Justifying your opinion by identifying specific information, using an extract from Border Crossing by Pat Barker, 1984 by George Orwell. Jamaica Inn has been applied for the reason that I wanted stu to practise writing their responses whilst checking with the level descriptors. Peer to peer feedback. Must be used in slide show for eliciting purposes.

This is I found a really interesting method of teaching creative writing through sound. I am selling it free because there are a lot of wonderful resources I have compiled through BFI. It includes a fun starter also. Please leave a comment.

This is a school presentation from Handicap International who are a charity and have helped the people of Haiti. Details below if any school has an interest in raising some money for this cause please contact them below for a school fundraising pack. This is their message below. 'Our teams are on the ground, caring for injured people, distributing mobility aids including wheelchairs and making sure aid reaches the most vulnerable people living in isolated areas. Can your school help by holding a Bring A Coin For Haiti collection, holding a non-uniform day or bake sale during morning break? Our free Presentation (PDF slideshow with notes) for assemblies, lessons or tutor groups gives an insight into the situation on the ground and what Handicap International is doing right now to support the most vulnerable. For a Fundraising Pack please email schools@hi-uk.org or call me on 0870 774 37 37.'

Complete lesson on ppt, please use in animated slide show version for optimum results. The lesson is collaborative with various tasks. Work sheet for matching language devices and definitions.

Two consecutive lessons on ppt, please use in the animated slide show for eliciting; The first is a variety of tasks and activities using skimming and scanning techniques. Skimming for the gist, retrieving specific information from 4 different texts ie pronoun phrases, adjectives, adverbs, listing in a prepared chart and words that students do not understand. The second lesson analyses how the writer achieves an effect on the reader through these words and phrases and considers how they affect the author's tone in the story. Students in their groups prepare a short presentation. Homework is included and all student resources are also included ie 4 excerpts of texts; The Monkey's Paw, The Red Room, The Third Wish and The Necklace, chart for listing vocabulary and a list of tone words and their meanings.

Toolkit is 14 pages and contains everything a student needs to look back on whilst writing descriptively. Includes; tips, examples, definitions, many word banks and sensory vocabulary. Also contains a peer review which worked great with students where they read two or three other excerpts and provide positive feedback for improvement. Great for a variety of age groups.

Complete 1 hr lesson with all resources. Features in Gothic texts, use of lanuguage ie word choice and figurative language devices to achieve mood and atmosphere. Student skim and scan an intro to The Red Room by H G Wells to locate creative word choice and a variety of literary devices used to enhance the mood and atmosphere. Activity is for students to work collaboratively discuss, debate, provide peer to peer reviews and write an original climax in continuation of the excerpt: The Red Room. All instructions provided.

Toolkit is 13 pages and contains everything a student needs to look back on whilst writing to argue. Includes; tips, examples, definitions, word banks, tasks in letter form and answer key as well as mind maps. Also contains a peer review which worked great with students where they read two or three other excerpts and provide positive feedback for improvement. Great for a variety of age groups.

Toolkit is 10 pages and contains everything a student needs to look back on whilst writing persuasively particularly good for advertising and writing up a presentation of analysis. Includes; tips, examples, definitions, word banks, explanations and definitions. Also contains a peer review which worked great with students where they read two or three other excerpts and provide positive feedback for improvement. Great for a variety of age groups.

Analysing language; word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, tone and mood in 4excerpts; The Monkeys Paw, The Red Room, The Necklace and The Third Wish. I have completed the lesson for Monkeys Paw and have narrated a short video for students to listen to. The other excerpts which are included just need to replicated for the lesson. I have included a student guide for reference, tone and mood word banks, a worksheet in chart form where students are to complete it for homework and bring back in the classroom for further discussions and peer to peer feedback for improvement.

General information on exam questions and identifying and comprehending the command words. Retrieving information from a text for comprehension.

Toolkit is 13 pages and contains everything a student needs to look back on whilst writing creatively. Includes; tips, examples, definitions, mindmaps for initial brainstorming and also another for plotting their stories. Also contains a peer review which worked great with students where they read two or three other excerpts and provide positive feedback for improvement. Great for a variety of age groups.

This is a complete 2 x 1hr 1/2 lessons with all the resources you will need to use in and out of class with an inclusive ppt, use in the animated slides version. I have added the toolkit also because many activities will use this toolkit. PPT contains proofreading and editing exercises all dealing with how to write to argue.

This resource is a complete 4 part lesson ie ppt must be viewed through slide show for eliciting as well as a narrated video I have compiled can be used as a starter, (5min). Reviewing and eliciting knowledge on figurative language; literary devices and effects with various worksheets one of which is the opening of the story with boxes and arrows listing A-W for students to work in pairs or three's together to discuss and fill the chart with the device applied, the effects the techniques have through language in the text and the effect on tone and mood or atmosphere. Students can complete at home and bring back to the classroom as a flipped classroom to discuss, share and compare their ideas ie peer to peer assessment for improvement, followed by another lesson to write-up a summary of all the collected information into proper grammatical sentences using a word bank followed again by peer to peer assessment for improvement and finally handing in the final improved summaries a thesaurus can also be used. Can be adapted to various age groups.

This double lesson uses 3 video clips as part of the lesson. It is an introductory lesson or to be used as a review for speaking and listening for the new AQA 8700 exam, which can be applied to Ks 3, 4, 16+ and adult learners. The final part of the lesson is for students to continue and do some research on their presentations. Various activities and worksheets included.

This is a complete two part lesson, 2hrs, including the lesson plan for both lessons. It contains a ppt (needs to be shown in the animated slide show version for eliciting whilst teaching) and a variety of tasks, resources and homework sheets.

This lesson is a complete 1 1/2 hrs. It contains ppt presentation to be viewed in slide show, resources for refresher activities and a complete detailed lp. The idea is for students not only to become more creative in their writing but also look outside of the box ie by looking at different angles in an image to visualize how what we first assumed is quite different from a closer - up angle . It was a fun lesson and students enjoyed very much. Can be adapted to any secondary group or 16+.

I have once again introduced students to a film 'Shawshank' where I wanted to show them how a directors develops visual text. Following by various activities where the need to transpose the scene into a written text and use visual pictures in text. Secondly they then have to change the ending of the scene to change the mood. Finally there is peer feedback. Developing language skills and effects on the reader. How a writer's words can change the mood - imagery. Again must be seen through slide show. This lesson is for stu to understand how mood is changed and how important visual language is. I found that through using a fillm and writing stu will get a greater understanding of language and mood when answering Paper 1 Ao2 Ques 2.

This is an entire equipped lesson, including ppt ( which should be used in animated slide show whilst eliciting), lp included, differentiated instructions, toolkit and tasks; 60minute lesson.

How writers use elements of surprise - great example shown through Alfred Hitchcocks 'The Birds'. Hooking the audience, how suspence is created and how the mood is changed. The differences between tone mood and atmosphere through examples, explanations and a short film clip. Final activity looking at an extract from Jaws and how tension was created and applied.