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In Between the Lines
High challenge activities for KS3 students
Audience
- Key stage 3 students performing at level 7+ in English.
- Also suitable for key stage 3, 4 and 5 students in English language, science, religious education and media studies.
Purpose
In Between the Lines was developed by London Gifted & Talented with support from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. It promotes challenge in the classroom and benefits students by:
- developing critical and creative thinking skills
- analysing viewpoint, argument and opinion
- promoting ethical debate around contentious issues
- exploring the potential of presentational devices.
In Between the Lines can be used for class teaching, small group work and independent study.
Content
In Between the Lines contains:
- a series of tasks increasing in challenge within each activity
- interactive tools (such as a mini documentary editor)
- multimedia resources, including audio, video footage and web pages
- transcripts and downloadable print versions of resources for working offline
- 'save work' facility and option for teachers to assess work online.
The six activities can be undertaken in any order.
- Activity 1 – the impact of advertising
- Activity 2 – the use of animals in medical research
- Activity 3 – freedom of information
- Activity 4 – designer babies
- Activity 5 – homelessness and begging
- Activity 6 – the origin of life
Notes
In Between the Lines is currently free to use but does require a username and password to access the resource. See the sign in page for further details.