A Christmas journey on the Trans-Siberian Express turns to murder as one-by-one passengers are found dead. But who is doing it and why? And who will be next? Visually attractive Christmas murder mystery story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson or series of lessons. (At least two lessons will be required to complete the story.) Power point includes: * Attractive title page. * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Interesting suspect list with hints about their characters. * Lesson starter – character discussion. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above). * Planning sheet giving students a structured method in which to write an effective story. * A review prompt to discuss writing so far. * A review peer-assessment prompt which should set students up to continue the story next lesson. * All resources included at the end of the Power Point. If you liked this resource, you will also enjoy – A Spooky Christmas Story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spooky-christmas-story-full-lesson-11177327 And also the first Christmas Murder Mystery, available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-full-lesson-11179016 (Train image from 56parallel.com and bookish.com. Characters from Jacketflap.com, the artofmurde.com.)

The Haunted House Dare Diaries– Complete Lesson Fantastic complete creative writing lesson students will love. The scenario: You don’t believe in ghosts. You don’t think they exist. People who do are just plain silly in your opinion. So when a group of friends dare you to spend the night alone in a supposedly haunted house you take up the challenge, undaunted. However, alone in the dead of night, you start to hear strange noises and something doesn’t feel right. Will your night in the haunted house change your mind…forever? Power Point includes: * Attractive title page * Engaging starter * Lesson objectives * Scenario page * Descriptive prompt and planning page * Review and writing prompts with mini-word bank * Bingo plenary activity with 30 interactive bingo cards Great value and engaging lesson! Descriptive writing version of this lesson is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunted-house-dare-complete-creative-descriptive-writing-lesson-11415507 Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free image from deviant art, FairyGoodMother.)

The Haunted House Dare – Creative Writing Fantastic complete creative writing lesson students will love. The scenario: You don’t believe in ghosts. You don’t think they exist. People who do are just plain silly in your opinion. So when a group of friends dare you to spend the night alone in a supposedly haunted house you take up the challenge, undaunted. However, alone in the dead of night, you start to hear strange noises and something doesn’t feel right. Will your night in the haunted house change your mind…forever? Power Point includes: * Attractive title page * Engaging starter * Lesson objectives * Scenario page * Descriptive prompt and planning page * Review and writing prompts with mini-word bank * Bingo plenary activity with 30 interactive bingo cards Great value and engaging lesson! Diary version of this lesson is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunted-house-dare-diaries-complete-lesson-11415760 Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free image from deviant art, FairyGoodMother.)

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Complete Lesson 1 Complete opening lesson for Private Peaceful by Michael Morpuro. Simple, but effective lesson focusing upon the opening extract analysis. Attractive Power Point includes: * Lesson title page * Word search starter prompt (resource included) * Lesson objectives * Discussion prompt * Extract annotation page (extract included) * Task 1 questions * Task 2 PEE task with lower ability resources * Lesson objective review prompt Power Point structure/images can be used to continue this scheme of work. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free image from http://flowers.pearljewelryusa.com/poppy-flower-meaning-world-war-1/.)

Dracula extract analysis/close reading lesson ideal as a one-off lesson or a link to gothic literature. Lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives * Link to video clip * Extract prompt (extract included) * Find the key word prompt (sheet included) * Spelling activity (worksheet included) * Mini writing task * Plenary post-it-note activity All resources included at the back of the Power Point. This lesson is available in a double pack with The Hound of the Baskervilles for £4.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extract-double-pack-dracula-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-11302068 Also includes a five find the word starter pack! For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, images copyright free and scenes from Youtube.)

A handy resources pack featuring: * A3 newspaper template * Letter card sort *Things to Include in descriptive writing sheet * Writing checklist Handy to have a round and can be re-used many times to support learning in the classroom. For more great resources and complete lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish

Reading Assessment Lessons (Suitable for Y6-11, KS2/3/4) Two reading assessment lessons, suitable for Y6-11 based on autobiography extracts from Karl Pilkington and Jessica Ennis. First lesson (Karl Pilkington) is a full lesson practise assessment, based on a shorter extract, taking students through how to answer a typical writing assessment task. This lesson is made up of: * A starter task * Lesson objectives * A dictionary definition task * Spider diagram of what to look for during an analysis * Reading of the text prompts * Reading review The text in this extract is a humours extract based on Karl Pilkington’s school days. The second lesson is the ‘official’ writing assessment where students are on their own in test conditions, with simply the test question and resource page. The text in this extract is an emotive piece based on Jessica Ennis’ early school life in which she endured bullying. Download should take two complete lessons, based on one hour per lesson. Resources included! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Royalty free images used.)

Hound of the Baskerville extract analysis/close reading lesson ideal as a one-off lesson or a link to gothic literature. Lesson includes: * Title page * Starter * Lesson objectives (with surprise face in background, linking to close reading) * Link to video clip * Extract prompt (extract included) * Highlight key words * PEE grid (resource included) * Review post-it-note plenary This lesson is available in a double pack with Dracula for £4.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extract-double-pack-dracula-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-11302068 All resources included at the back of the Power Point. For more great resources and full lessons visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, images copyright free and scenes from Youtube, copyright free text exact from Sherlock Holmes, Hound of the Baskervilles.)

