This pack includes a powerpoint lesson on a range of well known countries, capital cities and flags. It also includes two games, one hidden picture game and one annoying orange game. This is suitable for a wide range of KS1,KS2 and EAL learners for both Geography and English/EAL lessons.

Here is a full lesson for the poem Futility, by Wilfred Owen. This pack also includes a wide range of extra resources for students, including personification tasks, social and historical context tasks and analysis of the poem. This lesson is suitable for KS3/KS4 students who have studied or are studying Conflict Poetry, either as a review, an introduction, or for comparison with other conflict poems.

Easy and simple starter game/review game for KS1/KS2. This game reviews Anagrams using a variety of food to help practice the skill.

This is a great lesson to introduce learners to transport, showing different types of transport, the costs and how to get from A to B in a city, London. This also introduces students to the concepts of money and takes costs into consideration to add more depth to the lesson. This is suitable for English, Maths and Geography lessons as a starter task or a fun review task and can be adapted for a range of audiences, and also includes a wide range of vocabulary, useful for all learners.

Catchphrase PPT Game Here is a nice, simple fun activity for ESL/English learners, especially younger ones. Students have to identify the images and put them together to make a word. This is very similar to the UK TV Show Catchphrase. Students can either answer verbally, write them down on whiteboards, or on paper. A nice time filler for 10-15 minutes at the start of a lesson. If you enjoyed this free resource, feel free to leave a review. Thanks.

Here is a simple adapted Personal statement lesson for Y10/Y11 Students. I have simplified and made the lesson as accessible as possible so all students are able to write even a simple personal statement. If you found this FREE resource helpful, please consider leaving a review. Thanks.

This is a simple and fun game for students and teachers to play to ask and answer questions about experiences. This can easily be modified and adapted as you see fit. Rules: Take turns to ask each other ‘Have you ever?’ You have to answer ‘yes I have’ to each question You will ask you questions to check if you are lying or telling the truth If you guess correctly, you get 1 point! IF you guess incorrectly, the other person gets 1 point Please enjoy this free resource! If you found it useful, feel free to leave a review! Thanks.

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Here is a great full lesson analysing the poem “Flag” by John Agard. This is ideal for students in KS3, years 7,8,9 . This lesson will help students to explore and understand the themes in the poem, including conflict. The lesson goes through the poem line by line in detail, looking at and discussing the key themes, poetic devices used as a well as a range of discussion and/or writing activities. There are also attached Drama, pre-reading and comparison activities to extend learning. There is also an audio version of the poem included too! This can also be differentiated as required for lower levels by simply removing/simplifying some of the extended activities.

Here is a short 3-4 weeks scheme focused on poetry, suitable for KS3, looking at the key themes of marginalisation, identity, tone and imagery. Each lesson contains differentiated learning objectives, a range of starter and review tasks, as well as periodical homework tasks and breakdowns of key words and definitions useful for understanding poetry at KS3, focused around Checking Out Me History by John Agard. There are approximately 6-8 full 1 hour lessons which can be easily modified or changed if needed, depending on your lesson length and ability of learners. All resources are included, just download and teach! No further prep required!

Here is a range of extracts and assessment based questions that can be used to test students knowledge of a Christmas Carol. There are 15+ questions here than can be used to reflect each stave, and can be easily differentiated and modified as needed.

Here is a great full lesson analysing the poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson. This is ideal for students in KS3, years 7,8,9 . This lesson will help students to explore and understand the themes in the poem, including conflict. The lesson goes through the poem line by line in detail, looking at and discussing the key themes, poetic devices used as a well as a range of discussion and/or writing activities. There are also attached Drama, pre-reading and comparison activities to extend learning. There is also an audio version of the poem included too! This can also be differentiated as required for lower levels by simply removing/simplifying some of the extended activities.

Here is a simple and fun ESL/English game called Longest Word. Ideal for KS1/ESL learners. Students need to try to come up with the longest word using the prompts on the slides. There are 3 different levels of difficultly. You can also easily swap out, edit or duplicate slides to add your own levels to each one. Instructions are added to each slide so it is easy to follow for most levels of learners.

Spelling Challenge Game for KS1 & ESL: This is a fun and simple spelling challenge game for younger English learners. Students can split into teams or groups and work together or individually to solve the problems. The slides are in an easy format so you can easily edit them if needed.

Here is a 3 full lesson pack for the poem of The Emigree, by Carol Rumens. There is a focus on the word ‘emigree’ followed by a focus on the poet, as well as key messages in the poem. The second and third lessons focus on techniques and imagery for the poem as well some in depth analysis of the key techniques and subject terminology. There are also Independent Writing tasks as well as peer writing tasks for students to complete as extended activities.

Here is a lesson to introduce writing narratives to KS3 students, especially those in Years, 7,8,9. This is a perfect way to link narratives to GCSE outcomes. This lesson focusses on using the senses effectively in writing, using precise vocabulary for impact and effect. This can also be divided over 2 lessons if needed, with a plenary, peer assessments and extension activity also provided. There is also a special grammar focus for students looking at there, their and they’re!

This is a fun weakest link style Scattegories game which can be used to help use and develop vocabulary skills and as a way of building teamwork skills in your classroom. This lesson was originally used for EAL learners but can be adapted easily for KS1/KS2 classes as categories/rounds can be changed where needed. Worksheets are also provided and can be modified where needed to make sure learners have help. You can also quickly add further rounds where needed or modify the existing ones to make them more challenging. A lesson plan is provided and the lesson should run for at least 45 minutes.

Here is a detailed lesson all about the history and story of the London Underground, followed by some information of how the tube works. Students then get Maps given to them to try and work out how long and how far stations are from each other. They also need to practice key dialogues and vocabulary related to travel, distance and time. This can also be modified to suit learners as there are key phrases and key information the teacher needs to give learners. We have found this lesson to be very popular and cross-curricular as it covers, English, Maths, Geography and History.

This is a fun personality test that learners can use as a fun way for the teacher to get to know learners better, and learners to learn about themselves. The learners write answers to each question on their worksheet and the teacher can go through the slides 1 by 1 to reveal the true meaning of each of the answers. This has been a huge hit with both younger and older learners and takes approximately 40 minutes to complete if done properly.

This is a full 4/5 Lesson Scheme focused on the Taming of the Shrew and an introduction to Shakespeare. There are a range of reading and writing tasks linked to the taming of the shrew, as well as extracts that are also attached. The first lesson is a station based lesson where learners can teach each other about life in Shakespeare’s England, before going on to look at the globe theatre, before spending 2/3 lessons looking in detail at the taming of the shrew. This scheme has been taught to Y5, Y6 and Y7 learners and can be adapted to meet the needs of all learners if required.