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.

Quick and easy way to create a narrative using six pictures and a coin. Suits all levels and can be used for speaking and listening.

A visual guide to life in Elizabethan England. Showing students objects of the time helps bring home the fact that all is real !

A selection of things that students should read before they’re 18 years old. They can of course, read them afterwards as well. Plenty to argue about wherever teachers gather together. Contains brief comments on each novel/poem/short story.

More lessons in this series. Check out THE GIVER GUIDE for links and chapter summaries all in one easy to send slide. A review of some nature would be a link to the world in these times.

Students complete questions and activities and finish their reading of the novel. The next lessons will focus on close analysis.

Two or possibly 3 lessons involving an essay on the importance of memories. Structured for lower levels and remote learning.

31 slides, each with a real life mistake for your students to correct while you relax at the start of the lesson. Alternatively, why not use them in the middle or at the end of your lesson ? Correct answers are NOT included since if you do not know the answer, it’s probably not best to show them to students.

For Year 7s to 9s, but possibly for lower levels up the school. Students discuss meaning of metaphors and then listen to song by simon and Garfunkel, filling in blanks. Then they write an analysis of the song, using prompts.

This is for KS 3 and aims to answer the question: What makes a good story teller ? Students can use their phones in a practical way to create atmosphere.

All on one page.

Lesson two in a series. Suitable for remote learning. Chunked activities and not too long (30/40 minutes)

Lessons 6 and 7 aimed at Year 8 learners at home during the crisis. Short but useful.

Lesson 3 in a series. Does what it says on the tin. Should take 30 minutes to complete.

An entire unit on Shakespeare for year 7 /year 8 students. could be adapted upwards and there’s plenty of stuff in here for all ages and levels.

Students rewrite the sentence using the word in capitals. Ideal for EAL/ starter activity/literacy.

Lesson 4 in a series about Dystopian novel THE GIVER aimed at year 7s

Students accelerate their reading in a move to finish novel over next 4 lessons. Questions about the text are now " thinking" and not factual retrieval.

A great tale about the dislike of food and how it can have cultural repercussions. Just the story and a few thinking questions for a half hour lesson.

Over 100 illustrated slides encouraging your students to manipulate their language and develop vocabulary. All ready to deliver.