The Halloween Murder Mystery – Creative Writing Story A fantastically engaging lesson with arresting imagery. Students write a Halloween murder mystery story following a set scenario. The scenario: On a stormy Halloween night, you and your friends set off to attend a ‘spooky’ Halloween fancy dress party. You make your way through the storm in good spirits and arrive at the house on the hill where the party is taking place. Inside the house, the party is in full swing and you are happy to take shelter from the storm and join in the fun! Until… You realise someone has been murdered… But who and why? And will you make it out alive? Highly attractive Power Point includes: * Full lesson scenario * Starter task * Lesson objectives * Planning sheet * Writing and discussion prompts * Interactive murder mystery bingo with callers card and 30 individual bingo cards (from myfreebingo.com) Also included: things to include in descriptive writing, writing checklist and word banks! All the material for an excellent, one-off lesson or lessons. Also included is a find the word 5 starter pack! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free images from patheos.com, npr.org and wallpapervotex.)

A topical classroom debate lesson on the government’s plans to increase school hours. Guaranteed to provoke a response! Attractive Power Point featuring information on what the proposals are, for or against video clips, detailed lesson objectives, for or against planning and writing prompts. This download is everything you need for a full lesson on this issue. No printing or photocopying required. Funny Captions Create an immediate and engaged audience with these funny caption and conversations starters! Seven power point pages of tried and tested fun to get even the most difficult student on board. Each page has four images to help students unlock their creative and witty side. Creates an immediate buzz in the classroom. Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Image copyright free from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1G-bB6a6sk, Osborne image, copyright free flickr.com, Gove copyright free from Wikipedia.co)

The Deserted House poetry analysis lesson. A simple but effective lesson, ideal for KS2/3, lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives * Task 1: Reading and annotating of the poem * Task 2: How does the poem make you feel? (Help sheet included.) * Task 3: Draw and label the house with key words from the poem (poem included.) * Extensive key word bingo – callers card and 30 individual bingo cards Very easy to teach! Also included is a find the word starter 5 pack. For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: royalty free images and myfreebingo.com.)

The Haunting Creative Writing + Word Games Powerpoint A group of friends find themselves trapped in an old hotel, only to suffer strange lucid dreams and terrifying nightly visitations. Will they escape or go insane? And what is the significance of the black rose? Visually attractive, creative horror story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson or series of lessons. (At least two lessons will be required to complete the story.) Power point includes: * Attractive title page. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above). * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Character cards page (with example, included) where students complete their own characters on special cards (resources included at the back of the Power Point.) * Planning sheet giving students a structured method in which to write an effective story (included at the back of the Power Point.) * A review prompt to discuss writing so far. * A review peer-assessment prompt which should set students up to continue the story next lesson. * Each slide gives students a “TEEP” instruction at the start of the slide, indicating which sort of activity is involved at each stage. + A bumper word games Power Point ideal for starters and plenaries! ***Now available in a dystopian and horror bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710 *Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!* https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414 (Credits: Donney Nunley, Circus Tricks, Flickr.com. Emo Attitude, Haunted Boy, Deviant art.)

Visually attractive, complete lesson on music and film reviews with all resources included for a full and engaging lesson. Students are asked to write two short reviews of their choice: one a film review and the other a music review. Lesson includes: • Power Point title page. • Love and Hate starter activity linked to the main task. • Lesson objectives page, with graded gold, silver and bronze outcomes. • Lesson goals page, outlining what is expected in the lesson. • Information and activity on what makes a good review. • Prompts to start activity and a quick peer assessment task. • Lesson plenary keyword spelling activity – spelling cards and suggested spellings included. All resources included at the back of the Power Point. You may be interested in this complete A3 Newspaper booklet in order to complete the lesson in style! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a3-newspaper-template-11190518 Newspaper headline lesson available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-fiction-newspaper-headline-writing-full-lesson-11193249 If you enjoyed the lesson, please take a moment to rate. Thank you. (All images copyright free from Wikipedia Commons.)

Visually attractive Of Mice and Men lesson on themes, with a particularly focus on nature but also mentioning friendship and fate. Full Power Point and all resources included (all that is required for a full engaging lesson is a copy of the book and a photocopy of page 1 of the novel and the first page from chapter 6.) Lesson Objective: to analyse Steinbeck’s language in order to learn more about the key themes within the novel. Lesson includes: · Lesson starter – Theme match up activity (photocopy of resource included.) · Learning outcomes (WALTs and WILFs) · Discussion point on friendship with a modern photo image. · Information on the theme of friendship with a PEE writing frame. · Discussion point on fate and a PEE writing frame. · Information on the theme of nature. · Prompts to highlight key words of each extract. · Quick question plenary. Now available in a mini bundle deal: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-mini-bundle-11211091 Also included is a 20 quiz on Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls. (All images are copyright free. Of Mice and Men from Youtube CC search.)

