1/2 of listening or reading or both. Add activities to suit. Year 8 and above.

A year 7 lesson for reading and understanding of attached poem. Chunked tasks will make the lesson fly by ! Speaking/listening and writing all in one lesson.

A quick ready to go lesson based on a short story (attached). Discussion questions and a list of comprehension questions are included. Suitable for KS 3 but adaptable upwards.

170 RANDOM LINKS to whet the appetite of a learner, either at home or in school.

A month of words for you to set one each day. Students work out meaning from context and then write their own sentence. A great opener to all English lessons and it keep them up to sped with dictionary skills. You could, however include a dictionary link.

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 :)

21 words of the day for January. Students start your lessons copying the word, sentence and discussing the meaning. They then write a sentence of their own. Soon builds into a useful reference for further creative writing.

Students read first hand account of Black Death in Italy. Students answer questions. Answers on slides and photocopy.

 Pupils consistently display a thirst for knowledge and understanding and a love of learning, including when being taught as a whole class or working on their own or in small groups. This has a very strong impact on their progress in lessons. With this in mind I devised an independent project for Year 7s (but it could run across the whole school). On our school VLE I posted the attached tasks. Each Year 7 student was given a scrap book and told to complete as many tasks as they wanted. For each completed task, the student receives a gold coin sticker. I organised it through tutor groups so the form with the most coins wins a trip out of school in the summer term. Parents love this as it gives students something to do in the holidays and on weekends. Activities are often London based as this is our nearest city but this can be adapted to any place in the world. Get your departments on board and help develop a thirst for knowledge in your school!

Students imagine an all porcine casting to the play by W.S. A starter, but a useful consolidation tool.

Another 50 questions to use in form time. Answers provided on screen. Visually accessible and designed for all students to be able to at least answer a question. Adaptable to anything.

lesson suitable for most year groups. A brief clip on the origins of WW1 and a song to complete plus discussion.

Slides from POWERPOINT for the creation of a FAMILY TREE. Keeps them busy and fosters conversation with fellow isolators.

Students consider a few questions on Chapters 18 & 19 and read Chapter 20. a short 30 minutes worth.

50 more questions for your form group. Answers included and ready to go.

Straightforward intro to New Year with 3 resolutions to use punctuation correctly. Worksheet, answers and resolution documents included.

Written for a low year 8 class but adaptable. Contains reading and writing activities. All ready to deliver.

Straightforward practice for explaining the effect of similes and metaphors. Illustrated.

" A Vendetta " by Maupassant. Read it via video. Questions on slides. VERY ENTERTAINING

Lessons 5 & 6 focused on the novel The Giver. Aimed at year 7 students studying at home during the pandemic. Short but useful.