Fun revision activities for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Students use the letters of THE TITLE to remember key themes and work in pairs to find appropriate quotations for these themes.

How to weigh an elephant with bathroom scales Problem solving lesson with focus on creative solutions to a weighty issue. Solution included.

Illustrated slide-show of the poem. Animated. Has a greater impact this way. Could be shown with appropriate music.

Resolve to ensure your students know 21 Literary techniques with examples and a brief description of their effect. Ideal for a lesson starter/SETTLING ACTIVITY. Ilustrated.

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

Slide show of this beautiful poem with pictures. Mixed up young lady..but what a poem !

Lesson designed to review the essentials of grammar terminology. illustrated and with questions. Worksheet could be added.

1/2 of listening or reading or both. Add activities to suit. Year 8 and above.

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

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

For Year 8 (can be adapted upwards). Lesson deals with theodicy and give students practice at creating mind maps as well as adding details to create more interest. All content needed is on the slides. No photocopying needed.

8th lesson in the series aimed at year 7 remote learners who cannot manage a whole hour of focus. Who can ?

Thinglink to ALL chapter summaries of The giver + audio chapters + activities. Good for revision and consolidation. Summaries include a " Read it back to me" feature. No subscription or sign up needed. Just click and away you go.

Lesson A in a series which will analyse language themes and character.

Two or possibly 3 lessons involving an essay on the importance of memories. Structured for lower levels and remote learning.

27 literacy links to BBC websites making a literacy lesson a little easier for remote learning.

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 .

Illustrated slide show of the poem. Convenient 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 .

Ten ready to use ideas on ensuring you cover a Literacy aspect in your lesson. No effort required at all. All spelling errors etc are deliberate and form part of the challenge for students.