An in-depth PowerPoint on this interesting topic. A lot of examples from film and media are included.

A selection of monologues with YouTube links included. The following monologues and clips are included: Trainspotting Love, Actually Kick Ass The Duff Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

A fun lesson on allusions looking at examples in film, music, adverts, art and Shakespeare.

A fun and informative PowerPoint lesson on Cockney Rhyming Slang. The lesson includes definitions, links to video clips, slang examples and group activities.

FUN IDIOM QUIZ. THE STUDENTS ENJOY THIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ.

A fun lesson looking at ASSONANCE. I have included definitions, fun examples and a great activity looking at a song by Eminem.

A fun lesson with definitions, group tasks, individual work and interactive images. I have included a starter based on the TV show Catchphrase (metaphor themed).

An interactive and informative lesson looking at movie posters. My students really enjoyed it. I have included a starter on movie title anagrams.

Quiz using pictures of different cities. Useful as a starter on a unit about cities. Is also useful to get pupils looking for clues in images to help locate them somewhere in the world.

A fun, informative and interactive lesson on analysing photographs. The student at 8-12 influential, historial and powerful photos and answer and /or discuss a number of sessions. Some examples are the following: • What is the subject matter? • What are the colours like? Do any colours dominate? • What is your eye drawn to first? • What were your feelings when you first looked at the photograph? • How did your reaction to the image change after looking at it for a while? • What message was the photographer trying to communicate? • Why did you choose this particular photograph? • What events (social/economic/political/cultural) were occurring at the time the photograph was taken? Was the photograph a reaction to any of these events? • How is the photograph a reflection of the time in which it was taken? I have included a number of video links and a poem related to the 9/11 photograph: ‘The Falling Man’. There is also a group task where the students can recreate the famous photos or make their own powerful photos.

An in-depth, fun and informative PowerPoint on writing a successful paragraph.

A fantastic lesson on handwriting. The lesson focuses on the most common problems children have with handwriting and gives a number of helpful solutions (short & long term).

75-page Microsoft Word pack. A guide to speech writing for speech writers by great speech writers. Other speech writing resources included.

A great PowerPoint on the topic. Examples included.

A great lesson on the Coming of Age Genre. Includes the following: -Definition -Examples -Discussion topics -Interactive starter -Coming of age soundtrack task

This lesson looks at the 2017 coming-of-age film, ‘Lady Bird.’ The lesson includes: quiz questions, the plot analysed, genre discussion, the importance of the soundtrack, Lady Bird discussion/writing questions, teenage stereotyping questions and a fun memory starter.

A fun starter where students discuss what makes them embarrassed and why. After a number of discussion activities, the students have to rank embarrassing situations 1-10. They are then given a final embarrassment score! The students love this.

A fun lesson that covers the following: reading comprehension starters embarrassing moments quiz stammering class task

Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 15 movies. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 15. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.

Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 15 animals. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 15. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.