students decide if their understanding of the poem is enhanced by a clip containing music and images. Lesson in two stages, before watching and after. Poem attached, instructions on the slides.

Lesson one AND TWO of a series about THE GIVER ( novel) This lesson includes CHUNKED activities plus e-copy of novel

Feedback on this please :) Students decide on a real life dilemma between a woman and her husband. Lots of scope for drama and enough for two lesson. Read the second to last slide first ! Based on actual case in America. All ready to deliver and argue.

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

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

Lower ability, uses images to elicit response. Choose to ask students WHICH image they would choose from the poem. Lesson involves students selecting positive and negative element from the river's experience. Introduces the idea of personification...h/w to produce a similar poem of your own (can be powerpoint with images)

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

I wrote this myself after spending lunch time duty watching crowds of students enjoying fights. Grim though it was, the poem asks a few questions. Students can then write their own version of a poem/story connected with bullying/fighting/crowd behaviour. Link with the brilliant film on youtube - Pictures now added !

A summary of who is who in the play along with some plot details. Useful as a revision aid or introduction.

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 asks students to describe strange trees using similes, adjectives and metaphors. you'll need to adapt to the age group. Totally different but obvious, when you think about it !

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.

Team building exercise based on an already extant handout. Useful for first lessons or physical, social, health and emotional education. You'll need to adapt dates etc. Links to loads of other stuff as well.

Lesson asks students to write a news report under pressure. Asks them to prioritise and select pictures to accompany article. good for BBC News report.

Not my idea, but I use this with low ability, reluctant readers. Works wonders. Rules on the slides and texts/novels/plays etc work well with this game. Classes practically begging to read aloud after one lesson of this !

Lesson explores the Joint Enterprise Laws in the UK and asks what is fair and unfair in the world of young people and their decision making. Includes very sobering message from the Police and prisoners. Adaptable, but go through lesson before showing to students. If you use, give your views :)

Adapted HEADLINE LESSON. Gives explicit instructions for newspaper story writing. The 5 Ws of Journalism plus a chance to answer questions.

Illustrated slide show of the poem. Useful for revision or intro to the poem.

Part of a series of sonnet lessons. Ready to go.

Student's imagine that Pip goes to the barber after his first visit to Satis house. They write the conversation between the two. Empathy needed. Lesson includes prompts.