Zombie Apocalypse Diary Version + KS4 Starter Bundle
Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing diary lesson guaranteed to motive.
The scenario:
You and a group of friends take a spin out of town in your new sports car. At first you are enjoying the night air and freedom of the road, but then a heavy fog suddenly descends
Passing along a dark and dreary wood, you suddenly see a woman covered in blood appear along the main road. You swerve to avoid her and crash into a tree.
Fortunately, everyone is well, but it becomes apparent that all is not what it seems…
You are pursued through the woods by what seems to you to be an angry, crazed mob.
Through the woods you and your friends discover an abandoned school. You immediately enter to take shelter from the encroaching hordes. Can you survive? What will happen next?
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 KS4 style starter pack!
You may also be interested in my other zombie apocalypse lesson or the first dystopian bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710
Note: this brand new lesson is not part of this bundle.
For more great resources and lessons, see my page here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(Credits: copyright free images used in this lesson. Main zombie image copyright free: https://pixabay.com/en/apocalypse-zombie-death-undead-371947/ School image copyright free: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shedboy/3613591871, bingo cards from myfreebingo.com.)
A nature descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing and a descriptive word mat resources included!
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
A nature descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing, and a descriptive word mat resources included.
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from: https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
Reading Assessment Lessons and Descriptive Writing
Three complete lessons. Two reading assessment lessons, suitable for Y6-11 based on autobiography extracts from Karl Pilkington and Jessica Ennis and a full descriptive writing lesson.
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!
Also included is a nature descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing, and a descriptive word mat resources included.
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from: https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
Descriptions of Paradise - Complete Lesson
A descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing, and a descriptive word mat resources included.
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
Descriptive Writing of the Natural World - Complete Lesson
A nature descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing, and a descriptive word mat resources included.
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
Complete 3 pack of themed assessment grids including football, X Factor style and Britain's Got Talent style. Grids feature WWW (What Went Well), EBI (Even Better If) and a space for DIRT (Directed Independent Reflection Tme.) Circled option to show if this is self, peer or teacher assessed. Grid size 130mm x 90mm perfect size for standard A5 books.
**Now available as a great value assessment bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feedback-and-assessment-bundle-11208701
You may also be interested in: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/literacy-health-check-full-lesson-11188874
Simon Cowell image copyright free by Edmon Wells, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ed-wells/.
Britain's Got Talent copyright free image by Ben Sutherland, www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland.
Zombie Apocalypse - Diary Version
Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing diary lesson guaranteed to motive.
The scenario:
You and a group of friends take a spin out of town in your new sports car. At first you are enjoying the night air and freedom of the road, but then a heavy fog suddenly descends
Passing along a dark and dreary wood, you suddenly see a woman covered in blood appear along the main road. You swerve to avoid her and crash into a tree.
Fortunately, everyone is well, but it becomes apparent that all is not what it seems…
You are pursued through the woods by what seems to you to be an angry, crazed mob.
Through the woods you and your friends discover an abandoned school. You immediately enter to take shelter from the encroaching hordes. Can you survive? What will happen next?
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!!
You may also be interested in my other zombie apocalypse lesson or the first dystopian bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dystopian-and-horror-bundle-11219710
Note: this brand new lesson is not part of this bundle.
For more great resources and lessons, see my page here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(Credits: copyright free images used in this lesson. Main zombie image copyright free: https://pixabay.com/en/apocalypse-zombie-death-undead-371947/ School image copyright free: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shedboy/3613591871, bingo cards from myfreebingo.com.)
Descriptions of Paradise - Complete Lesson
A descriptive writing lesson using beautiful images to engage students!
Full lesson includes:
* Clear image starter
* Lesson objectives
* Five things to help with descriptive writing slide (resource included)
* Highlighter review
* Main task description and lesson review
Student checklist, things to include in descriptive writing, and a descriptive word mat resources included.
Visit my page for more great lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
(All images are copy right free from https://www.pexels.com/search/nature/.)
