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 comprehension focuses on exploring figurative language and its effect on atmosphere, tone and setting. Use this as a one-off comprehension lesson or as part of a unit on figurative language and the effect of language.

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 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 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 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

Help! Don’t throw me out!! A fun one-off lesson. Students choose to be someone famous and write a persuasive speech to persuade others not to throw them out of a sinking balloon. Tips on writing a persuasive speech included. Turn this activity into an oral presentation lesson where students read their speeches aloud and the class votes who to keep in the balloon.

This Power Point gives students the opportunity to explore the descriptive language used to create interesting story openings. It reminds them of the meaning of descriptive techniques and allows them to use them in their own writing. Students are then encouraged to review a partner’s work and discuss what they find interesting in their story openings. Students then write their own narrative.

Use this simple news report based on the fairy tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ to illustrate the features of writing a news report. This is a great one-off lesson which consolidates news report writing skills. Students write their own news report based on a fairy tale of their choice. This includes a scaffolding planning sheet to help pupils organise their ideas.

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 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.

In this single activity, students are asked to question themselves about what they know and would like to know about the topic Space Exploration. After reading a passage students make notes on what they have learned. This activity helps to develop research and note taking skills for 11-14 year olds. This activity also appears in my Research and Note Taking Unit 1 booklet. If you enjoy this resource, take a look at both Research and Note Taking Unit 1

After teaching the use of apostrophes and how to punctuate dialogue, use this worksheet to encourga ehte students to demonstrate their understanding through creation.

Use these Act by Act questions to ensure students have understood what is happens in each Act. Students can do these questions for homework or in pairs in class. They can be self marked in class with guidance from the teacher.

This worksheet gives students practice in using parenthesis and varying the length and style of sentences in their writing. Use it as a lesson to consolidate a student’s understanding how to develop a more mature writing style. Please leave a review if you found this useful.

This worksheet gives the options of two essays: one on poems that explore how WWI poetry condemns war and one on poems that explore how poetry glorifies war. It has 10 poems to use in class discussion, where students identify which are glorifying war and which are condemning war. They then choose two poems to write an essay on - either poems that glorify the war or condemn the war.

This Power Point clearly sets out the differences between news reports and magazine article in both content and writing style. This is useful for writing news reports or magazine article in the CIE First Language English papers.

This chart helps students understand the relationships between the main characters in the play ‘Twelfth Night’. Students use bullet point notes to explore the characters and how they are linked.