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Good Thesis Statement & Essay Structure: Lesson Plans and Examples
How do I write a good thesis statement? How does my thesis statement relate to the body of my essay? What about the conclusion? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
• Create a robust Thesis Statement that sets them up for success.
• Write Body Paragraphs using proven Point, Evidence, Analysis structure.
• Edit ideas so that they have time for analysis.
• Practice planning using a workable structure.
• Stay motivated, right to the end.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Examples of Simple to Advanced Thesis Statements
Examples of Simple to Advanced Body Paragraphs
Sample templates to build essay structure
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Presentation Skills 11-14 yrs: Lesson Plans, Activities and Resources
How do I give a presentation? How do I learn to communicate effectively and grow in confidence? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain elements of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
· Build rapport from the outset.
· Know the difference between helpful and distracting body language.
· Learn skills and quickly practice them.
· Analyse presentations given by famous people.
· Discover and see what stress and nerves do to the body.
· Develop ways to turn pressure to their advantage.
· Introduction to presentation skills in the context of business / marketing.
· Acquire practical skills that make for effective presentations.
· Stay motivated, right to the end.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Creative Writing Lesson Plans: Structure and Planning for 12-14yrs
With the right plot, your students can write confident and exciting stories. These Creative Writing lessons start with a simple plotting tool and will build on existing skills, each time adding a new story telling element. Your students will learn how to -
• Develop a solid plot structure.
• Quickly set themselves up for a successful first draft.
• Get tools to keep their stories clear and on track.
• Discover how to use a writing prompt to find their starting point.
• Remove the fear from the thought of writing a whole story.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or other questions.
Time Allowance
2-4 lessons
Activities
Speaking and listening, planning, writing, reviewing.
Learning objectives
Reading
Understanding the author’s craft: story shape
Writing
Composition: generating ideas, planning and drafting
Composition: shaping and constructing language for expression and effect
Speaking and Listening
Developing active listening skills and strategies
Group discussion and interaction: Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies
Resources included in this plan
Story Mountain
Story Mountain for Advanced Climbers
Images - Flood, Worst Hotel
Reading - Why should I plan?
Reading / Ranking Activity - Famous quotes
Activity Sheets
Online resource links
Please contact Claire Vorster with any questions. Many thanks!
Hamburger Essay Structure: Lesson Plans and Examples
Hamburger Essay Structure helps students to understand and practice the ingredients that make a great essay. It answers questions like, how does my thesis statement relate to the body of my essay? What about the conclusion? Here’s an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
• Understand and practice Hamburger Essay Structure
• Create a robust Thesis Statement that sets them up for success.
• Write Body Paragraphs using proven Point, Evidence, Analysis structure.
• Edit ideas so that they have time for analysis.
• Practice planning using a workable structure.
• Stay motivated, right to the end.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Examples of Simple to Advanced Thesis Statements
Examples of Simple to Advanced Body Paragraphs
Sample templates to build essay structure
Persuasive Essay Structure: Lesson Plans and Examples for 15-18 years
How do I write a good persuasive essay? How does my thesis statement relate to the body of my essay? What about the conclusion? Here are practical answers to help with persuasive essay structure; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
· Create a robust Thesis Statement that sets them up for success.
· Write Body Paragraphs using proven Point, Evidence, Analysis structure.
· Edit ideas so that they have time for analysis.
· Practice planning using a workable structure.
· Stay motivated, right to the end.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Resources included in this pack:
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Examples of Simple to Advanced Thesis Statements
Examples of Simple to Advanced Body Paragraphs
Sample templates to build essay structure
FUN Persuasive Essay + Speaking: Lesson Plans, Activities, Examples 11-14 years
Want to get your students excited about writing a good persuasive essay? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
Explore dangerous jobs and see how their pay stacks up against what they have to do.
Compare average salaries across the USA and see who comes out ahead.
Discover more about persuasive techniques that are used by lawyers, marketeers and politicians worldwide.
Understand why the ability to persuade can change lives for the better.
Plan arguments that are well structured and specific.
Write a robust Thesis Statement.
