A comprehensive and engaging teaching unit for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, designed for Years 7–8 English classrooms. This resource supports students in developing reading, comprehension, analytical, and writing skills while exploring courage, sacrifice, loyalty, good versus evil, and personal growth through this classic fantasy novel.

What’s included
• Analysis of themes, characters, and key ideas
• Exploration of courage, leadership, family, loyalty, and the battle between good and evil
• Language features, symbolism, figurative language, and text structures analysis
• Study of fantasy conventions, setting, and character development
• Close reading and comprehension tasks
• Paragraph and extended writing support
• Discussion questions and engaging classroom activities
• A structured 10-week teaching sequence of learning activities
• Classroom-ready activities throughout

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Teaching approach
This resource is activity-based rather than a scripted lesson-by-lesson program. It is designed for teachers to select and adapt tasks to suit their own lessons and classroom needs. The unit emphasises discussion, creativity, collaboration, and literacy development rather than worksheet-driven instruction.

File info
• Provided as a non-editable PDF
• Not designed as an editable PowerPoint
How to use
• Upload to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) for digital use
• Print selected pages for classroom use
• Display pages to guide discussion and activities
• Upload to presentation or design platforms if you wish to adapt for your own use (formatting may vary depending on the program used)