A useful kinaesthetic activity to help students remember the structure and layout of a letter. Cut out the following and place into pacts and get student to rearrange into the correct order. These can be laminated and re-used to provide a long lasting, kinaesthetic and visual resource, very handy. Some starters also included as an extra. For more great resources and lessons see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish *Now available in a great value bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kinaesthetic-activity-pack-11211107*

Fantatic download of over 100 Powerpoint pages of quizzes and starters. Hours and hours of material for just £2.50! For more great resources see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

A bumper Christmas pack with enough activities to keep kids happy for hours! All resources in one convenient Power Point download. Resources include: • Colouring pages • Christmas card templates • Making activities • Word Searches • Interactive bingo – 30 individual cards and a caller’s card Christmas fun sorted!! (Credits: copyright free activities from pixlebay, pininterest, piosenkidiscopolo.com. Image from hd.wallpapers. thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com. Bingo from freebingo.com. Word search maker, tools.atozteacherstuff.com.)

Who Slayed Santa? Christmas Murder Mystery Creative Writing Story A Christmas fun double lesson! Students get the chance to write their very own fun Christmas murder mystery story. 39 page, 2 lesson Power Point, includes: * Scenario outline * Lesson objectives * Suspect list and brief outline * Detective slide * Clue and red herring slide * Video clip with writing tips * Writing prompts * Fun lesson bingo plenary activity, including 30 individual bingo cards and a caller card * Continuous writing prompts and review slides An engaging Christmas lesson. Just download and teach. For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: http://mymysteryparty.com/who-slayed-santa-murder-mystery-party/ and royalty free clipart used throughout.)

The Traditional Christmas Quiz Fantastic 30 question, 54 page Christmas quiz, Power Point. Four rounds, featuring: * Round 1 - Christmas Questions * Round 2 – Name it Round – Santa’s Reindeers * Round 3 – TV/Film * Round 4 – Christmas Songs Ideal Christmas fun! For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: royalty free images used, http://fullhdpictures.com/red-christmas-hq-backgrounds.html/great-red-christmas-backgrounds)

The Clown Horror Story A fantastically engaging lesson with arresting imagery. Students write a Halloween horror story with the following scenario: On a stormy Halloween night, you and your friends set off to attend the school Halloween ball. You make your way through the storm in good spirits and arrive at school looking forward to the night. However, it is clear there is something wrong. You hear what appears to be evil laughing outside the school window behind you. You and you friends turn around and… An evil clown jumps up at you! What happens next? You decide! Highly attractive Power Point includes: * Full lesson scenario * Starter task * Lesson objectives * Planning page * Writing and discussion prompts * Interactive murder mystery bingo with callers card and 30 individual bingo cards (from myfreebingo.com) Also included: things to include in descriptive writing, writing checklist and word banks! All the material for an excellent, one-off lesson or lessons. *Please note, this is a different version lesson to the Halloween murder mystery lesson, which can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-special-the-halloween-murder-mystery-creative-writing-story-11394084 (I changed the lesson scenario because some students in one class wanted a scarier story. The above version, may be more suitable to younger audiences.) For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free images from patheos.com, npr.org and wallpapervotex and pininterest.)

Campervan Travels – Creative Adventure Writing Excellent creative writing diary lesson, giving students a taste for adventure and the opening road! Lesson outline: Schools out and you and a group of friends head out on an adventure of a lifetime. All you have is an old campervan, plenty of food and the open road. Where will you go, what will you do? Complete lesson includes starter, lesson objectives, writing tips, video clip link and full lesson prompts with fantastic, engaging images throughout. Planning sheet included. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, copyright free images from: Startravel.co.uk, Backpackingmatt.com, Greybit.com, Funkyleasuire.com, cooltext.com)

The Speckled Band - Sherlock Holmes Three complete lessons on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Classical Sherlock Holmes story, “The Speckled Band.” What’s included in this download? 20 page Power Point with tasks and information slides throughout. Character activity task. Your opinion task for the end of the story. A great starting point to teach this story! Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright: Images: wikipedia and youtube, text from cooltext.com.)

A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own monologues! Great engaging lesson! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)

The Raven, Poetry Lesson, by Edgar Allan Poe Highly engaging, complete lesson(s) around the Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” Lesson contains a complete range of activities suitable for GCSE grades 1-5. Engaging starter, featuring unusual images • Information on the author and learning objectives • You tube reading of the poem • Labelling + drawing activity • Main writing task • Review plenary Everything you need for a complete and fun lesson! For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

The Summer Mediterranean Murder - Creative Writing Lesson Highly attractive and engaging creative writing lesson! Students are given attractive prompts in order to write their own Mediterranean murder mystery story, based on a cruise ship murder. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)

Frankenstein Extract Analysis + Vocabularly - 5 Lesson Pack! An attractive and engaging, Frankenstein 5 lesson pack featuring extract analysis and writing activities. Particularly suitable for student ages 9-13(UK, KS2-KS3) lower ability students, but lesson could be adapted to meet the needs of more able students. 32 page attractive Power Point consists of: Title page Starter tasks Extract analyis, included with support slides Writing task, with some support slides Purple pen reflection time (if needed) Draw and label task Supporting scaffolding sheets (heavily supported, but these can be adjusted to meet the needs of your class) Vocabulary activities with answers Video link activities and much more. An engaging series of lessons to use time and time again! Great value pack. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Images: wikipedia and copyright free to the best of my knowlege, cooltext.com.)