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.

Students read a source from contemporary witness to the lifestyle of Marie-Antoinette. Four tasks, homework and pictures. Mais, Oui !

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.

More questions to intrigue your classes and improve their General Knowledge. Adaptable and visual, answers on the slides.

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.

 Pupils consistently display a thirst for knowledge and understanding and a love of learning, including when being taught as a whole class or working on their own or in small groups. This has a very strong impact on their progress in lessons. With this in mind I devised an independent project for Year 7s (but it could run across the whole school). On our school VLE I posted the attached tasks. Each Year 7 student was given a scrap book and told to complete as many tasks as they wanted. For each completed task, the student receives a gold coin sticker. I organised it through tutor groups so the form with the most coins wins a trip out of school in the summer term. Parents love this as it gives students something to do in the holidays and on weekends. Activities are often London based as this is our nearest city but this can be adapted to any place in the world. Get your departments on board and help develop a thirst for knowledge in your school!

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

2 slides which you could incorporate into your lesson which kick-start the PROGRESS issue. Could be used in any subject.

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.

Lesson aims to make students decide if they're ready to answer questions on the novel. Pics included and part two on its way.

Students revisit popular lesson and comment on the need to think carefully before writing. Adaptable to lots of themes, but also useful for Tutor Time or Assemblies.

Useful for revision or introduction to the poem.

Slide show of poem -convenient for revision and introduction.

Ideal for people who use Powerpoint. Map pins included. Right click to edit and move. Could be lollies for rewards ?