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

40 Talks which last 5 minutes each. Prompting independent learning and investigation.

Students discuss the possible answers to this question and identify how to overcome the fear of getting things wrong.

Lesson stresses the need to check through work before submitting it. Includes worksheet and BLOOMS questions. Answers also !

Follow the link and look at the examples to find a way of changing your Learning Questions and Objectives. If you use, leave your views.

Seven dilemmas for discussion. Group activities. Sharpens speaking and reasoning. Adaptable. Use as a carousel activity so al groups have a chance to discuss dilemmas and feedback as a whole at the end.

Students create a front page edition of a newspaper showing their knowledge of an earthquake event. Adaptable to hurricanes etc and easily edited to suit your class. Use an A3 format for best results.

A way of recycling previous knowledge which really engages the students and takes almost no time to set up. Ideas and examples on slides.

Revision aid and/or activity for the novel. adaptable template.Print on A3 for best results.

Students complete front page of newspaper published on the day after the death of Romeo and Juliet. Essentially an AFL but also useful as revision aid. More to come.Print on A3 for best results.

A recap/revision exercise on the novel but also useful as a chapter by chapter check on knowledge (you'll have to adapt). Print on A3 for best results.

An updated version with answers in the notes section of the slide show. Merry Christmas !

Lesson consolidates information and questions how this marked the end of Feudalism. Lower level but adaptable. See part two.

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

Slide show offers students a challenge to do something about being fed up. Adaptable and contains 10 options.

A whole form activity. Will need adapting for other countries as Anglo-Centric. Students were fully engaged and really took up the challenge. Designed as part of a tutoring week, so some slides will need editing. Feedback pls...

Lesson requires students to work together as ambassadors and complete a 3 part investigation into some aspects of the queen. Stick the worksheets in the corridor or room and let them investigate. £ areas are, childhood, attitude to marriage and what she looked like.

Empathy lesson. Students receive a photo of a house/dwelling and write/speak about the person who lives there. Adaptable and versatile. Feedback pls :)

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.

Presentation highlighting the life of a Japanese boy. Covers school and home life.