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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.
Reading Strategies Kit ONE: 5 Reading Comprehension Activities
To help your children to develop great reading strategies, this handy packet contains easy to use activities that cover 5 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 for your children to develop 5 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
Resources included in this packet
Reading & Read Aloud excerpts
Comprehension questions
Games
Discussion starters and images
Activity suggestions & instructions
Reusable templates
Worksheets
Reading Strategies Kit THREE: 5 Reading Comprehension Activities
To help your children to develop great reading strategies, this handy packet contains easy to use activities that cover 5 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 for your children to develop 5 reading strategies.
Reading Skill 1: Swop genre
Reading Skill 2: Scan & skim
Reading Skill 3: Compare and contrast
Reading Skill 4: Identify cause and effect
Reading Skill 5: 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
Poems
Reading Strategies Kit TWO: 5 Reading Comprehension Activities
To help your children to develop great reading strategies, this handy packet contains easy to use activities that cover 5 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 for your children to develop 5 reading strategies.
Reading Skill 1: Question a character
Reading Skill 2: Analyse a quote
Reading Skill 3: Sequence paragraphs
Reading Skill 4: Explore mood
Reading Skill 5: Discuss the role of setting
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
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
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.
Speaking Skills Game: Teach a Space Alien
Each student takes turns to receive a word or phrase. Their task is to figure out how to communicate the meaning of the word to a room full of space aliens.
Resource contains
Rules of the game
List of words and phrases
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
Presentation Skills: First Impressions and Body Language
How do I make a good first impression? How do I learn to attend an interview, 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 an element 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.
• 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)
Games
Super Story Starter Kit For Any Class
Welcome to the Super £1 Story Kit for any class. Ranging from Easy, through Medium to Advanced, you get:
36 Character prompts
36 Setting prompts
36 Problem prompts
36 Narrative sentence prompts
Character Traits A-Z
3 Act Story Infographic
Story planning templates
Super £1 Story Kit for any class. One kit = super stories!!
List of Character Traits | Free
Looking for a list of character traits?
Writers can choose from a comprehensive list of character traits to bring their characters to life in their creative writing.
Readers can discover how to describe the characters they are reading about.
Your A-Z List of Character Traits comes from the £1 Super Story Starter Kit for any class. Ranging from Easy, through Medium to Advanced, you also get -
36 Character prompts
36 Setting prompts
36 Problem prompts
20 Narrative sentence prompts
3 Act Story Infographic
Story planning templates
£1 Super Story Starter Kit. One kit = super stories!!
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
5 Paragraph Essay Structure: Lesson Plans and Examples
How do I write a good 5 Paragraph Essay? 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.
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
Presentation Skills Lesson Plans: From Boring to Brilliant
How do I give a presentation? How do I learn to attend an interview, 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 an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -
• Know the difference between ineffective and successful presentations.
• 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.
Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Discussion starters
Expert advice and tips
Examples of presentations (good & bad)
Handouts
Online resources
Games
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.
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