An outstanding collection of murder mystery and creative writing lessons.
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£17 of complete lessons and resources for just £5.50!
The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Fact or Fiction
An amazing investigation lesson into the 'Beast of Bodmin Moor.'
Students get to explore and research the legend of the 'Beast of Bodmin Moor' in groups, moving from investigation area to investigation area before writing their final reports.
All resources included.
The investigation areas are:
* Newspaper reports
* Photos
* Video footage
* Fact files
* Eyewitness Accounts
Students fill in their investigation sheets as they go to each area.
An outstanding lesson.
Teacher note included.
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(Credits: copyright free images. Articles taken from the Mirror, Telegraph and Daily Star taken from the public domain.)
Zombie Apocalypse Diary Version + KS4 Starter Bundle
Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing diary lesson guaranteed to motive.
The scenario:
You and a group of friends take a spin out of town in your new sports car. At first you are enjoying the night air and freedom of the road, but then a heavy fog suddenly descends
Passing along a dark and dreary wood, you suddenly see a woman covered in blood appear along the main road. You swerve to avoid her and crash into a tree.
Fortunately, everyone is well, but it becomes apparent that all is not what it seems…
You are pursued through the woods by what seems to you to be an angry, crazed mob.
Through the woods you and your friends discover an abandoned school. You immediately enter to take shelter from the encroaching hordes. Can you survive? What will happen next?
Highly attractive Power Point includes:
* Full lesson scenario
* Starter task
* Survival objectives
* Planning sheet
* Writing and discussion prompts
* Interactive ‘zombie bingo’ with callers card and 30 individual bingo cards (from myfreebingo.com)
Fantastic lesson!!
Also included is a KS4 style starter pack!
You may also be interested in my other zombie apocalypse lesson or the first dystopian bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710
Note: this brand new lesson is not part of this bundle.
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(Credits: copyright free images used in this lesson. Main zombie image copyright free: https://pixabay.com/en/apocalypse-zombie-death-undead-371947/ School image copyright free: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shedboy/3613591871, bingo cards from myfreebingo.com.)
A simple and effective way to make literacy and learning fun. Literacy bingo! Students have to spot the incorrect word as each sentence appears (common literacy errors such as there/their, was/were etc) and replace them with the correct word. This is the word they cross off on their bingo cards. Further instructions on how to play inside. Power Point resource, playing time with line and house 15 minute approx. Resource suitable for key stages 2/3, but easily adaptable format/template to create further bingo games. Larger text in this version.
Bingo cards included.
Also included is a 5 pack find the word starter collection.
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(Copyright free images used of the bingo balls.)
A bumper 68 page quiz pack, featuring riddles, logo quiz, catchphrases and more and a find the word starter pack of 5!
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An excellent collection of horror, comedy and curious lesson bundle featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* The Magic Lamp
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror, comedy and travel featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* Campervan Travels
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror, comedy and sport, featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* Muhammad Ali
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror, comedy and literacy, featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* Literacy Health Check
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror, comedy and murder creative writing resources, featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* The Summer Holiday Murders
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror, comedy and writing to argue resources, featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
* The Sugar Tax
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle of horror and comedy resources, featuring:
* The Haunting - Complete Lesson
* Zombie Apocalypse 2 - Complete Lesson
* Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE starters
Tried and tested resources.
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An excellent bundle pack of resources, ideal for lower ability KS4 students, particularly lower ability boys, but also useful for other ages.
Four lessons in total including starters. Highly engaging, tried and tested resources, featuring Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Karl Pilkington! Easy to teach and highly engaging.
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The Magic Lamp – Creative Writing
A fun creative writing lesson based around a magic lamp situation.
Students are given an exciting scenario with a magic lamp and can continue the story based upon their own ideas.
Lesson objectives, writing tips, video clip writing tip resource, planning sheet and descriptive bingo lesson plenary all included!!
+ 5 general KS3 starters!
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(Credits: copyright free images and myfreebingo.com.)
Fantastic murder mystery generator, murder bingo and a 5 pack of find the word starters.
Excellent value!
Murder Mystery Generator:
A fun murder mystery generator to help students write a murder mystery story! The generator will provide a random generation of suspect, motive, weapon and setting.
Great for creative writing or drama!
(Credits: royalty free images, Pixabay, Gamevuze.)
Individual resource available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-murder-mystery-generator-11219707
Murder Bingo Cards:
30 individual murder mystery cards and a callers card, great for a fun plenary activity.
Individual resource available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/murder-mystery-bingo-11219709
* Also included a find the words 5 pack starter!
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(Credits: bingo cards from myfreebingo.com, images royalty free, pixabay.)
A simple but engaging lesson on Muhammad Ali, particularly useful for lower sets and disengaged boys.
Lesson includes:
* Boxing category guessing game starter
* Engaging short video clip of Ali's life
* 3 Inspirational quotes by Ali and a prompt to discuss
* Muhammad Ali article and information retrieval prompt
* Answer slide
* PEE question and review finish
Simple but very effective.
You may also be interested in the Mike Tyson lessons here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/mike-tyson-english-lessons-11366951
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(Copyright free images and text. Main title image from wall.alphacoders.com)
All about you - a perfectly simple, but engaging lesson which explores students' wishes, dreams and hopes. The lesson is ideal as an introductory lesson or just as a one-off lesson any time. The main lesson objectives include testing students' ability to think creatively with emphasis on attention to detail and descriptive writing skills.
Attractive lesson Power Point includes:
* Word link puzzle starter activity.
* Mini-task - three wishes, students choose any three wishes they would choose if given the choice (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Dream home and location - students choose their dream house and location (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Ideal job - students choose their ideal job (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Main task perfect day - students describe their perfect day (writing frame and word bank included.)
* Puzzle plenary activity.
No photocopying or printing required, simply download and teach - word document writing frame included if needed.
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A topical debate lesson on the EU referendum.
Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate! Students have to decide if they are for or against Britain leaving the EU and three students act as a 'jury' to see who has won the debate. Debate cards included in the lesson Power Point to help structure students' arguments
BBC article included.
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(Credits, BBC and Youtube.)
Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade - Letter
A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the new sugar tax! Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate. This is the writing to argue letter lesson. If you prefer this lesson as a main task to write a lively article you can find that at the link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sugar-tax-writing-to-argue-and-persuade-11255722
Lesson Power Point includes a shock starter, learning objectives, links to video clips for information on the sugar tax and planning prompts throughout.
BBC article included.
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You may also be interested in this letter activity resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letter-card-sort-11034807
(Credits, BBC and Youtube.)
A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the doctors' strike.
Attractive Power Point featuring information on what the strike is about, for or against video clips, detailed lesson objectives, for or against planning and writing prompts.
This download is everything you need for a full lesson on this issue. No printing or photocopying required.
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(Credits: mirror.co.uk for the image, BBC for text material.)