Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
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Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
Created by a qualified secondary school teacher who has taught KS3, KS4 and KS5.
Browse my shop to find a variety of affordable resources, full lessons and worksheets related to the study of Language and Literature across the age ranges.
-Starter activity which encourages students to think about the metaphors of beauty in this scene used to describe Paris.
-A contextual slide about wet nurses during his era.
Summary of the scene and key themes.
Guided questions that encourage students to think about Shakespeare’s language, the delivery of lines and characterisation in this scene.
Comparisons of Lady Capulet and the Nurse.
Essay question
Do you think Juliet’s relationship with her mother and the pressures she faces as a woman in this era influence the tragic outcome of the play? To what extent is it Lady Capulet and the Nurses’ fault that Juliet’s love story ends in tragedy?
Creative writing homework task.
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Day 3 of my Roald Dahl themed summer camp (originally taught to Korean EFL students)
It includes:
*A simplified version of the story using Quentin Blake illustrations.
* A memory game based on food items found in Mr Twit’s beard and worksheet.
*Scavenger Hunt worksheet and clues (which are printed and hidden around the school- the first pair to find all the words win!)
*Birds Nest Crispy Cakes Recipe
*Mrs Twit’s spaghetti toasties recipe
*Wordsearch and colouring page
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify different parts of the human body.
Activity 1: Competitive game. Students are shown vocabulary with missing letters and in teams have to write out the correct word on the mini whiteboard to gain points for their superhero team.
Activity 2: Students design their own superhero and label the body parts on the back.
Worksheets: Crossword, writing body parts in the correct box (face/body) and gap fill&superhero colouring sheets. I have included both WordDoc and PDF copies of the work sheets so that they can be amended/printed with ease.
Suitable for KS3 or a support group
Worksheet plus ppt with instructions & additional tasks/answers
Tasks:
1: Cut and stick each quotation with the correct corresponding image.
2: Identify which character said each of the quotations.
3: Find another example of Shakespeare’s imagery. Draw your own picture and label it with the quotation in your workbook.
Challenge : ‘Love is too powerful to be described through a metaphor.’
Do you think Shakespeare has managed to convey this emotion well, or not? Explain your opinion.
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I am currently working on the rest of the lessons in the series.
Act 1, Scene 1 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-opening-analysis-act-1-scene-1-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks4-11525718
Act 1, Scene 2 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-2-capulet-and-paris-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks3-ks4-11625209
Act 1, Scene 3 is available to purchase here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-3-lady-capulet-and-the-nurse-ks4-11976732
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This was originally taught to Korean Middle School EFL students for a fun art and craft/cooking camp however it is written entirely in English.
The aim of this summer camp is for the students to have fun and to learn about different countries and cultures around the world. Each day will focus on a different country and we will learn some facts, look at famous places, food and do an art and craft activity associated with the country.
At the start of each day students will guess the country. When I reveal the flag they must copy it onto their ‘passport’ sheet.
If students behave well or win a task they receive a sticker on their passport. The student with the most stickers at the end of the camp will win a prize.
Day 1:
Introduce the summer camp and different monuments and buildings around the world. Today focuses on lots of games and team building activities so that everyone gets to know each other.
Activity 1: Icebreaker
Students are given a ‘passport worksheet where they write their name, age, favorite food, favorite place in Korea and three places they would like to visit in the future. They should complete this quite quickly 5-10 minutes. When everyone has finished I pass the ball and when they catch it the student must say something about themselves and introduce themselves to the rest of the class.
Team game (1): Guess where it is from
Students look at the famous buildings/monuments from around the world. In teams they must guess which country they think it is from. The team with the most correct will win travel stickers in their passport.
Team game (2): Build a tower
In teams students have 30minutes to build a monument/tower using only dried spaghetti, peppero sticks and marshmallows. They have to work together as a team and at the end they can win points based on how tall, how wide and how unique their building is. The winning team gains stickers for their passport.
Lunch
Students are given cooked sausage, cucumbers, crackers and cube cheese. Individually on their plate they have to cut slices and try to build the tallest tower. The person with the tallest ‘tower’ wins a sticker for their passport. They can then eat these and the snacks from earlier for lunch.
Team game (3): Jenga race
In teams students take it in turns to race forwards and take a block out of the jenga tower. They must then run back to their team and try to build another structure. The team with the tallest structure at the end (whose original building hasn’t fallen over!) are the winners and gain stickers for their passports.
