The Man He Killed - analysing a text.
A PPT exploring war/conflict and how students can analyse this. Includes slides for class annotation with an interactive whiteboard.
Thinking outside the box debating and thinking about how we think
A powerpoint that is intended to make students consider their views and the importance of listening to others. The cards referred to are simply three coloured cards - 1 red, 1 green, 1 orange. Easy to make!
A guided writing task
Guided writing which makes students consider different language and structural devices they need to use for a good piece of narrative writing.
Genre exploration: ghost stories
Exploration of ghost stories/urban legends leading to students writing their own versions. The story is a version of The good Samaritan or The vanishing hitchhiker which can be found easily online.