This Power Point clearly sets out the differences between news reports and magazine article in both content and writing style. This is useful for writing news reports or magazine article in the CIE First Language English papers.

This short unit teaches students the characteristics of a Gothic story through ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Don’t waste time thinking of activities yourself - find them here. The document is in Word so you can alter it to suit your lesson. The activities focus on analysing the language Poe uses to create an atmosphere of suspense and fear. Further activities include writing a: Diary Letter News Report Descriptive narrative Internal monologue

Explore a passage from the classic ‘The Great Gatsby’ using comprehension questions based on the writer’s use of language and imagery. Also included are four writing tasks with tips and advice on content and style. This is perfect for those studying the novel in detail or as a one-off comprehension with additional writing tasks. It helps students understand how an author creates a certain effect with their writing and encourages them to explore the use of figurative language. It provides practice for writing: Letters Diaries Narratives Descriptions The document is in Word so you can alter it to create separate lessons.

This 6 page activity pack contains nine activities based on the short story ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ by Ray Bradbury. The activities focus on analysing language and imagery plus creative writing. The pack culminates in an essay writing task to demonstrate the student’s understanding of the story.

This worksheet helps students practise the effect of language question from CIE First Language English 0500 Paper 1 Question 2d. It provides three practice passages plus the mark scheme and advice points from the examiner’s report. If you find this useful, please leave a review.

This comprehension focuses on exploring figurative language and its effect on atmosphere, tone and setting. Use this as a one-off comprehension lesson or as part of a unit on figurative language and the effect of language.

This extensive pack contains 40 pages of analytical questions, writing tasks and essay titles from Act 1 to Act 5 of ‘Twelfth Night’. This pack will give teachers all the activities they could possibly need for studying ‘Twelfth Night’. You can use the worksheets straight from the pack or adapt them to suit your class. The pack includes: Analytical questions for extracts from the play Character studies Creative writing tasks such as letters, speeches, diary entries and more Essay planning sheets Opportunities for students to work in pairs or small groups and discuss and argue their ideas, 34 exam-style essay titles for use in the classroom I have included both the Word and PDF form of this document.

This 28 page unit gives busy teachers ready and easy to follow activities for helping students aged 11 - 14 learn how to research and take notes. As teachers, we often just tell the children to research and take notes when planning an essay but we need to remember that we, as their guides to learning, should help them develop these important skills. The booklet includes 7 activities on: Questioning Topic research Paraphrasing passages Using mind maps and spider diagrams Creating a bibliography Using sub-headings. Each activity has steps a teacher can take to conduct a lesson using these worksheets.

This 14 page activity pack has 12 learning tasks based on the story ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut. The story is set in 2081 and is a satirical view of government control. This pack will help teachers deliver lessons on this short story without having to do the preparation. The focus of these activities are:  Embedding quotations in an analytical piece of work,  Exploring the effect of hyperbole,  Understanding satire,  In depth analysis of a text,  Different writing genres including: a) Letters b) Speeches c) News reports d) Magazine articles e) Story writing

This selection of tasks teaches students the differences between news report and magazine article writing. It allows students to discuss the features of both styles of writing and practise a directed writing task. These tasks practise skills needed for CIE First Language English papers 0500. This resource includes: Sample news reports and magazine articles Ordering a news report tasks Venn diagram to fill, illustrating the differences in styles.

This 16 page study unit uses the short story by H. G. Wells, ‘The Red Room’ to teach students about how a writer creates a mystery story. It has ten analytical and creative writing tasks based on: The features of a mystery story Analysing language and imagery Creating atmosphere Developing characters Essay writing This study pack has everything a busy teacher needs to build analytical and writing skills through a short story. No need to create worksheets yourself - all you need is here.

This 19 page activity pack helps teachers deliver a study unit on the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter’’ It includes: A text of the story Language analytical questions 7 Writing tasks including a mock trial Essay prompt and planning framework This pack has everything a teacher needs to teach this short story.

This is a two-lesson plan for anlaysing the poem ‘This is my Throat’ plus further writing activities. This modern Ukrainian poem is a change from studying the war poetry from World War I and is something that students can relate to as part of their personal experiences. This resource includes: Teacher’s notes on the poem to aid discussion, Discussion points for analysing the poem as a class, Paired activity A writing task where students create the voice of a character fleeing from conflict. There are also 5 more creative writing tasks so that teachers can extend the study of the poem and practise different writing styles.

This unit teaches students about literary techniques through writing fun poetry. It has 11 activities and lots of examples of poems using a variety of poetic techniques. As a teacher of English, I have found that by planning, writing and reciting poetry students learn literary techniques that they can use in their writing in a fun way. The literary techniques include:  Hyperbole  Metaphors  Similes  Personification  Repetition  Nouns and abstract nouns  Verbs  Onomatopoeia  Alliteration

This worksheet explores how authors open their stories and students can then practise opening narratives in different ways. Help students write creatively in this one-off lesson - no preparation for you as a teacher.

Help! Don’t throw me out!! A fun one-off lesson. Students choose to be someone famous and write a persuasive speech to persuade others not to throw them out of a sinking balloon. Tips on writing a persuasive speech included. Turn this activity into an oral presentation lesson where students read their speeches aloud and the class votes who to keep in the balloon.

This Power Point gives students the opportunity to explore the descriptive language used to create interesting story openings. It reminds them of the meaning of descriptive techniques and allows them to use them in their own writing. Students are then encouraged to review a partner’s work and discuss what they find interesting in their story openings. Students then write their own narrative.

Use this simple news report based on the fairy tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to illustrate the features of writing a news report. This is a great one-off lesson which consolidates news report writing skills. Students write their own news report based on a fairy tale of their choice. This includes a scaffolding planning sheet to help pupils organise their ideas.

This booklet includes 5 tasks for pupils to learn about the persuasive nature of advertising. The tasks include group work and discussion about how advertisers persuade consumers to buy products. They have the chance to create a radio advert and analyse magazine and T.V advertisements. This resource guides teachers on how to design lessons that encourages pupils to analyse both the language and visual technqiues of advertising.

This resource focuses on speech writing techniques, using Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N in 2019. Students analyse speech writing techniques and put them into action. It includes 4 different tasks to explore speech writing techniques and pupils use what they have learned to write a persuasive speech on something they are passionate about.