230 slide Powerpoint accompanied by 15 worksheets on Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Covers historical background with lots of opportunities for character analysis. Two separate folders with support to write two essays - one on animal imagery and the other on imagery of light and dark.

Twenty-two lessons on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone aimed at weak Key Stage 3 students, so it would be suitable for Key Stage 2 students also. Activities include designing your own sweet and selling it ; mapping out and labelling Diagon Alley; creating your own potion; creating your own wand; creating similes; selecting text to fill in the blanks cloze exercises. As you progress through the scheme, students create a silly name for themselves which they develop into a character who will have to defeat a monster. They create their own monster and then write a story where they imagine themselves running through the corridors of Hogwarts to defeat it. Full of supporting resources and examples to get them writing. My Harry Potter name is Sally Silly Sausage. What will yours be?

This folder contains a forty-two page abridged text version of "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", designed to make access to the text much easier for all students. Accompanying the text is a twenty-two page workbook of activities, covering ten lessons, culminating in students preparing to write an essay on the setting of the novel. As an added bonus there is also an answer book for the workbook. All in Microsoft Word so that you can adapt it to your needs and classes also.

Twenty-seven lessons with powerpoint and worksheets on this popular novel by Suzanne Colllins. Lessons include: District 12 Theseus and the minotaur - the influence of the myth The Reaping Katiniss’ character Peeta’s character Going to the capitol Role of reality TV In the arena Using a variety of sentences, emulate Collin’s style. Describe your own muttation. Describe places. Create a Hunger Games board game. Students enjoy this film and you can treat them with the DVD too!

Full scheme of work with one lesson per chapter, totalling twenty-one chapters on Benjamin Zephaniah’s teen classic “Face”. Also included are narrative writing tasks; a literature essay on Martin’s character and a letter to Mr Zephaniah after reading the text. This full scheme of work would suit year 8 students and has lots of literacy activities on prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations, puns, complex sentences etc, all linked to the novel. There are also opportunities to explore in depth the key themes of friendship and bravery. Every class I have ever taught this novel to have absolutely loved it. Hook your students in with some of Mr Benjamin Zephaniah’s magic.

Nineteen lessons on this classic novel, which students love. Lessons explore the key theme of friendship, as well as lots of opportunities for literacy work. Assessment material included on writing a character analysis of Stanley.

There are eighteen lessons covering the twelve chapters of Neil Gaiman’s horror story for children, “Coraline”. Lessons explore Gaiman’s original use of language as you progress through the book, in particular his description of colours, smell and his use of similes. The scheme of work culminates in students writing their own horror story about “The Other School” that they attend and the “other teachers” who they have to battle to defend their school from. Some lesson folders contain more than one choice of activity. The key theme of bravery is also explored also.

This 76 slide Powerpoint contains everything that you need to explore the key themes within the animal rights debate. Students will learn to: Identify and use persuasive language and images. Write an article about an endagered species. Discuss whether zoos are right or wrong. Write a speech for a debate on an animal rights issue of their choice. Write a leaflet to rehabilitate the image of a maligned animal. Present their work to the class. Reflect on their attitudes to animal rights after the topic. This scheme of work is designed to support students to be creative for a practical audience and encourages them to carry out their own research. As a Powerpoint it is fully adaptable to suit you and your class’s needs.

Do you ever get stuck for what to give students for homework. Well, with this PDF Homework Skills Booklet, there is one homework for each week of the academic year. That’s right. With 35 weeks’ worth of homework, you have every week of the year covered. All homeworks are designed so that students can self-mark or peer-mark their work in class, saving you your precious time. If you have a learning platform like TEAMS, you don’t even need to print the booklet off, just post it online. All skills are incremental in difficulty and challenge. An added bonus is that it can also be used for cover work. Once you have finished with this one, check out the Year 8 Skills Homework Booklet, also available on TES!

Do you ever get stuck for what to give students for homework. Well, with this PDF Homework Skills Booklet, there is one homework for each week of the academic year. That’s right. With 35 weeks’ worth of homework, you have every week of the year covered. All homeworks are designed so that students can self-mark or peer-mark their work in class, saving you your precious time. If you have a learning platform like TEAMS, you don’t even need to print the booklet off, just post it online. All skills are incremental in difficulty and challenge. An added bonus is that it can also be used for cover work.

Twelve lessons that teach students to write to inform and entertain children with a booklet all about pirates. Including four sections, students are taught how to use informative language techniques while studying the rules of piracy; real pirates; fictional pirates and eventually creating their own pirate. Using the opening of the novel “Dead Man’s Chest”, students are taught techniques such as: 1, sensory description to describe settings. 2, en media res 3. characterisation 4. developing action 5. creating atmosphere 6. using sound effects Your students will learn a wide variety of vocabulary and language techniques, as well as having fun learning about how real pirates and people have inspired stereotypical pirates. All Powerpoints and worksheets included and fully adaptable.

Full scheme of work comprising of lessons on each of the twenty-three chapters of the book. This powerpoint contains approximately two hundred slides. Each lesson features a starter, main and plenary and is designed to encourage students to create their own autobiographical writing, inspired by Roald Dahl’s experiences.

Buy both Homework Skills Booklets and save £1. With these two booklets, you will never have to think about homework again for years 7 and 8. Each booklet contain 35 weeks’ worth of homework, covering each of the academic years. The skills are incremental in difficulty as the weeks and years progress. All homeworks are designed to be self-marked or peer-marked by students in class, saving you your precious and valuable time.