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 game that can be used as a starter or plenary for a travel topic.
Objects appear in suitcases and students have to guess the name of the place. There are 10 different places:
France
England
Australia
Italy
South Africa
USA
South Korea
Egypt
China
Russia
If they are the first team/pair to guess correctly they get a photo card to add to their suitcase gameboard (attached in a word file)
I used this with my TEFL students and they loved it!
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.
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.
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
Crafting sensory description
Creating a character
Analysis of how Roald Dahl uses exaggeration and humour
Comprehension questions for two extracts
Planning sheets
Writing an autobiography planning sheets
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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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.
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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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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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,
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.
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.
Day 3 of my Roald Dahl themed summer camp (originally taught to Korean EFL students)
It includes:
*A simplified version of the story using Quentin Blake illustrations.
* A memory game based on food items found in Mr Twit’s beard and worksheet.
*Scavenger Hunt worksheet and clues (which are printed and hidden around the school- the first pair to find all the words win!)
*Birds Nest Crispy Cakes Recipe
*Mrs Twit’s spaghetti toasties recipe
*Wordsearch and colouring page
This was originally taught to Korean Middle School EFL students for a fun art and craft/cooking camp however it is written entirely in English.
The aim of this summer camp is for the students to have fun and to learn about different countries and cultures around the world. Each day will focus on a different country and we will learn some facts, look at famous places, food and do an art and craft activity associated with the country.
At the start of each day students will guess the country. When I reveal the flag they must copy it onto their ‘passport’ sheet.
If students behave well or win a task they receive a sticker on their passport. The student with the most stickers at the end of the camp will win a prize.
Day 1:
Introduce the summer camp and different monuments and buildings around the world. Today focuses on lots of games and team building activities so that everyone gets to know each other.
Activity 1: Icebreaker
Students are given a ‘passport worksheet where they write their name, age, favorite food, favorite place in Korea and three places they would like to visit in the future. They should complete this quite quickly 5-10 minutes. When everyone has finished I pass the ball and when they catch it the student must say something about themselves and introduce themselves to the rest of the class.
Team game (1): Guess where it is from
Students look at the famous buildings/monuments from around the world. In teams they must guess which country they think it is from. The team with the most correct will win travel stickers in their passport.
Team game (2): Build a tower
In teams students have 30minutes to build a monument/tower using only dried spaghetti, peppero sticks and marshmallows. They have to work together as a team and at the end they can win points based on how tall, how wide and how unique their building is. The winning team gains stickers for their passport.
Lunch
Students are given cooked sausage, cucumbers, crackers and cube cheese. Individually on their plate they have to cut slices and try to build the tallest tower. The person with the tallest ‘tower’ wins a sticker for their passport. They can then eat these and the snacks from earlier for lunch.
Team game (3): Jenga race
In teams students take it in turns to race forwards and take a block out of the jenga tower. They must then run back to their team and try to build another structure. The team with the tallest structure at the end (whose original building hasn’t fallen over!) are the winners and gain stickers for their passports.
Art and Crafts
Using clay, students must make a small keyring or magnet in the shape of a famous building or monument from the lesson. Seoul Tower, Eiffel Tower, Pyramid, Big Ben etc.
Introduce the grammar and phrases that use ‘have’ and ‘has’.
Students practice using the phrases through a guessing game. They look at the close up of the object and must race to say the target phrase " Have you got a pen?", “Have you eaten a kiwi fruit?” etc.
Show example phrases (gap fill activity) and students need to apply their knowledge and say whether it should be ‘have’ or ‘has’.
Card game- Players ask each other set questions on their question sheets. For example “Have you been to Scotland?” and they choose someone to address the question to. If the player has the matching card they must answer “Yes I have” and the first player can tick it off their sheet. If they don’t have the card they respond “No I haven’t.” and the player’s turn is over.
Full instructions for the card game are included in the ppt- the task requires some cutting preparation but with a guillotine it will not take too long at all. There are 96 colourful cards in total and I found that groups of 4-6 players worked best.
I have included the lesson powerpoint, a PDF printable version of the game cards and also the powerpoint with the card templates so that you can ammend and change the playing cards to suit your needs.
Four creative writing lessons and planning worksheets on the theme of ‘Adventure’.
Suitable for KS2 and KS3 students.
I used these series of lessons to help students prepare for an extended piece of imaginative writing.
Each lesson follows the same format:
Show an image and ask students to jot down their initial impressions and what they can see. Pair and Share their ideas.
2 Individually, students choose a number between 1-10. Each number corresponds to a character they must write as.
3 Then students choose a second number between 1-5. Each number corresponds to what they must write about.
4 Students are given a planning sheet and must spend time deciding key components of their writing- plot/character/setting
5 For the rest of the lesson (or as a homework task) they must complete an extended piece of adventure writing.
6 Peer assessment- students swap and read another piece of work. They must comment on the things that went well and the specific marking criteria.
A whole lesson focusing on the structure and language used by Dickens in the opening of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Starter: Looking at the effect of the opening sentence ‘Marley was dead: to begin with’ and the impact it has on a reader.
Students stick in the worksheet (two versions included- differentiated for less able students with pre-highlighted quotations)
and use it to make notes and highlight throughout the lesson.
Each paragraph has been broken down to be analysed in-depth. Each slide includes guided questions to encourage discussion and modelling of how to select appropriate quotations from the text in order to answer the question.
Finally, students must choose one question to answer for their homework. Each question builds upon the discussion points and notes made in the lesson. This can be peer assessed at the beginning on the following lesson to recap and check for understanding.
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After reading chapter 1, students analyse the characters of Ralph, Jack and Piggy and use the worksheets to record their initial impressions of them.
In addition to the ready to be printed worksheets, I have also included them in a ppt so that you can ammend them to suit your class.
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How to Cut a Pomegranate by Imtiaz Dharker
A poem which explores identity and childhood.
This is a fully resourced lesson with a language analysis activity worksheet, guided questions and a creative homework task.
Aims: Students will focus on AO2 and language analysis, considering the effect and connotations of particular word choices and imagery.
Activity 1: In pairs students must complete a DART activity worksheet- circling the word they believe is the correct choice.
Then as a class, dicuss their decisions before comparing what the poet actually wrote.
Students analyse the poem and comment on the imagery- answering questions worth 8 stars.
Homework: students write their own nostalgic poem anout a significant object in the style of Imtiaz Dharker.