The Lake District Murders – Creative Writing Lesson
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story, diary version.
Lesson scenario:
A family weekend getaway to the Lake District turns to horror as one guest in the lodge is poisoning the guests. But who? And why? And will you make it out alive?
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
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(Credits – Copyright free images fromLakedistrict.gov.uk, Cumbriawedding.co.uk)
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.
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*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!
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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.)
Campervan Travels – Creative Diary 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.
Also included is a fantastic collection of Christmas resources and a 30 page Christmas quiz! These are normally £2+ each!
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(Credits, copyright free images from: Startravel.co.uk, Backpackingmatt.com, Greybit.com, Funkyleasuire.com)
Spooky ghost story. Creative writing diary lesson.
The scenario:
You are travelling alone at night when a mysterious fog encircles your car and it suddenly cuts out. With no means to call for help, you take to the road. Through the woods you stumble across an old mansion house. You are about to walk towards the house, when to your horror, you see on the path the words “look behind you” you turn, shaken to you core, and…
Full lesson includes all resources. Starter, lesson objective and a spooky bingo plenary finish with 30 individual bingo cards!
Also included is a fun Christmas Pack with lots of activities for Christmas and a 30 question quiz pack, brilliant for Christmas!
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The Hound of the Baskervilles + Christmas Fun
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.
Also included is a fantastic collection of Christmas resources and a 30 page Christmas quiz!
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(Credits, images copyright free and scenes from Youtube, copyright free text exact from Sherlock Holmes, Hound of the Baskervilles.)
wo Weeks with the Queen 6 Lesson Pack + Quiz Pack
Morris Gleitzman's Two Weeks with the Queen, 6 lesson pack with quiz side! Lessons 1 to 6!
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New York Descriptive Writing + Christmas Fun
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!
Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a 20 creative classroom ideas Power Point!
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(Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)
The Haunted House Dare Diaries– Complete Lesson + Christmas Fun Pack
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
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Also included is a 30 question Christmas quiz and a 20 creative classroom ideas Power Point!
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-york-monologues-descriptive-writing-11309329
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(Copyright free image from deviant art, FairyGoodMother.)
Karl Pilkington Starters plus Quiz Packs
Karl Pilkington SPAG and PEE starter pack, suitable for KS4 and two quiz packs.
Fantastic value.
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Beast of Bodmin Moor and quiz packs.
Fantastic value.
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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.
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(Credits: http://mymysteryparty.com/who-slayed-santa-murder-mystery-party/ and royalty free clipart used throughout.)
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.)
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(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.
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(Credits, copyright free images from: Startravel.co.uk, Backpackingmatt.com, Greybit.com, Funkyleasuire.com, 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.
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(Images: wikipedia and copyright free to the best of my knowlege, cooltext.com.)
GCSE English Exam Preparation Pack
A selection of GCSE exam materials to help with revision and exam preparation, including AQA and EDUQAS material. Please check on each links for further details as materials may be adaptable to your particular exam board or not.
Also included are KS4 exam style starters and Karl Pilkington starter material.
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The Halloween Murder Mystery and The Mediterranean Murder (with free starters)
Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack!
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The Halloween Murder Mystery and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with free starters)
Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack!
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