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

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.

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 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.

A lesson comparing two love songs -one from Much Ado and the other by Prince. Contains references to types of love -see my other lesson. Ready to go !

Number 9 in this remote learning series. Students check work from lesson 8 and answer some straightforward comp.questions.

Number 11 in this series of remote lessons aimed primarily at year 8 students who should be aiming for 30-40 minutes per lesson (ideally). Chunked and hopefully with enough variety to keep them engaged.

Short lesson (increasingly students requesting shorter lessons but more frequently) exploring some symbolism in Chapt. 3. Ready to send out.

Using an already extant board (thanks), I’ve put together a game which students can play using their old exercise books/trivial pursuit cards/questions gleaned from the net/adults. Two versions uploaded. PPt editable and a pdf. All here.

Challenge to " visit" 31 BLUE PLAQUES of famous people who lived in London at some point in their lives and plot them on a map of the city. Students will need to calculate the distances themselves.

Students answer questions relating to 4 characters in the novella. See ALL IN ONE PLACE for a useful guide to the novella.

Students complete a summary exercise of chapters 3 & 4 and begin to read chapter 5. See ALL IN ONE PLACE for another resource which is helpful.

This series of lessons continues as we start chapter 5.

Students complete a task or two on Chapter 4 ( around 40 minutes)

Students follow up from previous lesson and begin to read chapter 6.

Students check vocabulary test, answer some questions on Chapter 5 and begin the last chapter in readiness for close analysis coming in lessons 20 etc.

Questions on Chapter 5 and 6 in this 40 minute lesson.

Students now write their own ’ alien encounter 'story.

Students rewrite each sentence using the word in capitals. Ideal for literacy/EAL

Students have 100 words to explain how (using evidence from the lyrics) why Rudolph is presented as " the other".