Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing A sophisticated Christmas 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 pieces of description. 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.)

A newspaper sports writing lesson – Murray, Portugal, Froome and Hamilton lots to write about!! (There’s even an option for those who don’t like sport.) Full lesson includes: • Title page • What to include page • Lesson objectives • Two starter tasks (a quick starter and a pop up starter question) • What you could write about page • Six Ws and planning page • Tips page • Writing prompt page • Review slide Newspaper template and 5 minute planning sheet included! For more great resources and lessons, visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Images accredited to The Guardian and The Sun.)

New York Monologues – Descriptive Writing 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 Halloween 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.)

A brand new, complete lesson for 2016-17, suitable for English or form times based on resolutions. Lesson includes: * Attractive image, starter question * Discussion prompts and objectives * Prompts and discussion around last year and this year, 2016-17 * Activity to write the top 5 resolutions and hopes * Addictive word game to finish Also included is a large collection of general starters, useful throughout the year. (Image is copyright free, wiki.)

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.)

Zombie Apocalypse in New York Highly engaging, zombie apocalypse comic strip lesson, guaranteed to motive. The scenario: It starts out as a cool trip to New York City with friends - the vibe, the jazz scene and the shopping, but then it happens… The clouds darken and an eerie silence descends. Something is brewing in the air. Something abnormal. Streaks in the sky follow an unnerving thunderstorm and you pass the night restlessly. In the morning you awake to find everything has changed. The city is surrounded by the walking dead and seemingly there is no way out. If there is a slim chance it lies in fighting your way out of the hotel in search of a lone motorcycle. Weaving your way out of the city seems the only way forward. But this is a slim chance. Can you make it against the odds? 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 quick starter literacy pack. For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: starburst.com, betanews.com, apocalpsezone.com.)

A topical speech writing to argue and persuade lesson on the new sugar tax! Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate. 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. If you prefer the letter writing version of this lesson see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sugar-tax-writing-to-argue-and-persuade-letter-11260131 Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, BBC and Youtube.)

New York Descriptive Writing 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 pieces of description. Great engaging lesson! For the New York Descriptive Monologue version of this lesson, see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-york-monologues-descriptive-writing-11309329 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.)

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*