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. Also included is a find the word 5 lesson starter pack! 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

What Do You Like about Life in Britain + Word Games Pack An engaging full lesson about life in Britain. Attractive Power Point includes: * Famous Britons starter * Lesson objectives * Capital letter checklist with example (optional task) * Video clips discussing life in Britain * Planning prompts * Main writing task (likes and dislikes of life in Britain) * Writing extension * Discussion plenary prompt Also included is a bumper word game quiz pack ideal for starters or general quizzes! For more great resources and complete lesson visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images used are copyright free from Wikipedia and Flickr.com)

The Deserted House poetry analysis lesson. A simple but effective lesson, ideal for KS2/3, lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives * Task 1: Reading and annotating of the poem * Task 2: How does the poem make you feel? (Help sheet included.) * Task 3: Draw and label the house with key words from the poem (poem included.) * Extensive key word bingo – callers card and 30 individual bingo cards Very easy to teach! Also included is a find the words starter pack of 5! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: royalty free images and myfreebingo.com.)

Zombie Apocalypse in London + Starters Engaging and attractive zombie apocalypse creative writing story lesson. Students are given a story structure/template in which to write their own exciting zombie story, based on a trip to London…gone wrong! Students are encouraged to write in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous tone. Full lesson prompts and zombie bingo plenary included. Also included is a pack of general English starters!

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 the ulimate quiz pack, hours and hours of quiz material! Lesson is also available here without the quiz pack for £2.50. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/climbing-mount-everest-descriptive-writing-complete-lesson-11409296 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.)

A simple and effective way to make literacy and learning fun. Literacy bingo! Students have to spot the incorrect word as each sentence appears (common literacy errors such as there/their, was/were etc) and replace them with the correct word. This is the word they cross off on their bingo cards. Further instructions on how to play inside. Power Point resource, playing time with line and house 15 minute approx. Resource suitable for key stages 2/3, but easily adaptable format/template to create further bingo games. Larger text in this version. Bingo cards included. Also included is a 5 pack find the word starter collection. See more great resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free images used of the bingo balls.)

Dracula extract analysis/close reading lesson ideal as a one-off lesson or a link to gothic literature. Lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives * Link to video clip * Extract prompt (extract included) * Find the key word prompt (sheet included) * Spelling activity (worksheet included) * Mini writing task * Plenary post-it-note activity All resources included at the back of the Power Point. This lesson is available in a double pack with The Hound of the Baskervilles for £4.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extract-double-pack-dracula-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-11302068 Also includes a five find the word starter pack! 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.)

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! + A 5 pack of KS3 Find the Words Starters. For more great resources and lessons visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: the images used in this work are COPYRIGHT FREE and can be found here: https://pixabay.com/en/photos/haunting/ https://pixabay.com/en/foggy-pathway-road-fog-landscape-1082224/ )

Zombie Apocalypse Diary Version + KS4 Starter Bundle Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing diary lesson guaranteed to motive. The scenario: You and a group of friends take a spin out of town in your new sports car. At first you are enjoying the night air and freedom of the road, but then a heavy fog suddenly descends Passing along a dark and dreary wood, you suddenly see a woman covered in blood appear along the main road. You swerve to avoid her and crash into a tree. Fortunately, everyone is well, but it becomes apparent that all is not what it seems… You are pursued through the woods by what seems to you to be an angry, crazed mob. Through the woods you and your friends discover an abandoned school. You immediately enter to take shelter from the encroaching hordes. Can you survive? What will happen next? Highly attractive Power Point includes: * Full lesson scenario * Starter task * Survival objectives * Planning sheet * Writing and discussion prompts * Interactive ‘zombie bingo’ with callers card and 30 individual bingo cards (from myfreebingo.com) Fantastic lesson!! Also included is a KS4 style starter pack! You may also be interested in my other zombie apocalypse lesson or the first dystopian bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710 Note: this brand new lesson is not part of this bundle. For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images used in this lesson. Main zombie image copyright free: https://pixabay.com/en/apocalypse-zombie-death-undead-371947/ School image copyright free: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shedboy/3613591871, bingo cards from myfreebingo.com.)

The Magic Lamp – Creative Writing A fun creative writing lesson based around a magic lamp situation. Students are given an exciting scenario with a magic lamp and can continue the story based upon their own ideas. Lesson objectives, writing tips, video clip writing tip resource, planning sheet and descriptive bingo lesson plenary all included!! + 5 general KS3 starters! For more great resources and lessons visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images and myfreebingo.com.)

Halloween Special - The Haunting Creative Writing A group of friends find themselves trapped in an old hotel, only to suffer strange lucid dreams and terrifying nightly visitations. Will they escape or go insane? And what is the significance of the black rose? Visually attractive, creative horror story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson or series of lessons. (At least two lessons will be required to complete the story.) Power point includes: * Attractive title page. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above). * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Character cards page (with example, included) where students complete their own characters on special cards (resources included at the back of the Power Point.) * Planning sheet giving students a structured method in which to write an effective story (included at the back of the Power Point.) * A review prompt to discuss writing so far. * A review peer-assessment prompt which should set students up to continue the story next lesson. * Each slide gives students a “TEEP” instruction at the start of the slide, indicating which sort of activity is involved at each stage. ***Now available in a dystopian and horror bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710 *Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!* https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414 Also included is a funny caption starter pack! (Credits: Donney Nunley, Circus Tricks, Flickr.com. Emo Attitude, Haunted Boy, Deviant art.)

The Lake District Murders – Creative Writing Lesson Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story, diary version. Lesson scenario: A family weekend getaway to the Lake District turns to horror as one guest in the lodge is poisoning the guests. But who? And why? And will you make it out alive? Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included. Also included is a fun murder mystery generator and bingo activity! For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits – Copyright free images fromLakedistrict.gov.uk, Cumbriawedding.co.uk)