The Haunted House Dare Diaries + Christmas Fun Fantastic horror lesson + Christmas fun. Click on the links for more details. For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Literacy Health Check and Christmas Fun A combination pack of a literacy test and Christmas fun. Literacy Health Check: A literacy ‘health check’ booklet containing 25 questions, ideal for Y6-Y9 low or average ability range. The short assessment is intended as a brief, low pressure test (hence the ‘health check’ not a ‘test’) and comprises of simple fill-in-the-blanks questions on: capital letters; there, their and they’re; to and too; apostrophes and common spelling errors. Included on the Power Point are all the answers to the test, as well as a starter and literacy plenary ideas. All resources are included at the back of the Power Point. Attractive 21 page Power Point includes: • Title page. • Fun facts - true or false starter. • Literacy objectives page. • Prompt pages for the test. • Full answers for each section. • Reflective area for students to respond to on the back of the test. • Discussion prompt. • Creative literacy word search activity (provided at the back of the Power Point.) • Links to a literacy ‘Block Buster’ online game and image. • All resources, with instructions on how to create the booklet. Christmas fun includes a 30 question quiz and also a collection of fun resources! You may also be interested in poetic terms full lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997 For more great resources and lessons, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Climbing Mount Everest Descriptive Writing - Complete Lesson Complete one-off descriptive writing lesson with all the resources included, easy to teach! Attractive Power Point includes: * Literacy starter * Lesson objectives (with the focus on sentence structure, but this could be tweaked to suit) * Map of Everest * Video clip * Discussion prompts * Main task and review prompts Descriptive word mat and lesson starter included. A simple but effective lesson. Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack, full of simple resources for Christmas! For more great lessons and resources, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Royalty free images taken from You Tube.)

Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing + Christmas Fun A sophisticated Christmas descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own pieces of description. Great engaging lesson! Also included is a Christmas 30 question quiz and a bumper Christmas fun resource pack. Perfect for Christmas. For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)

Karl Pilkington’s PEE and SPAG Starters + Christmas Fun Engaging SPAG and PEE starter pack and Power Point slides taken from extracts of Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries, The Idiot Abroad. Each starter features a short extract, with a short SPAG and an extended PEE or comprehension starter, together with an image of Karl Pilkington. Starters are ideal for KS4 students or later KS3 and suitable for a variety of different exam boards e.g. WJEC or AQA as they involve the same core skills. Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack, ideal for KS3! Click on the links for further details. A great value download. For more great resources and lessons, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Spooky ghost story. Creative writing diary lesson. The scenario: You are travelling alone at night when a mysterious fog encircles your car and it suddenly cuts out. With no means to call for help, you take to the road. Through the woods you stumble across an old mansion house. You are about to walk towards the house, when to your horror, you see on the path the words “look behind you” you turn, shaken to you core, and… Full lesson includes all resources. Starter, lesson objective and a spooky bingo plenary finish with 30 individual bingo cards! Also included is a fun Christmas Pack with lots of activities for Christmas and a 30 question quiz pack, brilliant for Christmas! For more great resources and lessons visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Hound of the Baskervilles + Christmas Fun Hound of the Baskerville extract analysis/close reading lesson ideal as a one-off lesson or a link to gothic literature. Lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives (with surprise face in background, linking to close reading) * Link to video clip * Extract prompt (extract included) * Highlight key words * PEE grid (resource included) * Review post-it-note plenary This lesson is available in a double pack with Dracula for £4.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extract-double-pack-dracula-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-11302068 All resources included at the back of the Power Point. Also included is a fantastic collection of Christmas resources and a 30 page Christmas quiz! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, images copyright free and scenes from Youtube, copyright free text exact from Sherlock Holmes, Hound of the Baskervilles.)

