Innovative classroom activity for study of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Students imagine a date with either of the protagonists. Whole lesson with h/w or extension. adaptable for any play/novel.

Students use a real news story to create a series of diary entries. Basic format here but will need additional input.

Part two of two. Students discuss whether they have achieved/want to achieve. Could they add/subtract from the list ? Plenty of scope for discussion/adaptation.

Students listen to a very moving, brief story and comment on whether it's always good to tell the truth. Story included, illustrated and ready to deliver. Thought provoking.

Students create personalised number plates for characters in novel/play etc. Ideas on these slides. Link to website included. Easily adaptable to just about anything.

Lesson poses 50 things teenagers should experience/learn before becoming 20. Students discuss and perhaps add some of their own. Plenty of scope for adaptation. Let me know if you find this useful. See part 2 as well.

Students ' sell' their plot ideas in an auction. You will need a post-it for each student. Some feedback please.

Adaptable full lesson/starter on this novel. If you like cars...cool, if you don't , adapt the idea.

This printable teaching resource for Shakespeare lessons is a 'Wordle' display poster for the famous 'To be or not to be' soliloquy from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. This poster can be used as a classroom display, or can be used in conjunction with a starter activity about the lexical fields in this speech.

Lesson examines Romeo's first speech and explores how it sets the tone for the play. Deals with the OXYMORA and gives tasks...

lesson asks students to examine the good/bad points about becoming old.. could be deep questioning or lighter.depends on adaptation. Some feedback please!

Lesson builds on students' experience of recent weather conditions and ask them to be descriptive. Needs adapting but illustrated to prompt responses. You'll need a collection of thesauruses .

Lesson for year 7s to encourage their enjoyment of poetry. You will need a post-it for each student. They distinguish between prose and poetry, identify key features and write their own version of WCW's brilliant poem. Display post-its around the class.

Lesson examines previous knowledge and asks about the nature of duality in the character in the ballad "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". Activities included. Lower level but could be adapted.

Lesson poses this question, looks at advertising and self-stereotyping. Class debate and discussion.Writing activities included. Feed back to me please !

Illustrated slide show of the poem.

Lesson examines the nature of the stranger and asks students to imagine.....

Lesson continues the ballad and explores various language devices.

Lesson asks students some deeper questions about the language.

' A little Learning is a dangerous thing..' Students assess their colleagues' ability to answer some basic questions.....urban myths. Answers provided and plenty to do. Could stretch over many lessons. Why not involve research ?