Spelling Sheet - LOOK, BREAK, COVER, WRITE, CHECK, RE-WRITE A blank spelling template featuring the tried and tested method to spelling improvement! PLUS top 20 commonly misspelled words in English (UK Spellings) LOOK - Look closely at the word. BREAK - Break the word down. COVER - Cover the word. WRITE - Write the word from memory. CHECK - Have you spelt it correctly? RE-WRITE - Re-write the word. Example word + 10 slots for words to be added. Blank template can easily be adapted to use with any set of words.

The Summer Holiday Murders - One Off Lesson Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story. Lesson scenario: The summer is finally here. School’s over and you are on the perfect holiday, away and relaxing by the pool in a private and secluded hotel. Until you realise, one by one, someone is killing the guests… Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.

Frankenstein Extract Analysis 5 Lesson Pack! An attractive and engaging, Frankenstein 5 lesson pack featuring extract analysis and writing activities. Particularly suitable for student ages 9-13(UK, KS2-KS3) lower ability students, but lesson could be adapted to meet the needs of more able students. 32 page attractive Power Point consists of: Title page Starter tasks Extract analyis, included with support slides Writing task, with some support slides Purple pen reflection time (if needed) Draw and label task Supporting scaffolding sheets (heavily supported, but these can be adjusted to meet the needs of your class) Vocabulary activities with answers Video link activities and much more. An engaging series of lessons to use time and time again! Great value pack. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Images: wikipedia and copyright free to the best of my knowlege, cooltext.com.)

Venice – Creative Writing Lesson A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from Venice! Complete, visually attractive lesson includes a 10 question Venice quiz, a senses hunt, a video clip and prompts throughout. For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits:Taketours, Monarch, Wikipedia, cooltext.com.)

Zombie Apocalyse - Creative Writing Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing lesson guaranteed to motive. The scenario: You and a group of friends take a spin out of town in your new sports car. At first you are enjoying the night air and freedom of the road, but then a heavy fog suddenly descends Passing along a dark and dreary wood, you suddenly see a woman covered in blood appear along the main road. You swerve to avoid her and crash into a tree. Fortunately, everyone is well, but it becomes apparent that all is not what it seems… You are pursued through the woods by what seems to you to be an angry, crazed mob. Through the woods you and your friends discover an abandoned school. You immediately enter to take shelter from the encroaching hordes. Can you survive? What will happen next? Highly attractive Power Point includes: Full lesson scenario Starter task Survival objectives Planning sheet Writing and discussion prompts Interactive ‘zombie bingo’ with callers card and 30 individual bingo cards (from myfreebingo.com) Fantastic lesson!! You may also be interested in my other zombie apocalypse lesson or the first dystopian bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710 Note: this brand new lesson is not part of this bundle. For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images used in this lesson. Main zombie image copyright free: https://pixabay.com/en/apocalypse-zombie-death-undead-371947/ School image copyright free: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shedboy/3613591871, bingo cards from myfreebingo.com.)

Roald Dahl - The Way up to Heaven Complete lessons or lessons, on the excellent short story by Roald Dahl! Complete and attractive lesson pack includes: • Engaging starters • Lesson objectives • Full story and discussion prompts throughout (pdf of the complete story included) • Key quote analysis discussion • Main question • The Way up to Heaven quiz An engaging lesson to use time and time again. Highly recommended.

The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Complete Lesson An amazing investigation lesson into the ‘Beast of Bodmin Moor.’ Students get to explore and research the legend of the ‘Beast of Bodmin Moor’ in groups, moving from investigation area to investigation area before writing their final reports. All resources included. The investigation areas are: Newspaper reports Photos Video footage Fact files Eyewitness Accounts Students fill in their investigation sheets as they go to each area. An outstanding lesson. Teacher note included. For more great resources and lessons, see my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images. Articles taken from the Mirror, Telegraph and Daily Star taken from the public domain.)

The Monkey’s Paw A reading lesson on the short story “A Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, suitable for KS3-KS4. Attractive Power point consists of prompts, questions and analysis acting as a helpful spingboard for further discussion for this exciting and classic short story.

The Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade Very popular lesson! A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the new sugar tax! Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate. Lesson Power Point includes a shock starter, learning objectives, links to video clips for information on the sugar tax and planning prompts throughout. BBC article included. Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, BBC and Youtube.)

A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own monologues! Great engaging lesson! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)

The Raven, Poetry Lesson, by Edgar Allan Poe Highly engaging, complete lesson(s) around the Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” Lesson contains a complete range of activities suitable for GCSE grades 1-5. Engaging starter, featuring unusual images • Information on the author and learning objectives • You tube reading of the poem • Labelling + drawing activity • Main writing task • Review plenary Everything you need for a complete and fun lesson! For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Summer Mediterranean Murder - Creative Writing Lesson Highly attractive and engaging creative writing lesson! Students are given attractive prompts in order to write their own Mediterranean murder mystery story, based on a cruise ship murder. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)

The Mediterranean Murder - Creative Writing Lesson Highly attractive and engaging creative writing lesson. Students are given attractive prompts in order to write their own Mediterranean murder mystery story, based on a cruise ship murder. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)

Frankenstein Extract Analysis + Vocabularly - 5 Lesson Pack! An attractive and engaging, Frankenstein 5 lesson pack featuring extract analysis and writing activities. Particularly suitable for student ages 9-13(UK, KS2-KS3) lower ability students, but lesson could be adapted to meet the needs of more able students. 32 page attractive Power Point consists of: Title page Starter tasks Extract analyis, included with support slides Writing task, with some support slides Purple pen reflection time (if needed) Draw and label task Supporting scaffolding sheets (heavily supported, but these can be adjusted to meet the needs of your class) Vocabulary activities with answers Video link activities and much more. An engaging series of lessons to use time and time again! Great value pack. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Images: wikipedia and copyright free to the best of my knowlege, cooltext.com.)

The Speckled Band - Sherlock Holmes Three complete lessons on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Classical Sherlock Holmes story, “The Speckled Band.” What’s included in this download? 20 page Power Point with tasks and information slides throughout. Character activity task. Your opinion task for the end of the story. A great starting point to teach this story! Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright: Images: wikipedia and youtube, text from cooltext.com.)

Frankenstein Extract Analysis + Vocabularly - 5 Lesson Pack! An attractive and engaging, Frankenstein 5 lesson pack featuring extract analysis and writing activities. Particularly suitable for student ages 9-13(UK, KS2-KS3) lower ability students, but lesson could be adapted to meet the needs of more able students. 32 page attractive Power Point consists of: Title page Starter tasks Extract analyis, included with support slides Writing task, with some support slides Purple pen reflection time (if needed) Draw and label task Supporting scaffolding sheets (heavily supported, but these can be adjusted to meet the needs of your class) Vocabulary activities with answers Video link activities and much more. An engaging series of lessons to use time and time again! Great value pack. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright: Images: wikipedia and copyright free to the best of my knowlege, .)