BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 English
We developed and produced a series of around 60 minutes content, to help students to understand a range of English language topics from punctuation and poetry to public speaking, analysis and imagery to symbolism and debate. The content is aimed primarily at 11-14 year olds, but produced with a wider audience in mind.
How to perform slam poetry, shot in an urban skatepark with slam poet Esther Koch
Learn how a writer’s words create an effect, what their consequences are.
Learn about how writers use imagery, based on Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Eagle.
Learn about the conventions in theme and character found in gothic literature
Learn how to respond to the poem 'He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by William Butler Yeats.
Learn how to use brackets, with animated examples.
Learn how historical, social and political contexts and life experiences can influence writers.
Learn how to analyse a text, using examples from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Learn how to identify themes in a text, and the differences between themes and motifs.
Learn how a fictional setting can help with characterisation, atmosphere, symbolism, and the genre of the story.
Learn about the conventions of different sonnets, iambic pentameter and rhyme schemes.
Meet the Punctuation Team to learn why punctuation is an important.
Learn how writers shape stories from different perspectives, using the first or third person.
Learn how writers use symbols to add deeper meaning to a text.
Bringing learning to life
This mix of animated and live action content covers topics aimed to support in-classroom learning for students, with videos produced for over 30 topics. We worked with the BBC team to define the educational content, script and produce the video suite.