Thinglink to ALL chapter summaries of The giver + audio chapters + activities. Good for revision and consolidation. Summaries include a " Read it back to me" feature. No subscription or sign up needed. Just click and away you go.

Lesson A in a series which will analyse language themes and character.

Illustrated slide show of the poem. Useful for revision or intro to the poem.

Two or possibly 3 lessons involving an essay on the importance of memories. Structured for lower levels and remote learning.

27 literacy links to BBC websites making a literacy lesson a little easier for remote learning.

Follow the link and look at the examples to find a way of changing your Learning Questions and Objectives. If you use, leave your views.

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.

Lesson builds on students' experience of recent weather conditions and ask them to be descriptive. Needs adapting but illustrated to prompt responses. You'll need a collection of thesauruses .

Illustrated slide show of the poem. Convenient for revision or introduction to the poem.

Students use wacky headlines as stimuli to write the article that might have appeared in the newspaper. Fun and productive. Can be used for homework. Drama lessons for impro !

Illustrated version of the sonnet for revision/adaptation etc.

Lesson asking students to argue/persuade. Are school meals value for money/tasty ? Alternative meals from other countries as inspiration.

Lesson asks students to complete sentences which will build into an internal monologue of their classroom experience. low level but easily adapted.

Here are some slides which could help present a topic. Students fill in the speech/thought bubbles. Can be adapted for a ' fun' lesson. Feedback please !

How to weigh an elephant with bathroom scales Problem solving lesson with focus on creative solutions to a weighty issue. Solution included.

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

Ten ready to use ideas on ensuring you cover a Literacy aspect in your lesson. No effort required at all. All spelling errors etc are deliberate and form part of the challenge for students.

illustrated slide-show of the sonnet with italics to help understanding. Do give feedback if useful !

31 slides, each with a real life mistake for your students to correct while you relax at the start of the lesson. Alternatively, why not use them in the middle or at the end of your lesson ? Correct answers are NOT included since if you do not know the answer, it’s probably not best to show them to students.

21 questions designed to get students thinking creatively and questioning. Illustrated. Ideal for tutor time, assemblies or starters.