Passive Replace (PR) sits at the Passive row and Replace column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real English lessons for KS3 that classify as PR, plus anti-examples that look PR but are not.
Coraline opening clip with comprehension Form
The unit is on writing to describe. Year 7 will write their own atmospheric story openings next lesson, but first they need a strong example to anchor the work. The teacher has cued up the first four minutes of the animated Coraline as a class viewing, then released it on the LMS so each student can watch on their own iPad.
Students watch the clip once at their own pace, headphones on. Then they answer eight comprehension questions on a Microsoft Form: four on setting (what makes the house feel old, the colour palette, the camera angles), two on atmosphere (the role of weather and silence) and two on the writer's craft (why the parents are introduced last, why the cat speaks first).
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
Rhetorical devices slide-deck recap before persuasive writing
The unit on persuasive writing started two lessons ago with a teacher-led introduction to rhetorical devices. Today is a 30-minute recap before students start their own writing next lesson. The teacher walks through a five-slide PowerPoint: one slide each on ethos, pathos and logos, plus two slides showing how a single sentence shifts when each device is added. Students follow on their iPads, with the slides shared via the LMS so they can scroll back as needed.
The lesson ends with a six-question Microsoft Forms quiz. Each question shows a short sentence and asks students to identify which device is doing the heavy lifting. The teacher reviews the live class results in the last three minutes and re-explains anything that produced under 60% correct.
Tools: PowerPoint, Microsoft Forms
Quizizz vocabulary recap for An Inspector Calls
Year 9 are halfway through their An Inspector Calls unit. Today's starter is a 20-minute vocabulary recap on Quizizz. The teacher has built a 15-question quiz drawing on the key terms the unit has covered so far: sociological vocabulary (capitalist, collective, philanthropy), Edwardian setting words (drawing-room, parlour, suffragette) and stagecraft terms (lighting cue, dramatic irony, climax).
Students self-pace through the questions on their iPads. Each question shows the word and four definition options. At the end the class scoreboard appears for ten seconds; the teacher does not call out individual scores. The recap exists to fix the vocabulary in working memory before the source-analysis lesson that follows.
Tools: Quizizz
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