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 .

Fed up of no cover waiting for you when you arrive ? List of activiities for those pesky moments. Head off to reprographics and charge the paper to the relevant department… A3 ALWAYS works best :)

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)

Lesson encouraging students to examine strategies for improving their relationships with teachers. Sets up basis for a sequel lesson.

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.

Visual adaptation of this famous problem with solution included and print out (be careful to cut off the solution) for those who need it. Great fun and scope for adaptation to a myriad of situations, e.g lockers, classrooms etc. Feedback please :)

2 slides which you could incorporate into your lesson which kick-start the PROGRESS issue. Could be used in any subject.

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 interpret the parable and gives them three tasks. Includes copy of the parable with some harder words highlighted. suitable for low levels but can be adapted upwards.

Short set of templates for Year 6s into 7s. Adaptable to your own school and useful to send out to your feeder primaries.

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.

Very short Native American story. Does wonders. Adaptable for English, tutor time Assemblies and Behaviour groups.

Students reflect on holiday from different perspectives. Students get together an action plan for the new term. Adaptable to every level.