New York Descriptive Writing + Christmas Fun A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own pieces of description. Great engaging lesson! Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a 20 creative classroom ideas Power Point! For the New York Descriptive Monologue version of this lesson, see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-york-monologues-descriptive-writing-11309329 For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)

The Haunted House Dare Diaries– Complete Lesson + Christmas Fun Pack Fantastic complete creative writing lesson students will love. The scenario: You don’t believe in ghosts. You don’t think they exist. People who do are just plain silly in your opinion. So when a group of friends dare you to spend the night alone in a supposedly haunted house you take up the challenge, undaunted. However, alone in the dead of night, you start to hear strange noises and something doesn’t feel right. Will your night in the haunted house change your mind…forever? Power Point includes: * Attractive title page * Engaging starter * Lesson objectives * Scenario page * Descriptive prompt and planning page * Review and writing prompts with mini-word bank * Bingo plenary activity with 30 interactive bingo cards Great value and engaging lesson! Descriptive writing version of this lesson is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunted-house-dare-complete-creative-descriptive-writing-lesson-11415507 Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a 20 creative classroom ideas Power Point! For the New York Descriptive Monologue version of this lesson, see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-york-monologues-descriptive-writing-11309329 For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free image from deviant art, FairyGoodMother.)

The Christmas Market Descriptive Writing lesson + Literacy and Christmas Resources Fantastic value pack. A complete descriptive writing lesson, a literacy game and a Christmas resource pack. Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Haunting Horror + Christmas in New York + Christmas Fun Fantastic value pack of two great lessons + a Christmas fun pack. Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing + Two Christmas Quizzes Fantastic value pack. A fantastic engaging premium lesson and two Christmas quizzes. Excellent value bundle! Christmas activities sorted! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Traditional Christmas Bundle A lovely pack of premium Christmas resources from complete lessons to quizzes, fun activities and more! Guaranteed to give your students a Christmas to remember. A great time saver. Something for everyone. £17.20 of premium material for just £5.50! Click on the links for further details. Happy Christmas! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Magic Lamp Descriptive Writing Lesson + The Christmas Fun Pack and Quiz Fantastic value pack. A fantastic engaging descriptive writing lesson, a Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack of resources. Excellent value bundle! Christmas activities sorted! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Perfect Christmas Bundle A lovely pack of premium Christmas resources from complete lessons to quizzes, fun activities and more! Guaranteed to give your students a Christmas to remember. A great time saver. Something for everyone. £17.20 of premium material for just £5.50! Click on the links for further details. Happy Christmas! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Useful collection of resources, featuring: * Literacy True or False Game * The Ultimate Christmas Quiz * Funny Caption Starters/Activities + Word Quizzes Click on the links for further details!

Poetic Terms Full Lesson + Christmas Quiz and Fun Pack Visually attractive full lesson on poetic terms using the short poem ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Ideal for weaker KS3 classes or later KS2. Full Power Point and all resources included. Lesson features: • Visually engaging lesson starter and extension. • Graded lesson outcomes with the main objective being to learn poetic devices to further the understanding of a poem. • A poetic terms match-up activity featuring seven poetic devices – similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, vivid colour, the senses and imagery. This can be done on paper or made into a kinaesthetic task. (Resource included at the back of the Power Point.) • Poetic terms answer page. • Visual and simple explanation pages of similes, metaphors and alliteration with a short true or false task. • Link to video clip of a reading of ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. • Colour coded identification of poetic devices task – students are asked to stick the poem in their books (resource provided) and colour code the given devices. • Colour coded answer page. • Short plenary activity where students are prompted to write a brief comment about the poem or offer a more detailed response for more able students. ***Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a bumper Christmas Fun Pack*** For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (To the best of my knowledge, all images are royalty free.)

Who Slayed Santa and Christmas Fun Pack! Ideal Christmas fun. See each link for more details. Also included is a free literacy bingo resource! For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Ultimate Christmas Bundle 2! Everything you need for a fun Christmas in the classroom in this premuim bundle collection! Bundle includes: * The Spooky Christmas Story - students get to write their own spooky story. * Who Slayed Santa Murder Mystery - creative writing lesson based around a murder mystery scenario. * A Perfect Christmas - rich descriptive writing lesson based around beautiful Christmas scenes. * Christmas Quiz - 30 question Christmas fun quiz! A must download! For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish