Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
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Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
Created by a qualified secondary school teacher who has taught KS3, KS4 and KS5.
Browse my shop to find a variety of affordable resources, full lessons and worksheets related to the study of Language and Literature across the age ranges.
A range of reading, writing, speaking and listening activities based on travel and holiday plans.
Students will learn:
Lesson 1: Locations, capital cities of Europe and country flags.
Lesson 2: Types of accommodation, activities and modes of transport.
*Detailed lesson plans, worksheets (PDF and Word document amendable copies) and a card game are also included.
Checking in to a Hotel
Key expressions:
receptionist, manager, customer, reception, rooms, bar, restaurant, bathroom, I booked a room for this weekend, let me check your details, here is your room key, breakfast is served from…
Students learn vocabulary associated with checking in to a hotel.
-PPT introduces key expressions through a ‘virtual tour’ of a fictional hotel.
In teams they compete to win points in a quiz based on what they just saw.
Students then practice the checking in dialogue through a pair based role play.
Finally using worksheets they can put the dialogue into the correct order, complete a crossword, match the hotel facilities to the pictures and finally write a short opinion based piece on whether they would choose to stay at this particular hotel.
*The PPT and worksheets have Korean translations of the English vocabulary however these can be easily amended as I have included both PDF and word document files.
Lesson Overview
Starter question/ quick activity to get the students thinking about language/imagery in the scene.
Questions alongside the text to check understanding and develop interpretations of characters/plot/themes.
Worksheet for students to record their own ideas/points raised in class discussion.
Personal response question with sentence starters ‘What are your impressions of Lord Capulet and Paris in this scene?’
Group activity: differentiated questions and extracts are discussed, students feedback to the rest of the class.
EXIT Card plenary- students quickly jot down their opinion of Lord Capulet and whether they agree with the critical interpretation ‘Juliet is regarded as little more than a precious possession to her father’. (this can then be discussed as the starter next lesson)
Homework task: to research an Elizabethan Masquerade Ball/ banquet and design a formal invitation for the Capulet’s to send to their guests.
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**I am currently working on the following lessons in the series. **
Act 1, Scene 3 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-3-lady-capulet-and-the-nurse-ks4-11976732
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By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify different parts of the human body.
Activity 1: Competitive game. Students are shown vocabulary with missing letters and in teams have to write out the correct word on the mini whiteboard to gain points for their superhero team.
Activity 2: Students design their own superhero and label the body parts on the back.
Worksheets: Crossword, writing body parts in the correct box (face/body) and gap fill&superhero colouring sheets. I have included both WordDoc and PDF copies of the work sheets so that they can be amended/printed with ease.
Suitable for KS3 or a support group
Worksheet plus ppt with instructions & additional tasks/answers
Tasks:
1: Cut and stick each quotation with the correct corresponding image.
2: Identify which character said each of the quotations.
3: Find another example of Shakespeare’s imagery. Draw your own picture and label it with the quotation in your workbook.
Challenge : ‘Love is too powerful to be described through a metaphor.’
Do you think Shakespeare has managed to convey this emotion well, or not? Explain your opinion.
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I am currently working on the rest of the lessons in the series.
Act 1, Scene 1 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-opening-analysis-act-1-scene-1-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks4-11525718
Act 1, Scene 2 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-2-capulet-and-paris-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks3-ks4-11625209
Act 1, Scene 3 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-3-lady-capulet-and-the-nurse-ks4-11976732
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Activity 1: Guessing the animal based on the X-Ray.
Activity 2: Introduce the vocabulary and whereabouts the bone is in the body.
Activity 3: Colour in the skeleton worksheet(skull- blue, spine-purple, ribcage-red etc…)
Draw a line to match the vocabulary to the picture
Activity 4: ‘Oww I broke my …’ students look at the X-Ray and must say the phrase out loud to win a
point for their team.
Activity 5: X-Ray Art and Craft (using white paint, cotton buds, black paper and their hands/feet!)
Activity 6: Roll the dice game to collect all the bones (game board and pieces included)
A lesson introducing emergency situations, CPR and Rescue Breathing to EFL students.
Activity 1- students brainstorm emergency scenarios using picture prompts on ppt.
Activity 2- Introduce the term ‘emergency call’ and ‘the fire department’, the police’ and ‘ an ambulance. Students then look at pictures of different emergencies and say which should be called for each different situation.
Activity 3- Students match pictures to the vocabulary by writing A, B, C, D in the corresponding boxes. (worksheet)
Activity 4- In teams, students use the vocabulary learnt in the lesson to write their own emergency call. (worksheet) and the perform it in front of the rest of the class.
Activity 5- Students practice CPR and Rescue Breathing on their manikins using the hand out and PPT. Select students to demonstrate correct procedure to the rest of the class.
Activity 6- Link in PPT to a Mr. Bean YouTube video. Students assess what he does wrong in the emergency scenario and what they would do differently.
Activity 7- Reading comprehension. Can be printed and students read through and answer questions on the PPT.
Activity 8- Team guessing game. Students guess which emergency number belongs to which country. (also included as a worksheet where students draw a line to match them)
Activity 9- Link to British comedy ‘The IT Crowd) video clip on YouTube. Students watch and then answer questions.
Also included: two worksheets, CPR handout, resources needed to create the First Aid classroom display,
Two worksheets which encourage students to reflect on the plot and main characters.
Useful for revision, recapping or making connections throughout the study of a class novel/play.
I have included both PDF versions of the worksheets as well as word documents that can be altered with ease.
Suitable for KS4 support groups or KS3 learners.
Suitable for EFL, TEFL and KS2 students.
The powerpoint has Korean/English translations but can be adapted easily.
The lesson focuses on the dialogue/role-play between a passenger and an attendant:
*showing a passport,
*asking for a window seat
* receiving a boarding pass
The worksheets include:
*Vocabulary list and cutting/sticking/matching activity
*Create your own passport and holiday photo
*Short comprehension questions
*Colour in the travel stamps
Lesson one: Focus on Gothic descriptions and the door. Students read an extract from Dracula then complete as peer-assessed piece of creative writing about a doorway and the occupant.
Lesson two: Analysis of the introduction to Mr Hyde including highlighted focus points and guided questions.
Lesson three: Looks at non-fiction. Students analyse a newspaper report for emotive language and then must produce their own for the girl trampling incident in chapter one.
Activities encouraging students to analyse the characters of Mr Utterson and Mr Einfield from the opening on the novel, based upon contextual understanding of Victorian gentlemen and their own interpretations.
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Includes:
A ppt with guided questions for students to develop their own interpretations about the opening of the play/characters.
A worksheet where students plan how they would stage the scene.
A homework task based on the Prince.
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I am currently working on the following lessons in the series.
Act 1, Scene 2 is available to purchase at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-2-capulet-and-paris-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks3-ks4-11625209
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My Reading Journey
Students stick this worksheet in the front of their exercise books or homework diaries.
It can be used to keep a record of their reading and encourage them to reflect on the texts they have read.
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Students look at promotional posters for the play Romeo and Juliet to make assumptions about the society and characters.
Then after reading through the prologue students cut and stick the explanations in the right box.
Some guided questions to develop their interpretations.
Exit card question plenary.
Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful :)
I am currently working on the rest of the lessons in the series.
Act 1, Scene 1 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-opening-analysis-act-1-scene-1-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks4-11525718
Act 1, Scene 2 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-2-capulet-and-paris-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks3-ks4-11625209
Act 1, Scene 3 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-3-lady-capulet-and-the-nurse-ks4-11976732
** Or alternatively browse my online shop for Shakespeare and Creative Writing resources:**
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A lesson I made based on the resources from the British Council website https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/tour_of_london_-_exercises_1.pdf
Click the sound icon to listen to the dialogue, with each mouse-click a corresponding image comes up for a basic virtual tour.
There are then three activities. Students match the tourist spot to the name, number the places chronologically and guess which tourist destination has been visited based on the review given.
I've also included filler activities- a word search and colouring page.
15 whole lessons and worksheets focusing on Macbeth. The lessons use drama, group work, creative writing, non fiction, video clips and guided questions to explore the play Macbeth in depth and to encourage students to develop their own interpretations.
Included are lessons on:
Act 1, Scene 1
Act 1, Scene 2
Act 1, Scene 5
Act 2, Scene 2 -Theme of Guilt
Act 3, Scene 1 Banquo and Macbeth soliloquy analysis
Act 3, Scene 6 (Lennox) and Act 4, Scene 2 (Lady Macduff)
Act 4, Scene 1 the witches and apparitions
Act 5, Scene 1 (4 lesson sequence) and assessment on Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Acts 1-3) quotation and imagery activity & worksheet
The rise and fall of Macbeth activity sheet
Macbeth film review nonfiction activity
Macbeth nonfiction and context lesson- writing a leaflet on how to spot a witch.
Macbeth quotation analysis worksheets (for revision) and quotation revision quiz.
Students read contextual sources for information about witches (included for printing) before collating their knowledge and using it to produce a leaflet about how to spot a witch. I made my students complete the leaflet for homework and they produced some very imaginative responses.
You could read an extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ as a starter.
I’ve also included some extracts produced by my students as examples for the creative leaflets .
Overall it was fun to teach and my students loved it. Suitable for K34 GCSE groups to develop language and literature skills.
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