Practice planning to write using a workable structure.
Stay motivated, right to the end.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive reading activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Online resource suggestions + search terms
Example of Thesis Statement structure
Sample templates to build essay structure
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
FUN Persuasive Essay + Speaking: Lesson Plans, Activities and Examples 15-18yrs
Warning! These persuasive essay lessons can lead to animated students.
Want to get your students excited about writing a good persuasive essay? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
· Understand why the ability to persuade can be a matter of life and death.
· Explore a famous movie example of a Doctor who used persuasion to rock the foundations of a major institution.
· Discover more about persuasive techniques that are used by lawyers, marketeers and politicians worldwide.
· Plan arguments that are well structured and specific.
· Write a robust Thesis Statement.
· Practice planning to write using a workable structure.
· Stay motivated, right to the end.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive reading activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Online resource suggestions + search terms
Example of Thesis Statement structure
Sample templates to build essay structure
Bundle
Christmas Survival Kit for 6-9 yrs: Lesson Plans, Activities, Fun Stuff
This Christmas Bundle is packed with successful lesson plans, printables, writing prompts and online resources. The Bundle includes:
A Christmas Carol Kit - Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything - even Christmas! But when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve, Scrooge is taken on a journey into the past, present and future that will change him forever. These four simple and engaging lesson plans and activities contain all the resources you need to turn up, engage, and teach this fantastic story.
The Lighthouse Keepers Christmas Kit includes four lesson plans plus all the resources you need to turn up, engage, and teach this fantastic story. Lessons include listening and speaking, comprehension, writing, art and a memory game. Delicious!
Includes
Full Lessons Plans
Learning Outcomes
Printables
Sequencing activity
Story Mountain
Story Planner
Worksheets
Online resources
These lessons are written by children’s author and tutor Claire Vorster. Enjoy!
15 Reading Strategies Packet: Reading Comprehension Activities, Passages & More
To help your children to develop great reading strategies, this handy packet contains** 15 easy to use activities** that cover key reading comprehension skills. Written by a children’s author and teacher, this fun kit also contains fiction passages, games and discussion starters, specifically designed to help your children develop their abilities to develop 15 reading strategies.
Reading Skill 1: Activate prior knowledge
Reading Skill 2: Predict what happens next
Reading Skill 3: Steal or acquire vocabulary
Reading Skill 4: Retell in their own words
Reading Skill 5: Visualise a scene
Reading Skill 6: Question a character
Reading Skill 7: Analyse a quote
Reading Skill 8: Sequence paragraphs
Reading Skill 9: Explore mood
Reading Skill 10: Discuss the role of setting
Reading Skill 11: Swop genre
Reading Skill 12: Scan & skim
Reading Skill 13: Compare and contrast
Reading Skill 14: Identify cause and effect
Reading Skill 15: Express opinions
Resources included in this packet
Reading & Read Aloud excerpts
Comprehension questions
Games
Discussion starters and images
Activity suggestions & instructions
Reusable templates
Worksheets
Online resources
Song lyrics
Presentation Skills Uber Pack: Lesson Plans, Activities and Resources
The complete pack when you need to teach presentation skills, including practical answers - How do I give a presentation? How do I learn to interview successfully, communicate effectively and grow in confidence? Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources that contain an element of fun, you can use these lesson plans and activities immediately. Your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
• Build rapport from the outset.
• Know the difference between helpful and distracting body language.
• Learn skills and quickly practice them.
• Analyse presentations given by famous people.
• Discover and see what stress and nerves do to the body.
• Develop ways to turn pressure to their advantage.
• Explore presentation skills in the context of business / marketing.
• Acquire practical skills that make for effective presentations.
• Stay motivated, right to the end.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Discussion starters
Expert advice and tips
Examples of presentations (good & bad)
Handouts
Online resources
Games
Bundle
Creative Writing Super Bundle for 15-18yrs
This Creative Writing Bundle reflects a 60% discount and is packed with successful lesson plans, printables, writing prompts and online resources to help your students build on existing skills lesson by lesson. Your students will learn how to -
• Develop a solid plot structure.
