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

Students assess the qualities of a good Travel Agent and then use their skills to decide appropriate holidays for selected people. They take notes, watch clips and decide.

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.

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

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.

A series of slides that you can incorporate into your lesson to engender HOT. Saves time searching for suitable visual prompts.

Lesson guides students through a series of slides which highlight good manners in the UK. Adaptable and with a final task. Great for discussion and debate.

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.

This lesson introduces the idea of Narrative Structure.. It takes students through the various stages and asks them to identify structures in their own reading.

Slides encourage students to establish routines and give some useful advice on being in Year 7. Adaptable to any school.