21 questions designed to get students thinking creatively and questioning. Illustrated. Ideal for tutor time, assemblies or starters.

Activity poses questions and students self-analyse their routines. Designed to provoke discussion and hopefully, change ! What happens before and after school? Feedback please...

All on one page.

21 words of the day for January. Students start your lessons copying the word, sentence and discussing the meaning. They then write a sentence of their own. Soon builds into a useful reference for further creative writing.

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

Innovative classroom activity for study of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Students imagine a date with either of the protagonists. Whole lesson with h/w or extension. adaptable for any play/novel.

Number 9 lesson which deals with vocabulary and the beginning of Chapter 3. Aimed at year 7s who find a whole hour of focus too much. I do too.

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

Selection from BBC website all in one place. Designed to get students thinking.

Students explore the wonderful world of the pun and create a piece of writing based on a genuine headline. Imagination and humour needed. Essentials are all here.

Illustrated slide show of the poem.Useful as revision tool or introduction to the poem.

Students reflect on chapters 14 & 15 and read chapters 16 & 17

' A little Learning is a dangerous thing..' Students assess their colleagues' ability to answer some basic questions.....urban myths. Answers provided and plenty to do. Could stretch over many lessons. Why not involve research ?

OMAM. This is a context lesson and also contains the pdf text of the novel.

The O. Henry classic. Just a half hour’s worth. Questions and story on pdf but also link to story on line.

Students read first hand account of Black Death in Italy. Students answer questions. Answers on slides and photocopy.

Learning template for proposed remote learning. Format is simple and requires minimum adaptation by teacher. Have included introduction slides by way of explanation. Only good for internet connected places.

A month of words for you to set one each day. Students work out meaning from context and then write their own sentence. A great opener to all English lessons and it keep them up to sped with dictionary skills. You could, however include a dictionary link.

Ten poems read by famous people to explore and simply listen to. This is just meant to relax students but you could create questions.

Lesson explores the answer to this question and includes an extract from The Great Gatsby to test the students' interpretation skills.