• Quickly set themselves up for a successful first draft.
• Get tools to keep their stories clear and on track.
• Discover how to use a writing prompt to find their starting point.
• Remove the fear from the thought of writing a whole story.
• Beat writer’s block. Discover the technique that award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin uses to make a great start, every time.
Activities
Speaking and listening, planning, writing, reviewing.
Learning objectives
Reading
Understanding the author’s craft: story shape
Writing
Composition: generating ideas, planning and drafting
Composition: shaping and constructing language for expression and effect
Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas
Writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings
Speaking and Listening
Developing active listening skills and strategies
Group discussion and interaction: Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies
Resources included in this bundle
Story Mountain
Story Mountain for Advanced Climbers
Images - Flood, Worst Hotel
Reading - Why should I plan?
Reading / Ranking Activities
Activity Sheets
Story prompts
Images (copyright free)
Quotes and song lyrics
Teaching Guide
Printables
12 Curated images + story prompts
Story planner
Online resource links
All my students enjoy these activities. The lessons and resources build confidence, help them generate ideas and practice creating effective story plots, characters and settings.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources or with any questions. Many thanks!
Bundle
Creative Writing Uber Bundle for 12-14yrs
This Creative Writing Bundle reflects a significant discount and is packed with successful lesson plans, printables, writing prompts and online resources to help your students build on existing skills lesson by lesson. Your students will learn how to -
• Develop a solid plot structure.
• Quickly set themselves up for a successful first draft.
• Get tools to keep their stories clear and on track.
• Discover how to use a writing prompt to find their starting point.
• Remove the fear from the thought of writing a whole story.
• Beat writer’s block. Discover the technique that award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin uses to make a great start, every time.
Activities
Speaking and listening, planning, writing, reviewing.
Learning objectives
Reading
Understanding the author’s craft: story shape
Writing
Composition: generating ideas, planning and drafting
Composition: shaping and constructing language for expression and effect
Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas
Writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings
Speaking and Listening
Developing active listening skills and strategies
Group discussion and interaction: Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies
Resources included in this bundle
Story Mountain
Story Mountain for Advanced Climbers
Images - Flood, Worst Hotel
Reading - Why should I plan?
Reading / Ranking Activities
Activity Sheets
Story prompts
Images (copyright free)
Quotes and song lyrics
Teaching Guide
Printables
12 Curated images + story prompts
Story planner
Online resource links
And many more
All my students enjoy these activities. The lessons and resources build confidence, help them generate ideas and practice creating effective story plots, characters and settings.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources or with any questions. Many thanks!
Bundle
Creative Writing Uber Bundle for 15-18yrs
This Creative Writing Bundle reflects a discount of over 50% and is packed with successful lesson plans, printables, writing prompts and online resources to help your students build on existing skills lesson by lesson. Your students will learn how to -
• Develop a solid plot structure.
• Quickly set themselves up for a successful first draft.
• Get tools to keep their stories clear and on track.
• Discover how to use a writing prompt to find their starting point.
• Remove the fear from the thought of writing a whole story.
• Beat writer’s block. Discover the technique that award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin uses to make a great start, every time.
Activities
Speaking and listening, planning, writing, reviewing.
Learning objectives
Reading
Understanding the author’s craft: story shape
Writing
Composition: generating ideas, planning and drafting
Composition: shaping and constructing language for expression and effect
Developing viewpoint, voice and ideas
Writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings
Speaking and Listening
Developing active listening skills and strategies
Group discussion and interaction: Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies
Resources included in this bundle
Story Mountain
Story Mountain for Advanced Climbers
Images - Flood, Worst Hotel
Reading - Why should I plan?
Reading / Ranking Activities
Activity Sheets
Story prompts
Images (copyright free)
Quotes and song lyrics
Teaching Guide
Printables
12 Curated images + story prompts
Story planner
Online resource links
And many more
All my students enjoy these activities. The lessons and resources build confidence, help them generate ideas and practice creating effective story plots, characters and settings.
Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources or with any questions. Many thanks!