Lesson takes students through errors of spelling and punctuation and focusses them on proofreading for success.

Lesson asks this question and challenges students to define the word. Mind stretching.

Series of slides which ask students to write a tweet for a real historical character. Clearly transferable to fictional. Works well with all age groups and could be tweeted to a class hash tag ?

Sequel to Weird Trees and similes. Adaptable and, hopefully inspirational. Worksheet not included but would be useful. Extension activities?

Lesson takes students through the decision making process using a classic dilemma. Individual/pair and class work. Plenty of discussion will occur....

Students work through another dilemma involving a wallet full of money which has been left on a bus. See Dilemmas..what would you do. More to come....

Brief outline of lesson comparing winter 1963 with current weather. Students can draw on their experiences and interview those who remember The Big Freeze.

Lesson examines the purpose of toys and offers a number of different tasks designed to get students to reflect on why we have toys. Adaptable and certainly relevant for the coming festival on Dec. 25 (UK). worksheet could be added.

Illustrated slide show of the poem. One surprise at the end. Useful for introduction or revision. Did you know....?

Lesson aims to make students decide if they're ready to answer questions on the novel. Pics included and part two on its way.

Students revisit popular lesson and comment on the need to think carefully before writing. Adaptable to lots of themes, but also useful for Tutor Time or Assemblies.

Useful for revision or introduction to the poem.

Slide show of poem -convenient for revision and introduction.

students hear an interview with a survivor of the Titanic sinking. They create their own notes which will form the basis of the rest of the lesson/subsequent lesson. The bare bones are here.

Students imagine an all porcine casting to the play by W.S. A starter, but a useful consolidation tool.

Poem slide show with illustrations. Useful for revision or introduction to the poem.

Allows students to discuss what ' rules' are about. Takes them through stages which they can then apply to their own experience.

Illustrated slide show of the poem.

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

I'm putting this out there again (Romeo/Juliet) because it really engages the student. It also allows you to assess empathy with characters. Students imagine guiding the character around their own world and explain their choices. Leads into essay answering and consolidates understanding of the issues between the characters.