The Haunted House Dare Diaries + Christmas Fun Fantastic horror lesson + Christmas fun. Click on the links for more details. For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

A fantastic collection of 'spooky' writing lessons that students will love. Click on the links for further details. Amazing value time-saver! Save 65% when bought as a bundle!! Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Murder Resource Pack 1 A collection of exciting murder mystery lessons and resources! See the links for further details. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: cooltext.com)

Climbing Mount Everest Descriptive Writing - Complete Lesson Complete one-off descriptive writing lesson with all the resources included, easy to teach! Attractive Power Point includes: * Literacy starter * Lesson objectives (with the focus on sentence structure, but this could be tweaked to suit) * Map of Everest * Video clip * Discussion prompts * Main task and review prompts Descriptive word mat and lesson starter included. A simple but effective lesson. Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack, full of simple resources for Christmas! For more great lessons and resources, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Royalty free images taken from You Tube.)

Karl Pilkington’s PEE and SPAG Starters + Christmas Fun Engaging SPAG and PEE starter pack and Power Point slides taken from extracts of Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries, The Idiot Abroad. Each starter features a short extract, with a short SPAG and an extended PEE or comprehension starter, together with an image of Karl Pilkington. Starters are ideal for KS4 students or later KS3 and suitable for a variety of different exam boards e.g. WJEC or AQA as they involve the same core skills. Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack, ideal for KS3! Click on the links for further details. A great value download. For more great resources and lessons, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Spooky ghost story. Creative writing diary lesson. The scenario: You are travelling alone at night when a mysterious fog encircles your car and it suddenly cuts out. With no means to call for help, you take to the road. Through the woods you stumble across an old mansion house. You are about to walk towards the house, when to your horror, you see on the path the words “look behind you” you turn, shaken to you core, and… Full lesson includes all resources. Starter, lesson objective and a spooky bingo plenary finish with 30 individual bingo cards! Also included is a fun Christmas Pack with lots of activities for Christmas and a 30 question quiz pack, brilliant for Christmas! For more great resources and lessons visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Halloween Murder Mystery and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with free starters) Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack! Click on the profiles for more information. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Venice Murders and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with free starters) Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack! Click on the profiles for more information. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Lazy Teacher Pack - Lessons for an easy life A collection of cool and simple lessons for an easy life. Just download and teach. Job done. £17.75 of quality material for £4.95! For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Christmas Market Descriptive Writing lesson + Literacy and Christmas Resources Fantastic value pack. A complete descriptive writing lesson, a literacy game and a Christmas resource pack. Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Haunting Horror + Christmas in New York + Christmas Fun Fantastic value pack of two great lessons + a Christmas fun pack. Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Jaws + Campervan Travels + Who Slayed Santa Fantastic value pack triple pack. Excellent value bundle! Lessons based on video and you tube clips. (You need the Jaws film to teach this lesson) Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The New York Pack – Zombie Apocalypse and a Christmas in New York Fantastic double lesson pack with free Christmas Bingo resource! Two premium lessons set in New York, featuring: * Zombie Apocalypse Comic Strip Story – Creative Writing * Christmas in New York – Descriptive Writing Bingo resource contains 30 individual bingo cards and caller’s card. Excellent value! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Premium Collection – Exciting Fiction and Media Complete Lessons A collection of top quality at resources at great value! Click on the resources for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Terror at the Funfair + Christmas in New York and A4 Newspaper Christmas Writing Sheets Two excellent fun lessons: * Terror at the Funfair - Creative Horror Writing Lesson * Christmas in New York – Descriptive Writing Lesson * With three A4 newspaper templates. Excellent value bundle! Christmas activities sorted! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Traditional Christmas Bundle A lovely pack of premium Christmas resources from complete lessons to quizzes, fun activities and more! Guaranteed to give your students a Christmas to remember. A great time saver. Something for everyone. £17.20 of premium material for just £5.50! Click on the links for further details. Happy Christmas! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Magic Lamp Descriptive Writing Lesson + The Christmas Fun Pack and Quiz Fantastic value pack. A fantastic engaging descriptive writing lesson, a Christmas quiz and a Christmas fun pack of resources. Excellent value bundle! Christmas activities sorted! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Perfect Christmas Bundle A lovely pack of premium Christmas resources from complete lessons to quizzes, fun activities and more! Guaranteed to give your students a Christmas to remember. A great time saver. Something for everyone. £17.20 of premium material for just £5.50! Click on the links for further details. Happy Christmas! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Poetic Terms Full Lesson + Christmas Quiz and Fun Pack Visually attractive full lesson on poetic terms using the short poem ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Ideal for weaker KS3 classes or later KS2. Full Power Point and all resources included. Lesson features: • Visually engaging lesson starter and extension. • Graded lesson outcomes with the main objective being to learn poetic devices to further the understanding of a poem. • A poetic terms match-up activity featuring seven poetic devices – similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, vivid colour, the senses and imagery. This can be done on paper or made into a kinaesthetic task. (Resource included at the back of the Power Point.) • Poetic terms answer page. • Visual and simple explanation pages of similes, metaphors and alliteration with a short true or false task. • Link to video clip of a reading of ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. • Colour coded identification of poetic devices task – students are asked to stick the poem in their books (resource provided) and colour code the given devices. • Colour coded answer page. • Short plenary activity where students are prompted to write a brief comment about the poem or offer a more detailed response for more able students. ***Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a bumper Christmas Fun Pack*** For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (To the best of my knowledge, all images are royalty free.)

Zombie Apocalypse in New York and Bakerfield Lodge with a Christmas Quiz Fantastic value pack. Two wonderful Christmas lessons and a Christmas quiz. Excellent value bundle! Click on the links for further details. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish