Lesson asks students to write a news report under pressure. Asks them to prioritise and select pictures to accompany article. good for BBC News report.

20 'What if ...' questions leading to three powerful questions. Can be used slide by slide each tutor time or all at once. Adaptable and designed to generate thinking on a different level.

Students have an antipathy toward questions about texts. Here's an exercise with NO text. As they work their way through the questions, the actual,text becomes clearer. There's no right answer, but there are logical ones. Silent start/ one sentence answers and then ....write up the story to which THESE are the questions. Pass to partner and answer. Student led lesson.

Lesson poses 50 things teenagers should experience/learn before becoming 20. Students discuss and perhaps add some of their own. Plenty of scope for adaptation. Let me know if you find this useful. See part 2 as well.

I put these together to help me with behaviour issues in lessons. Students respond well to image re-enforcement and you can easily point to the board instead of repeating yourself. I always begin with the slide 1 when with year7s....

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.

Geography lesson on Economic Studies investigates who is involved in putting a hamburger in front of the consumer. Includes homework and appetising images.

Not a snappy title but lesson asking students to reflect on how hard/easy it is to be a parent. worksheet included.

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.

Revision exercise on the main events of 1066. Students create newspaper reports. Print out on A3 paper for best results.

Creative writing or speaking lesson. Students have to match owners with possible possessions. Can be used for drama as well. Success criteria included.

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.

Slides encourage students to establish routines and give some useful advice on being in Year 7. Adaptable to any school.

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

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 asks students to read and interpret the parable with matching activity and additionally to adapt the parable to modern times. Parable included and ready to print. Feedback welcomed :)

Writing to advise lesson which give students a chance to self differentiate. All necessary material included. Adaptable to all KS3 year groups and, hopefully, a wider field than UK !

A hybrid of two lessons I saw by Sue and Mac at Hayes School. Students overcome fear and caution in a Blooms enquiry into an unseen poem. Teacher cuts out attached questions and follows instructions on slides. I've included two poems for you to try. Student led most of the way.