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!
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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!
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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.
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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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The 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.
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English Language Exam Lesson
Complete Power Point presentation for EDUQAS paper one to go with the EDUQAS source material. Full text and answers from section A and B displayed in the Power Point (22 pages).
Nothing fancy about the presentation but it is a handy tool to have the full text, with questions and answers displayed on the board.
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(Credits: EDUQAS PDF source material.)
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 Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with free starters)
Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack!
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The Venice Murders and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with free starters)
Two engaging complete lessons with free starter pack!
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The Sinister Collection - Horror Creative Writing
A collection of lessons based on or around the theme of dark horror.
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Great value download.
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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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The Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade
Very popular lesson!
A topical 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.
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The Monkey’s Paw
A reading lesson on the short story “A Monkey’s Paw” by W.W Jacobs, suitable for KS3-KS4.
Attractive Power point consists of prompts, questions and analysis acting as a helpful spingboard for further discussion for this exciting and classic short story.
The Lazy Teacher Pack - Lessons for an easy life
A collection of cool and simple lessons for an easy life. Just download and teach. Job done.
£17.75 of quality material for £4.95!
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Giggle Poetry + The Hitchhiker with Starters
Two engaging top selling lessons + a starter pack with word games!
Fantastic value!
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Campervan Travels and The Hitchhiker with Starters
Two engaging top selling lessons + a starter pack with word games!
Fantastic value!
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Complete three lesson pack of lessons based around extract analysis:
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Extract and Non-Fiction Pack
A collection of extract analysis and non-fiction lessons.
Fantastic value!!!
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Venice – Creative Writing Lesson
A sophisticated descriptive writing lesson based on images from Venice!
Complete, visually attractive lesson includes a 10 question Venice quiz, a senses hunt, a video clip and prompts throughout.
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Complete Lesson
An amazing investigation lesson into the ‘Beast of Bodmin Moor.’
Students get to explore and research the legend of the ‘Beast of Bodmin Moor’ in groups, moving from investigation area to investigation area before writing their final reports.
All resources included.
The investigation areas are:
Newspaper reports
Photos
Video footage
Fact files
Eyewitness Accounts
Students fill in their investigation sheets as they go to each area.
An outstanding lesson.
Teacher note included.
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(Credits: copyright free images. Articles taken from the Mirror, Telegraph and Daily Star taken from the public domain.)