From Greek ideas about Love -the lesson shows different loves and examples. Contains videos and songs for students to match. Ready to go.

A set of slides providing creative writing/speaking/drama based stimuli. Can be used over KS3 and 4.

Students imagine they are Romeo/Juliet both before and after their meeting at Capulet's ball. They update their facebook according to their new feelings. Obviously this format would work for any character in any play/story. See also Hamlet and Ophelia on Facebook lesson.

This is a lesson asking students to argue/persuade. Are school meals value for money/taste ? Alternative meals from other countries are shown as inspiration.

The old problem of the farmer/goat/cabbage and wolf brought to you in technicolor. Students work in teams or pairs to solve the problem and work out the best way to present their solution to the class. Works well as a starter for lots of objectives.

illustrated slide-show of the sonnet with italics to help understanding. Do give feedback if useful !

Lesson explores the answer to this question and includes an extract from The Great Gatsby to test the students' interpretation skills.

Students use wacky headlines as stimuli to write the article that might have appeared in the newspaper. Fun and productive. Can be used for homework.

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.

Selection from BBC website all in one place. Designed to get students thinking.

Students explore the wonderful world of the pun and create a piece of writing based on a genuine headline. Imagination and humour needed. Essentials are all here.

Intro to the wonderful world of homophones. Basic intro but worksheet asks them to correct spelling and encourages pair work.

Students are assigned a photo portrait and create a mini autobiography of that person. They explain their mood in the photo and give background to the character. Feel free to adapt photos for your own cultural milieu.

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.

lesson requires students to bet virtual money on whether they think a sentence is correctly written.\ninstructions on power point and basic worksheet included. Can be adapted to ANYTHING.

Intro to the classic short story. Story and questions attached. Keep the light on. Aligned with Common Core State Standards: RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.7.2, RL.8.2

Lesson give pairs of students 15 quotations about Life etc and ask them to explain their meaning. Encourages expression and paraphrase.

Lesson asks students some deeper questions about the language.

Illustrated slide show of the poem. Convenient for revision or introduction to the poem.

10 slides about the novella designed to get students thinking about what they revise.