Story which ends with a surprise. Students follow the narrative, answer questions on the worksheet. Instructions on note section of slides. Do not give out worksheet until you've been through the story. If you use, give your views !

Lesson introduces ORATOR as a mnemonic to aid a swift draft of a persuasive speech. Can be adapted for writing as well. Worksheet task included. Students assess each other for significant progress.

Lesson poses this question, looks at advertising and self-stereotyping. Class debate and discussion.Writing activities included. Feed back to me please !

This introduces students to the idea of a novel. I teach Great Expectations to a low ability group and will regularly post lessons on this. The attached worksheet gets them thinking about narrative structure and you can refer to it throughout the SOW.

For use as a reminder/introduction to what words are called and identification of some basic linguistic devices. Use as an intro to the worksheet (not mine) but ALL students find it useful.Grade the text up for the next lesson.

Fed up with the same old errors ? Give this quick starter a try. No doubt there will be more along this line.:)

Lesson designed around holiday from hell. students view slides and write apposite similes, introduce these into a letter of complaint. Fairly self-explanatory but might need a slide on FORMAL/INFORMAL writing.

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.

Lesson asks students to complete sentences which will build into an internal monologue of their classroom experience. low level but easily adapted.

Lesson asking students to argue/persuade. Are school meals value for money/tasty ? Alternative meals from other countries as inspiration.

Students work through another dilemma involving a wallet full of money which has been left on a bus. See Dilemmas..what would you do. More to come....

Slide show of this beautiful poem with pictures. Mixed up young lady..but what a poem !

illustrated slide-show of the sonnet with italics to help understanding. Do give feedback if useful !

Lesson takes students through errors of spelling and punctuation and focusses them on proofreading for success.

An intro to English at secondary school. Recap of vocabulary and punctuation. Ready to go !

Lesson takes students through some clearly poor spelling. Worksheet included. Extend by asking them to create ten more examples.

Please give feedback !.Lesson focusses on the risks of using mobiles. Invites students to make informed decisions and reflect on how the device could have potential consequences later in life.

Lesson focusses on the novel by Pullman but this lesson can easily be adapted to other novels/poems/texts. Students move from reading to internalising to diary entry writing in a well-structured progress. For lower levels but can be adapted upwards.

Lesson presents students with six moral dilemmas for discussion/debate. Worksheet mentioned in power point but not included. (Easy to do).

Suitable for year 7 or year 8 (poss year 9) An assessment/comprehension exercise based on two extracts from Anne diary. Questions and Texts on separate handouts and models answers are on a Powerpoint presentation. All ready to deliver.