This fun one-off lesson will teach students how to use personification in the opening of a narrative. It encourages them to use interesting vocabulary to describe a person as an animal. The students then carry the activity on to write a narrative piece.

This easy to follow lesson helps students to improve their descriptive writing. It takes the class through three stages of editing a description of a storm and allows them to practise their descriptive writing, editing their own work until they have an interesting and inspiring piece of description. The students will learn about: Personification Similes and metaphors Using powerful vocabulary The use of parenthesis How to vary sentences Teachers can use just the Power Point or copy the passages and paste them into a worksheet for the students to highlight.

This easy to follow Power Point leads the teacher and students through improving a description of a castle. It encourages them to add adjectives, adverbs and figurative language as well as change simple vocabulary to create more of an impression. This lesson gives a balance of classroom discussion led by the teacher and personal writing.

This resource gives pupils 7 rules for punctuating dialogue in a simple and easy to follow Power Point. It also includes 12 practice questions with answers. Used as a stand alone lesson, this gives pupils the chance to practice their punctuation dialogue skills. It can be used to teach younger learners 7 - 11 but it can also serve as a practice for older pupils 11 - 14.

This resource focuses on speech writing techniques, using Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N in 2019. Students analyse speech writing techniques and put them into action. It includes 4 different tasks to explore speech writing techniques and pupils use what they have learned to write a persuasive speech on something they are passionate about.

This Power Point saves you time in creating a lesson on how to use a comma! It is to be used in a lesson suitable mainly for Years 8, 9 and 10 or even a reminder for Year 11! The teacher can use this Power Point on the screen for an interactive discussion and then there are 15 questions at the end for the student to practise. These could be copied and pasted onto a worksheet if the teacher prefers. *NB: This lesson does not use the Oxford comma. *

**This Power Point is a one-off lesson on how to use semi colons if you are in need of a quick punctuation lesson. ** It is suitable for mainly Years 7, 8 or 9 but could still be used for Year 11 as revision. It includes: An explanation of when to use a semi colon, Examples of using semi colons in a sentence, Questions to answer by writing or discussion in class, Conjunction alternatives to semi colons.

This Power Point is a guide for two to three lessons which teachers can use to help students use pathetic fallacy when writing an atmospheric opening for a piece of narrative writing. This Power Point includes: Pictures to use for class discussion, Writing tasks to practise descriptive writing.

This short unit teaches students the characteristics of a Gothic story through ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe. Don’t waste time thinking of activities yourself - find them here. The document is in Word so you can alter it to suit your lesson. The activities focus on analysing the language Poe uses to create an atmosphere of suspense and fear. Further activities include writing a: Diary Letter News Report Descriptive narrative Internal monologue

Explore a passage from the classic ‘The Great Gatsby’ using comprehension questions based on the writer’s use of language and imagery. Also included are four writing tasks with tips and advice on content and style. This is perfect for those studying the novel in detail or as a one-off comprehension with additional writing tasks. It helps students understand how an author creates a certain effect with their writing and encourages them to explore the use of figurative language. It provides practice for writing: Letters Diaries Narratives Descriptions The document is in Word so you can alter it to create separate lessons.

This 6 page activity pack contains nine activities based on the short story ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ by Ray Bradbury. The activities focus on analysing language and imagery plus creative writing. The pack culminates in an essay writing task to demonstrate the student’s understanding of the story.

This is a two-lesson plan for anlaysing the poem ‘This is my Throat’ plus further writing activities. This modern Ukrainian poem is a change from studying the war poetry from World War I and is something that students can relate to as part of their personal experiences. This resource includes: Teacher’s notes on the poem to aid discussion, Discussion points for analysing the poem as a class, Paired activity A writing task where students create the voice of a character fleeing from conflict. There are also 5 more creative writing tasks so that teachers can extend the study of the poem and practise different writing styles.

This selection of tasks teaches students the differences between news report and magazine article writing. It allows students to discuss the features of both styles of writing and practise a directed writing task. These tasks practise skills needed for CIE First Language English papers 0500. This resource includes: Sample news reports and magazine articles Ordering a news report tasks Venn diagram to fill, illustrating the differences in styles.

This 19 page activity pack helps teachers deliver a study unit on the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter’’ It includes: A text of the story Language analytical questions 7 Writing tasks including a mock trial Essay prompt and planning framework This pack has everything a teacher needs to teach this short story.

This unit teaches students about literary techniques through writing fun poetry. It has 11 activities and lots of examples of poems using a variety of poetic techniques. As a teacher of English, I have found that by planning, writing and reciting poetry students learn literary techniques that they can use in their writing in a fun way. The literary techniques include:  Hyperbole  Metaphors  Similes  Personification  Repetition  Nouns and abstract nouns  Verbs  Onomatopoeia  Alliteration

This booklet includes 5 tasks for pupils to learn about the persuasive nature of advertising. The tasks include group work and discussion about how advertisers persuade consumers to buy products. They have the chance to create a radio advert and analyse magazine and T.V advertisements. This resource guides teachers on how to design lessons that encourages pupils to analyse both the language and visual technqiues of advertising.

This 14 page activity pack has 12 learning tasks based on the story ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut. The story is set in 2081 and is a satirical view of government control. This pack will help teachers deliver lessons on this short story without having to do the preparation. The focus of these activities are:  Embedding quotations in an analytical piece of work,  Exploring the effect of hyperbole,  Understanding satire,  In depth analysis of a text,  Different writing genres including: a) Letters b) Speeches c) News reports d) Magazine articles e) Story writing

This 16 page study unit uses the short story by H. G. Wells, ‘The Red Room’ to teach students about how a writer creates a mystery story. It has ten analytical and creative writing tasks based on: The features of a mystery story Analysing language and imagery Creating atmosphere Developing characters Essay writing This study pack has everything a busy teacher needs to build analytical and writing skills through a short story. No need to create worksheets yourself - all you need is here.

This extensive pack contains 40 pages of analytical questions, writing tasks and essay titles from Act 1 to Act 5 of ‘Twelfth Night’. This pack will give teachers all the activities they could possibly need for studying ‘Twelfth Night’. You can use the worksheets straight from the pack or adapt them to suit your class. The pack includes: Analytical questions for extracts from the play Character studies Creative writing tasks such as letters, speeches, diary entries and more Essay planning sheets Opportunities for students to work in pairs or small groups and discuss and argue their ideas, 34 exam-style essay titles for use in the classroom I have included both the Word and PDF form of this document.

This 28 page unit gives busy teachers ready and easy to follow activities for helping students aged 11 - 14 learn how to research and take notes. As teachers, we often just tell the children to research and take notes when planning an essay but we need to remember that we, as their guides to learning, should help them develop these important skills. The booklet includes 7 activities on: Questioning Topic research Paraphrasing passages Using mind maps and spider diagrams Creating a bibliography Using sub-headings. Each activity has steps a teacher can take to conduct a lesson using these worksheets.