Students will begin the lesson by working in partners following a script to role-play questions and answers about The Globe Theatre. To consolidate their learning, students will watch a video on The Globe Theatre and make their own notes using the information they have heard. They will be given a worksheet to label The Globe Theatre and then they will check and correct their worksheet. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable role-play question and answer script Printable Label The Globe Theatre worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by creating a mind map of what they already know about William Shakespeare. They will then play a memory game using images associated with William Shakespeare and his work. After watching a video based on his life, students will make their own notes to use for a collage. They will collaborate with one another to share facts about William Shakespeare which will have them excited and engaged as they walk around the classroom to learn different facts from one another. They will work in groups to collate their facts to add to the collage. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable facts on Shakespeare ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

This is an engaging introduction to who Charles Dickens was and how his background influenced his writing. Students will use information from a mind map and video to work in partners and create a picture collage on Dickens’ life. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©202 The Nifty Ninja

A fun revision game to remember which character said which quote! The class can be split into two and each side can take turns to guess which character said the quote for a point. Includes: Animated powerpoint presentation game of 20 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will explore symbolism and their significance in the novel. They will be assigned a student in the class and draw for them a symbol based on what they know about them. This will explore the negative feelings associated with certain symbols and allow students to empathise with Shmuel. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will explore a non-fiction text using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing framework through interactive activities. The newspaper article is based on the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman. The final task will showcase students’ ability to independently write a newspaper article using expanded sentences and prepositions in well structured paragraphs. This resource features the following: Newspaper article True and false game for to check comprehension New vocabulary and dictionary work Story map Expanded sentences using conjunctions Basic prepositions Extended pieces of writing Highlighting activity Matching activity Comparison with a second article Boxing up activity Assessing positive vs. negative aspects of article Spelling test Step-by-step paragraph writing …and much more! Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 89 slides Printable newspaper article in color and b/w Printable newspaper article template Printable vocabulary worksheet in color and b/w Printable captions for story map Printable expanded sentences worksheet Printable story map template Printable positives vs. negatives worksheet in color and b/w Printable matching activity worksheet Printable second newspaper article in color and b/w Printable fill in the blanks conjunctions worksheet Printable newspaper article assessment template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

The conversation of the businessmen held great significance in Stave 4 as they highlighted Scrooge’s character through jest. After reading their conversation, students will highlight clues from the extract and answer questions independently. They will explore Scrooge’s thoughts and feelings by writing a diary entry. Sentence starters are provided for the independent piece of writing and students will challenge themselves by explaining Scrooge’s remorse for his actions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable extract ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will start with a discussion around the prominent themes in the novel so far. Focussing on the theme of fear, the lesson will look at Maria’s fear of her superiors by locating quotes to evidence this. Using a modelled paragraph, students will label for PETER and then write their own couple of paragraphs to answer, “How does John Boyne show that Shmuel is afraid in these lines?” Students will self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable modelled paragraph ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will create a storyboard of significant events in the chapter using captions and illustrations. In groups, students will discuss whether Bruno did the right thing by betraying his friend and lying to save himself from getting into trouble. To showcase their ideas, students will debate the topic with the teacher moderating and allowing turns for rebuttals. Students will use the information to confidently write a PETER paragraph independently using quotes from the chapter as evidence to support their points. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable storyboard template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by watching a short video regarding Nazis (BBC Bitesize must be accessible). They will use their inference skills to understand the effect of Lieutenant Kotler’s transfer on Bruno’s family. Students will organise quotes about Gretel into two categories which will help explain her character development and change throughout the course of the novel. Using this information, students will write a couple of paragraphs to explain how Gretel’s character changed. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 9 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! © The Nifty Ninja

Students will role-play scenarios to understand the relationship between Bruno and Father. The lesson checks students’ understanding with comprehension questions (answers included) and a paired activity before culminating with paragraph writing on Father’s character and his relationship with his son. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will identify implicit and explicit sentences through an engaging game and then apply their knowledge by completing a table on the description of Lieutenant Kotler. Students will probe and analyse language and its effects by looking deeper into the characters of the Lieutenant and Pavel. The lesson will end with independent writing to answer, “How does John Boyne present Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter 7?” Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 21 slides Printable Venn diagram ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

In this lesson, students will explore four literary elements to make their writing powerful: Emotive language Powerful adjectives Movement verbs Rhetorical questions By exploring the text A Place for Plastic, students will explore key themes and ideas, new vocabulary, and answer questions related to the language. Through interactive games and activities, students will work in pairs and individually to analyse the language in the text in order to understand the author’s message. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 15 slides Printable worksheets and differentiated resources ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will use a printable Venn diagram template for a side-by-side comparison of Bruno’s old and new house. This lesson explores the thoughts and feelings of the main character by probing language and using quotes. Students will show their understanding by writing a PEE paragraph and challenging themselves by using ambitious vocabulary. The lesson ends with a quick round of comprehension questions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable Venn diagram (answers included) ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

In an exciting resource, students will work in expert groups to learn about Simon Armitage and explore keywords to make predictions of what the poem may be about. In pairs, students will use their assigned clue cards to probe and analyse language in the poem and interpret layers of meaning. Their knowledge will be consolidated through creating profiles, clue cards, sequencing, and a fill in the blank activity. They will apply their knowledge by answering an exam style question with a PETERS paragraph. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable Facebook profile template Printable sequence the poem worksheet Printable biography of poet Printable copy of the poem Printable clue cards + answer key Printable fill in the blanks sheet + answer key ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Engaging activities to explore Thomas Hardy’s poem and his life where students will probe and analyse language to gain an in-depth understanding of what it means. They will begin by learning about the Boer war with a memory game and then watching a short video on Thomas Hardy’s life. Students will explore keywords like tragedy and irony when reading the telegram and use inference skills to make predictions about the poem. Students will culminate their understanding with a piece of writing and peer assess their work. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Printable telegram and letter Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Exciting and engaging activities for students to learn about Owen Sheers’s life and his famous poem. Students will answer probing questions analyzing the language used in the poem to uncover layers of meaning. They will apply their understanding by writing a PETERS paragraph to answer an exam-style question and then self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable number the stanza activity Printable context sheet Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin with an engaging game to recap what they know so far about the novel. After reading the chapter, students will answer comprehension questions to test their knowledge (answers included). Students will share ideas about Gretel and then write a paragraph of their impressions of her using sentence starters provided. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by brainstorming higher-order questions to ask Mother. They will hot-seat her character in turns after reading the chapter. Students will answer some comprehension questions regarding Mother’s attitude to Out-With and then peer-assess their work. After having explored Mother’s thoughts and feelings from the chapter, students will write a letter in her character using the sentence starters provided. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will move from station to station around the classroom to collect information about the war in order to fill out their worksheet. This resource is an excellent introduction to war poetry and culminates with a diary entry to consolidate students’ learning. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Topics covered: Causes of War WW1 Facts Trench Rats Women’s Roles A Soldier’s Equipment School During WW1 End of War and Remembrance Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 4 slides 7 printable factsheets in colour 7 printable factsheets in black and white 1 printable factsheet worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja