Lesson allows students to compare their own experience with their teacher's. Creates empathy and bonding between the two. Worksheet attached, Adaptable to all levels and my students loved it. Homework included. Feedback pls. :)

Lesson uses this question to guide a class debate about domestic animals. Surveys, discussion points and an amusing clip included. Kids loved the lesson as it homes in on something very personal.

A way of recycling previous knowledge which really engages the students and takes almost no time to set up. Ideas and examples on slides.

Lesson asks students to complete a cloze booklet on the story of Sir Gawain. Also revises use of speech marks and includes an extension activity and slide notes. Part 3 now added.

Creative Writing. Student creates front page of newspaper charting his/her own fictional rise to fame. captions and subheadings all editable to suit. Print on A3 for best results. Feedback pls :)

Revision aid and/or activity for the novel. adaptable template.Print on A3 for best results.

A recap/revision exercise on the novel but also useful as a chapter by chapter check on knowledge (you'll have to adapt). Print on A3 for best results.

Students complete front page of newspaper published on the day after the death of Romeo and Juliet. Essentially an AFL but also useful as revision aid. More to come.Print on A3 for best results.

Creative writing or speaking lesson. Students have to match owners with possible possessions. Can be used for drama as well. Success criteria included.

Empathy lesson. Students receive a photo of a house/dwelling and write/speak about the person who lives there. Adaptable and versatile. Feedback pls :)

Brief background on Margaret Mitchell's novel and its significance in The Outsiders. Includes tasks and clips from the films.

Students are assigned a photo portrait and create a mini autobiography of that person. They explain their mood in the photo and give background to the character. Feel free to adapt photos for your own cultural milieu.

Slideshow of the poem for convenience.

Lesson invites students to choose real jobs for famous fictional characters. There are 14 here, but if inspired ,you can adapt for your own students. Insist on full answers. Can be used for discussion prior to exams etc or plenaries to lessons.

Lesson uses a song to explore war attitudes. Gap filling listening exercise included.

Sequel to Antonyms. Worksheet included. Adaptable to all levels. Could be used with class reading book/novel to develop and extend vocabulary. Feedback, please :)

Small test on opposites in vocabulary. Some tricky stuff and some varying answers. Worksheet included. Adaptable to all levels.

Sequel to Weird Trees and similes. Adaptable and, hopefully inspirational. Worksheet not included but would be useful. Extension activities?

Series of slides which ask students to write a tweet for a real historical character. Clearly transferable to fictional. Works well with all age groups and could be tweeted to a class hash tag ?

Here are some slides which could help present a topic. Students fill in the speech/thought bubbles. Can be adapted for a ' fun' lesson. Feedback please !