UNIT: Horror and Suspense StoriesQuick View
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UNIT: Horror and Suspense Stories

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This unit covers the process from analysing horror and suspense stories to writing one. It focuses on imagery (senses) and character development.<br /> The pack includes the unit plan with differentiation and EAL support strategies, the main presentation, a worksheet with answer key, useful websites during the writing process, and notes on publishing the students' stories.<br /> The unit plan is based on the Cambridge Secondary Curriculum, but you can use it from Year 6 through Year 11 (as a revision for EFL coursework assignment 2).
Storywriting with a Focus on Building SuspenseQuick View
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Storywriting with a Focus on Building Suspense

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The Powerpoint presentation explains the basic structure of a narrative, including several techniques for writing the different parts. The main focus is on creating suspense. The pack includes a handout and story outline template in PDF format, which you can also print on A3 paper as a poster.
Poetry Terms Tarsia/JigsawQuick View
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Poetry Terms Tarsia/Jigsaw

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<p>A tarsia about essential poetry terms. Students have to match the edges of the pieces (term-definition) so that the overall shape is a hexagon. It can be used in secondary school to revise the terms at the end of the unit. It should take students about 15 minutes to complete if they work in groups of four. It’s also a good idea to laminate the pieces.</p>
GCSE Unit: There Will Come Soft RainsQuick View
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GCSE Unit: There Will Come Soft Rains

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Pack contains a presentation with background information and a range of critical thinking and creative writing tasks, including a possible IGCSE or GCSE Literature exam question with suggested answers. The pack is also suitable for preparing students for the writer's effects question in IGCSE or GCSE English as a First Language (EFL). The unit offers cross-curricular links to History and ICT.
Reported Speech Games and ActivitiesQuick View
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Reported Speech Games and Activities

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<p>I’ve compiled four games and activities that allow students to practice reported (indirect) speech:</p> <ul> <li>Memory</li> <li>Snake (Students get random cards and build a long snake); this is available in different sizes</li> <li>a worksheet where students make sentences in reported speech based on a comic strip; this includes a blank template</li> <li>a pair (tandem) exercise with 20 sentences</li> </ul> <p>I have included the Word files as well so you can edit them as necessary.</p>
Earth Day Tarsia/JigsawQuick View
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Earth Day Tarsia/Jigsaw

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<p>This puzzle is a circle with 24 segments, with the question and answer text running parallel with the top and bottom edges of adjacent segments. The end product is a circle (three sizes are provided in this package) with space in the middle for a title or a picture of the Earth.</p>
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Descriptive Writing

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<p>This pack includes a PPT, which guides your students through the lesson(s) as well as two worksheets and a short quiz. The students will explore the features of descriptive texts using extracts from “Alien vs. Predator: The Movie Novelization” before writing a descriptive text of their own.</p>
Creating a hypertext using Google FormsQuick View
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Creating a hypertext using Google Forms

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<p>Instead of asking your students to write a linear story, you can spice things up and foster a higher level of collaboration by creating a hypertext.<br /> Each student is responsible for one section of the story, and at the end of most sections there will be at least two options that allow the reader to choose how to proceed.<br /> Google Forms is an excellent tool to create such a hypertext, as it allows students to work together on the same file, easily add options, and link the sections.<br /> This document explains how to go about it; there are also many suggestions how to incorporate hypertexts in other subjects.</p>
Newspapers Tarsia/JigsawQuick View
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Newspapers Tarsia/Jigsaw

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<p>Revise key words about newspapers with this fun puzzle. The final product is in the shape of a triangle.</p>
Easter Tarsia/JigsawQuick View
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Easter Tarsia/Jigsaw

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<p>Learn the most important facts about Easter with this fun puzzle. The final product is egg-shaped and looks great as a wall display.</p>