Story which ends with a surprise. Students follow the narrative, answer questions on the worksheet. Instructions on note section of slides. Do not give out worksheet until you've been through the story. If you use, give your views !

A hybrid of two lessons I saw by Sue and Mac at Hayes School. Students overcome fear and caution in a Blooms enquiry into an unseen poem. Teacher cuts out attached questions and follows instructions on slides. I've included two poems for you to try. Student led most of the way.

Lesson asks students to complete sentences which will build into an internal monologue of their classroom experience. low level but easily adapted.

Lesson for lower ability which revises conventions of the genre and asks them to complete a cloze test together with some more challenging questions. Can be adapted upwards. See 3 lessons on Ghost story writing on this site.

Understudied poem deserving of a wider public audience. Resource asks students to update the poem to their own relevance.

Here are some slides which could help present a topic. Students fill in the speech/thought bubbles. Can be adapted for a ' fun' lesson. Feedback please !

Lesson invites students to choose real jobs for famous fictional characters. There are 14 here, but if inspired ,you can adapt for your own students.\nInsist on full answers. Can be used for discussion prior to exams etc or plenaries to lessons.

Students read poem, watch slide-show and write their own poem on the impossible. Poem included and instructions. Easily adapted. Time to re-visit Adrian Henri ! In a relationship with Carol Ann Duffy....... Explore.

Slide show of poem -useful for revision or introduction to poem.

Lesson asks students to write a letter to their younger selves giving advice etc.Ideal for Identity units. I asked them to bring in pictures of themselves when toddlers and scanned them in for an additional starter.

Lesson looks at how students can tell the difference between the two and earn more marks. You will need about 15 or so small ads from a local shop or simply make up your own.

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....?