Lesson uses a song to explore war attitudes. Gap filling listening exercise included.

Lesson takes students through different ways of making their writing less boring/repetitive. Worksheet included.

Lesson asks this question and wonders if humanity deserves a second chance after our present record. Worksheet included. Can easily be adapted to different levels, cultures etc. Feedback please !

Lesson examines the nature of the stranger and asks students to imagine.....

lesson one in a series based on 'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman. Students envisage their ultimate story. Introductory lesson.

Lesson examines previous knowledge and asks about the nature of duality in the character. Activities included. Lower level but could be adapted.

Explores the concept of patriotism and asks what features of England he admired. Asks if this poem is mawkish.

Students link characters in the novel to photos in an all-feline casting. Explores the novel in a different way. Only a starter but fun. SEE ALSO Of Mice and DOGS. See also HAMlet, Pinks of Denmark for an all pig casting.

Last lesson in the series which explores HOT skills for a lower ability year 7 class. worksheet and visual version included.

A variation of HOT SEATING.....students create questions they'd ask Lennie on his run from the barn. They then exchange and answer. Adapt this to any other character in the novella. Clearly adaptable to ANY play/poem/novel.

Creative Writing. Student creates front page of newspaper charting his/her own fictional rise to fame. captions and subheadings all editable to suit. Print on A3 for best results. Feedback pls :)

Lesson asks students to complete a cloze booklet on the story of Sir Gawain. Also revises use of speech marks and includes an extension activity and slide notes. Part 3 now added.

Slideshow of the poem for convenience.

Lesson for lower ability which revises conventions of the genre and asks them to complete a cloze test together with some more challenging questions. Can be adapted upwards. See 3 lessons on Ghost story writing on this site.

Understudied poem deserving of a wider public audience. Resource asks students to update the poem to their own relevance.

Slide show of poem -useful for revision or introduction to poem.

Lesson asks students to write a letter to their younger selves giving advice etc.Ideal for Identity units. I asked them to bring in pictures of themselves when toddlers and scanned them in for an additional starter.

Lesson looks at how students can tell the difference between the two and earn more marks. You will need about 15 or so small ads from a local shop or simply make up your own.

Series of slides which ask students to write a tweet for a real historical character. Clearly transferable to fictional. Works well with all age groups and could be tweeted to a class hash tag ?

Brief outline of lesson comparing winter 1963 with current weather. Students can draw on their experiences and interview those who remember The Big Freeze.