New York Monologues – Descriptive Writing
A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own monologues!
Great engaging lesson!
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(Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)
Creative Writing Four Lesson Bundle
Amazing value, premium creative writing bundle pack! Four complete popular lessons in one easy download.
See the links for further details. Lessons are:
• The Haunting £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunting-full-lesson-11180479
• The Cornish Mystery £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cornish-mystery-full-lesson-11192380
• The Sandman £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sandman-creative-writing-lesson-11254148
• The Time Machine £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-time-machine-creative-writing-lesson-11255559
£12 pack for just £6.50!!
Double Lesson Resource Pack - The Time Machine and The Sandman.
The Time Machine – Creative Writing Lesson, £3.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-time-machine-full-lesson-11311954
Highly engaging and visually appealing, creative writing lesson!
Lesson scenario:
When clearing out an old house, under a dust sheet in the attic, you discover some kind of strange machine. There is a chair and lots of odd looking machinery and dials. You sit in the chair out of curiosity and press a few buttons. Suddenly, things start to happen and you are transported in time. Where will you go? What will you do?
The Sandman, £3.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-sandman-creative-writing-lesson-11308227
Highly engaging, creative writing lesson based on the original Sandman image by Dina Bova.
Attractive Power Point includes:
* Cryptic starter
* Lesson objectives
* Full size image for discussion point
* Task Explanation
* Planning sheet slide
* Writing tips shared activity
* Writing prompts and plenary quiz
Planning and help sheet resource included.
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*Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!*
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414
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New York Monologues – Descriptive Writing
A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own monologues!
Great engaging lesson!
For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)
A fantastic bundle, consisting of literacy, Zombie Land creative writing and a starter pack.
Great value.
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A fantastic bundle, consisting of literacy, an about you writing lesson and a starter pack.
Great value.
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A fantastic bundle, consisting of the Haunting, the Halloween murder mystery and a starter pack.
Great value.
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A fantastic bundle, consisting of literacy, the Beast of Bodmin Moor lesson and a starter pack.
Great value.
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A fantastic bundle, consisting of Zombie Land and the Halloween murder mystery and a starter pack.
Great value.
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Literacy, PEE, SPAG and Writing to Argue and Persuade Bundle
A fantastic value download bundle consisting of:
* Literacy Health Check
* Karl Pilkington SPAG and PEE starters
* The Sugar Tax
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Fantastic value bundle, featuring two complete lessons and a quiz bundle pack.
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Fantastic bundle pack of creative writing and literacy, featuring:
* Literacy Health Check
* The Haunting
* Literacy True or False - Interactive Game
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Halloween Special - The Lake District Murder
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story, diary version.
Lesson scenario:
A family weekend getaway to the Lake District turns to horror as one guest in the lodge is poisoning the guests. But who? And why? And will you make it out alive?
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
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(Credits – Copyright free images fromLakedistrict.gov.uk, Cumbriawedding.co.uk)
Fantastic bundle download of halloween lessons, consisting of:
* The Halloween Murder Myster
* Zombie Land - Terror at the Fun Fair
* The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade - Letter
A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the new sugar tax! Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate. This is the writing to argue letter lesson. If you prefer this lesson as a main task to write a lively article you can find that at the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sugar-tax-writing-to-argue-and-persuade-11255722
Lesson Power Point includes a shock starter, learning objectives, links to video clips for information on the sugar tax and planning prompts throughout.
BBC article included.
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You may also be interested in this letter activity resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letter-card-sort-11034807
(Credits, BBC and Youtube.)
Dracula extract analysis/close reading lesson ideal as a one-off lesson or a link to gothic literature.
Lesson includes:
* Title page
* Starter
* Lesson objectives
* Link to video clip
* Extract prompt (extract included)
* Find the key word prompt (sheet included)
* Spelling activity (worksheet included)
* Mini writing task
* Plenary post-it-note activity
All resources included at the back of the Power Point.
This lesson is available in a double pack with The Hound of the Baskervilles for £4.50 here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extract-double-pack-dracula-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-11302068
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(Credits, images copyright free and scenes from Youtube.)
Engaging SPAG and PEE starter pack and Power Point slides taken from extracts of Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries, The Idiot Abroad. Each starter features a short extract, with a short SPAG and an extended PEE or comprehension starter, together with an image of Karl Pilkington.
Starters are ideal for KS4 students or later KS3 and suitable for a variety of different exam boards e.g. WJEC or AQA as they involve the same core skills.
Also included for free is a bumper word puzzles Power Point which is normally £2:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/word-quizzes-11195792
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(Credits: images royalty free, taken from Wikicommons and pininterest.com)
Should Britain have left the EU?
Hugely topical writing to argue and persuade writing task based on the shock result of the EU referendum.
Students get to offer their opinions on the result.
24 Page Power Point includes
* Title pages
* Lesson objectives
* Prompt pages
* Statistic pages
* Immediate reactions
* Positives and negatives
* Writing prompt pages and review
Guaranteed to engage!
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(Credits: all images taken from The Guardian and the BBC website.)
A group of friends find themselves trapped in an old hotel, only to suffer strange lucid dreams and terrifying nightly visitations. Will they escape or go insane? And what is the significance of the black rose?
Visually attractive, creative horror story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson or series of lessons. (At least two lessons will be required to complete the story.)
Power point includes:
* Attractive title page.
* Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above).
* Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story.
* Character cards page (with example, included) where students complete their own characters on special cards (resources included at the back of the Power Point.)
* Planning sheet giving students a structured method in which to write an effective story (included at the back of the Power Point.)
* A review prompt to discuss writing so far.
* A review peer-assessment prompt which should set students up to continue the story next lesson.
* Each slide gives students a “TEEP” instruction at the start of the slide, indicating which sort of activity is involved at each stage.
***Now available in a dystopian and horror bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710
*Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!*
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414
(Credits: Donney Nunley, Circus Tricks, Flickr.com. Emo Attitude, Haunted Boy, Deviant art.)