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.)

TV Love or Hate? A critical writing lesson on TV programmes. Students get to write a ‘critical rant’ on the topic of TV love and hate. Full lesson Power Point includes: · Lesson starter · Lesson objective pages · TV video clip exercise · Good example of a critical article · Discussion, planning and writing prompts with planning sheets included · Review plenary prompt Engaging lesson students will enjoy. For more great resources or lessons see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: royalty free images used to the best of my knowlege.)

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.)