Art and Crafts
Using clay, students must make a small keyring or magnet in the shape of a famous building or monument from the lesson. Seoul Tower, Eiffel Tower, Pyramid, Big Ben etc.
A whole lesson focusing on the structure and language used by Dickens in the opening of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Starter: Looking at the effect of the opening sentence ‘Marley was dead: to begin with’ and the impact it has on a reader.
Students stick in the worksheet (two versions included- differentiated for less able students with pre-highlighted quotations)
and use it to make notes and highlight throughout the lesson.
Each paragraph has been broken down to be analysed in-depth. Each slide includes guided questions to encourage discussion and modelling of how to select appropriate quotations from the text in order to answer the question.
Finally, students must choose one question to answer for their homework. Each question builds upon the discussion points and notes made in the lesson. This can be peer assessed at the beginning on the following lesson to recap and check for understanding.
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A visually-engaging resource which encourages year 11 students to revise key aspects of the characters in Lord of the Flies.
Includes:
Fun starter- a class guessing game with 15 example questions
A3 Characters worksheet
Essay question on how Ralph and Piggy are presented in Chapter 1
Model answer
This was successful with my mixed ability class. My EAL students commented that they found the images helpful.
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Suitable for EFL, TEFL and KS2 students.
The powerpoint has Korean/English translations but can be adapted easily.
The lesson focuses on the dialogue/role-play between a passenger and an attendant:
*showing a passport,
*asking for a window seat
* receiving a boarding pass
The worksheets include:
*Vocabulary list and cutting/sticking/matching activity
*Create your own passport and holiday photo
*Short comprehension questions
*Colour in the travel stamps
Creative starter question
Analysis of the witches and the opening of the play
Key questions and differentiated (includes extension questions for higher order thinking)
Summary and making predictions for the rest of the play
3 x video clips and different interpretations of the witches plus recording sheet
Creative writing planning sheet
- Imagine you are a stage director. How would you produce this opening scene of Macbeth?
Extension task- using quotations to justify own interpretation and writing a persuasive letter (instead of a PEE paragraph- same skills)
Four detailed lessons with clearly explained tasks, starters and plenaries.
Each lesson includes guiding questions,a corresponding worksheet and multiple activities for students to complete.
The final ppt introduces the assessment task, objectives and an example of how to select and analyse quotations.
The assessment question focuses on Lady Macbeth and her descent into madness.
There is also a homework choice slide that includes extension creative writing tasks for students to choose from.
Lesson 1 in the series was observed and rated outstanding
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Creative starter question
Banquo’s soliloquy , modern English version plus questions
Analysis of the imagery of the ‘fruitless crown’ before introducing Macbeth’s soliloquy.
Key quotations from the soliloquy and an activity for students to predict the fears he will be addressing
YouTube video clip link plus specific focus criteria for students
Macbeth’s soliloquy , modern English version plus questions (includes extension questions for challenge)
Plenary question (using EXIT CARDS)
Crafting sensory description
Creating a character
Analysis of how Roald Dahl uses exaggeration and humour
Comprehension questions for two extracts
Planning sheets
Writing an autobiography planning sheets
Two worksheets which encourage students to reflect on the plot and main characters.
Useful for revision, recapping or making connections throughout the study of a class novel/play.
I have included both PDF versions of the worksheets as well as word documents that can be altered with ease.
Suitable for KS4 support groups or KS3 learners.
Includes:
A ppt with guided questions for students to develop their own interpretations about the opening of the play/characters.
A worksheet where students plan how they would stage the scene.
A homework task based on the Prince.
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I am currently working on the following lessons in the series.
Act 1, Scene 2 is available to purchase at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/romeo-and-juliet-act-1-scene-2-capulet-and-paris-whole-lesson-and-worksheet-ks3-ks4-11625209
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A game that can be used as a starter or plenary for a travel topic.
Objects appear in suitcases and students have to guess the name of the place. There are 10 different places:
France
England
Australia
Italy
South Africa
USA
South Korea
Egypt
China
Russia
If they are the first team/pair to guess correctly they get a photo card to add to their suitcase gameboard (attached in a word file)
I used this with my TEFL students and they loved it!
Students look at the images which are connected to key quotations from the play
(Act 1-Act 3) and must put them into chronological order.
PowerPoint plus worksheet.
Extension tasks:
1. identify which character said each quotation,
2. consider which is the most significant and justify your opinion
3. Find your own example of Shakespeare's imagery and draw an image for it