N Stirk, Teacher and Peer Reviewer