lesson suitable for most year groups. A brief clip on the origins of WW1 and a song to complete plus discussion.

A lesson based on material and ideas on the National Archive site. Students examine documents from the time and complete their own investigation into the plot and its outcomes.

Resolve to ensure your students know 21 Literary techniques with examples and a brief description of their effect. Ideal for a lesson starter/SETTLING ACTIVITY. Ilustrated.

A month of words for you to set one each day. Students work out meaning from context and then write their own sentence. A great opener to all English lessons and it keep them up to sped with dictionary skills. You could, however include a dictionary link.

A ks 3 lesson (part one) dealing with the context of the poem and stanza one. Three more parts to come. They will only deal with the first 4 stanzas.

Written for a low year 8 class but adaptable. Contains reading and writing activities. All ready to deliver.

For creative writers. Students follow story and add more and more detail. Can easily be adapted for drama and other areas of English curriculum. Powerful thinking at the end as well ! All ready to deliver. No photocopies needed.

For Year 8 (can be adapted upwards). Lesson deals with theodicy and give students practice at creating mind maps as well as adding details to create more interest. All content needed is on the slides. No photocopying needed.

A year 7 lesson for reading and understanding of attached poem. Chunked tasks will make the lesson fly by ! Speaking/listening and writing all in one lesson.

Two part lesson on the myth of Echo and Narcissus and its relevance to us today. Includes activities video clips. All ready to deliver.

Over 100 illustrated slides encouraging your students to manipulate their language and develop vocabulary. All ready to deliver.

Over 100 illustrated slides encouraging students to manipulate their language. Ideal for settlers/starters.Ready to deliver.

Over 100 slides to use as settlers/starters allowing for development of students’ ability to manipulate language. All illustrated and ready to deliver.

A huge selection of slides " Word of the Day" Ideal as a settler and more than useful for vocabulary development. Fully illustrated to aid understanding. All ready to deliver.

Ideal to use one slide per lesson as a settling down activity or even for homework. Students use a root word to develop more complex ways of writing.

Ideal as a starter slide but could be used for homework. Students use a root word to develop more complex ways of writing sentences.

Ideal as a starter slide for ALL lessons. Students develop new ways to use words and build more complex sentences.

A selection of things that students should read before they’re 18 years old. They can of course, read them afterwards as well. Plenty to argue about wherever teachers gather together. Contains brief comments on each novel/poem/short story.

40 Talks which last 5 minutes each. Prompting independent learning and investigation.

First lessons should leave students interested in finding out more about the subject. 15 facts and a worksheet ready to deliver. Add extra information if you want.