Visually attractive, complete lesson on music and film reviews with all resources included for a full and engaging lesson. Students are asked to write two short reviews of their choice: one a film review and the other a music review. Lesson includes: • Power Point title page. • Love and Hate starter activity linked to the main task. • Lesson objectives page, with graded gold, silver and bronze outcomes. • Lesson goals page, outlining what is expected in the lesson. • Information and activity on what makes a good review. • Prompts to start activity and a quick peer assessment task. • Lesson plenary keyword spelling activity – spelling cards and suggested spellings included. All resources included at the back of the Power Point. FREE! A3 Newspaper booklet included: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a3-newspaper-template-11190518 For more of my resources and lessons see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (All images copyright free from Wikipedia Commons.)

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!! For more great resources and lessons visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images and myfreebingo.com.)

Should Britain have left the EU? Hugely topical writing to argue and persuade writing task based on the shock result of the EU referendum. Students get to offer their opinions on the result. 24 Page Power Point includes * Title pages * Lesson objectives * Prompt pages * Statistic pages * Immediate reactions * Positives and negatives * Writing prompt pages and review Guaranteed to engage! See my home page for more great lessons, bundles and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images taken from The Guardian and the BBC website.)

Comedy Starter Pack - Word Captions and Karl Pilkington's SPAG and PEE Karl Pilkington Engaging SPAG and PEE starter pack and Power Point slides taken from extracts of Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries, The Idiot Abroad. Each starter features a short extract, with a short SPAG and an extended PEE or comprehension starter, together with an image of Karl Pilkington. Starters are ideal for KS4 students or later KS3 and suitable for a variety of different exam boards e.g. WJEC or AQA as they involve the same core skills. Funny Captions Create an immediate and engaged audience with these funny caption and conversations starters! Seven power point pages of tried and tested fun to get even the most difficult student on board. Each page has four images to help students unlock their creative and witty side. Creates an immediate buzz in the classroom. For more great resources and lesson, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free images used. Wikicommons and pininterest.com)

Zombie Land Creative Writing Lesson and Fun Quiz Pack Zombie Land – Terror at the Fun Fair Highly engaging, zombie creative writing lesson, in which students work from a given scenario in order to write their own engaging horror story. The scenario: It started out as a fun night at the fairground. You and a group of friends letting your hair down and unwinding after a hard week at school. However, soon it becomes clear that something is not quite right. A cold wind blows a chill into the night and you hear strange noises over the beat of fairground music. Suddenly, an eerie darkness descends and all goes quiet. Fairground rides come to a standstill and wild groans and screaming can be heard over the chatter of panic. You and a friend are stuck on the ghost train and desperately trying to find your way outside in the darkness. Outside, it is only then that you realise that the real terror has only just begun. Welcome to your nightmare… 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!! Fun Quiz Pack A bumper 68 page quiz pack, featuring riddles, logo quiz, catchphrases and more. Hours of fun for just £2.00! For more great resources, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Freeimages.com, Chroniclelive.co.uk.)

Visually attractive Of Mice and Men lesson on themes, with a particularly focus on nature but also mentioning friendship and fate. Full Power Point and all resources included (all that is required for a full engaging lesson is a copy of the book and a photocopy of page 1 of the novel and the first page from chapter 6.) Lesson Objective: to analyse Steinbeck’s language in order to learn more about the key themes within the novel. Lesson includes: · Lesson starter – Theme match up activity (photocopy of resource included.) · Learning outcomes (WALTs and WILFs) · Discussion point on friendship with a modern photo image. · Information on the theme of friendship with a PEE writing frame. · Discussion point on fate and a PEE writing frame. · Information on the theme of nature. · Prompts to highlight key words of each extract. · Quick question plenary. Now available in a mini bundle deal: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/of-mice-and-men-mini-bundle-11211091 Also included is a 20 quiz on Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls. (All images are copyright free. Of Mice and Men from Youtube CC search.)

The Time Machine – Creative Writing Lesson + The Murder Mystery Generator + Bingo Highly engaging and visually appealing, creative writing lesson! Lesson scenario: When clearing out an old house, under a dust sheet in the attic, you discover some kind of strange machine. There is a chair and lots of odd looking machinery and dials. You sit in the chair out of curiosity and press a few buttons. Suddenly, things start to happen and you are transported in time. Where will you go? What will you do? Full lesson Power Point and planning sheet included. *Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!* https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414 The Murder Mystery Generator and Bingo 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. Also included is a murder mystery bingo game! Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: sherdog.com, waltbox.com)

Literacy True or False Interactive Game + The Murder Mystery Generator and Bingo Literacy True or False: Excellent and engaging bingo style literacy game. Students simply write True or False on their 5x5 true or false cards and mark them off if the displayed literacy clue is true or false. Subject areas include: capital letters, punctuation, their, there and they're; was and were; and spellings. Power Point game suitable for key stages 2 and 3, printable true or false cards included and further instructions on how to play inside. Great for spelling and SPAG. The Murder Mystery Generator and Bingo 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. Also included is a murder mystery bingo game! For more great resources and lessons see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Copyright free images. Frog image from pixabay, public domain: https://pixabay.com/en/frog-green-animal-amphibian-48234/P