This printable teaching resource for Shakespeare lessons is a 'Wordle' display poster for the famous 'To be or not to be' soliloquy from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. This poster can be used as a classroom display, or can be used in conjunction with a starter activity about the lexical fields in this speech.

Lesson for lower ability which revises conventions of the genre and asks them to complete a cloze test together with some more challenging questions. Can be adapted upwards. See 3 lessons on Ghost story writing on this site.

Lesson examines the purpose of toys and offers a number of different tasks designed to get students to reflect on why we have toys. Adaptable and certainly relevant for the coming festival on Dec. 25 (UK). worksheet could be added.

Students assess the qualities of a good Travel Agent and then use their skills to decide appropriate holidays for selected people. They take notes, watch clips and decide.

Lesson on homophones with pictures to help. Students can alphabetically list them in the back of their books for easy reference. Feedback Please :)

Students identify where their favourite food comes from and discuss why they like it. Adapt slides for cultural specific food if necessary. Worksheet for lesson included. Feedback, please.

Resource poses questions for pairs to discuss and come to an agreement. Can be extended to whole class discussion for tutor time or assemblies.

students decide if their understanding of the poem is enhanced by a clip containing music and images. Lesson in two stages, before watching and after. Poem attached, instructions on the slides.

Lesson one AND TWO of a series about THE GIVER ( novel) This lesson includes CHUNKED activities plus e-copy of novel

Poem slide show with illustrations. Useful for revision or introduction to the poem.

For use after story to focus students on providing suitable quotations from the story or as an aide-memoir .

Lesson revises camera angles and asks students to storyboard ' Ozymandias' by Shelley. There's a great selection of examples on youtube.

Illustrated slideshow of the poem.

Adaptable full lesson/starter on this novel. If you like cars...cool, if you don't , adapt the idea.

A recap/revision exercise on the novel but also useful as a chapter by chapter check on knowledge (you'll have to adapt). Print on A3 for best results.

I wrote this myself after spending lunch time duty watching crowds of students enjoying fights. Grim though it was, the poem asks a few questions. Students can then write their own version of a poem/story connected with bullying/fighting/crowd behaviour. Link with the brilliant film on youtube - Pictures now added !

A basic guide on how to use fullstops, commas and question marks. Worksheet included. Basic but useful for those who weren't listening last time. more to come.

A summary of who is who in the play along with some plot details. Useful as a revision aid or introduction.

Slideshow of the sonnet for introduction or revision purposes with words highlighted to facilitate understanding. Time saver.

Students create personalised number plates for characters in novel/play etc. Ideas on these slides. Link to website included. Easily adaptable to just about anything.