The Christmas Horror Story – Creative Writing
Fantastic Christmas horror writing lesson or series of lessons, using stimulating gifs and imagery and a haunting scenario line, packed with resource material. Allow at least two lessons for this premium resource.
Students get to write their own Christmas horror story based on an evil Santa!
A Christmas MUST download.
Exciting 30 page Power Point includes everything you need for a stimulating Christmas lesson(s) that students will enjoy. Also includes a fun bingo plenary activity, including 30 individual bingo cards and caller’s card.
Zombie City Outbreak - Complete Lesson
Highly engaging zombie apocalypse creative writing lesson guaranteed to motive.
The scenario:
Trapped in a city surrounded by zombies, you and a small group of friends must scavenge resources and find shelter to survive…as long as you can. You manage to raid a supermarket and grab food, medical supplies and water. You make it out alive, but one of your party gets caught and bitten. You flee for your lives. You make it out alive, but one of your party gets caught and bitten. You flee for your lives. Fortunately, you escape and as luck would have it, you find a gun shop and grab as much as you can. However, you look out of the window and before you, you see hordes of undead. Can you survive? Where will you go?
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!!
Summer holiday travel writing
Fantastic complete lesson on traveling writing, all resources included.
Attractive Power Point includes:
* Lesson starter
* Lesson prompts
* Lesson objectives and outcomes
* Written account from Mark Moxon (travel writer) on why his friend’s bathroom made him want to travel the world.
* Extra talking points
* Three WAGOLLs (what a good one looks like) from three different pieces of travel writing
* Lesson prompts to main task
* Name the flag fun activity plenary
Lesson could be used in or outside of a computer room. (A computer room could be booked to allow research over a series of lessons or alternatively the lesson works well as a standalone lesson in the classroom.)
Newspaper Lesson
Visually attractive newspaper headline writing lesson complete with all resources, including starters and prompt sheets.
Power Point includes:
• Title page.
• Two lesson starters (at the back of the Power Point) linking to the main task.
• Starter prompt.
• Lesson objectives – WALT and WILF.
• Three suggested newspaper headlines (with help sheets) UFO landing, earthquake/volcano and flooding.
• What to include in your article prompt.
• Progress check prompt and lesson continuation
• Link to an online, interactive hangman game.
• (All resources included at the back of the Power Point.)
The Summer Holiday Murders
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story.
Lesson scenario:
The summer is finally here. School’s over and you are on the perfect holiday, away and relaxing by the pool in a private and secluded hotel. Until you realise, one by one, someone is killing the guests…
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
The Summer Holiday Murders
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story.
Lesson scenario:
The summer is finally here. School’s over and you are on the perfect holiday, away and relaxing by the pool in a private and secluded hotel. Until you realise, one by one, someone is killing the guests…
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
The Sandman Exciting Poetry Writing Lesson
Highly engaging, poetry lesson based on the original Sandman image by Dina Bova.
Attractive Power Point includes:
* Cryptic starter
* Lesson objectives
* Full size image for discussion point
* Task Explanation
* Planning sheet slide
* Writing tips shared activity
* Writing prompts and plenary quiz
Planning sheet resource included.
The Summer Holiday Murders
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story.
Lesson scenario:
The summer is finally here. School’s over and you are on the perfect holiday, away and relaxing by the pool in a private and secluded hotel. Until you realise, one by one, someone is killing the guests…
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
Halloween Special - The Summer Holiday Murders
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story.
Lesson scenario:
The summer is finally here. School’s over and you are on the perfect holiday, away and relaxing by the pool in a private and secluded hotel. Until you realise, one by one, someone is killing the guests…
Lesson includes attract imagery, full lesson prompts, lesson objectives, starters and interesting plenary activity! Planning sheet included.
The Sandman Complete Poetry Lesson
Highly engaging, poetry lesson based on the original Sandman image by Dina Bova.
Attractive Power Point includes:
* Cryptic starter
* Lesson objectives
* Full size image for discussion point
* Task Explanation
* Planning sheet slide
* Writing tips shared activity
* Writing prompts and plenary quiz
Planning sheet resource included.
Visually attractive newspaper headline writing lesson complete with all resources, including starters and prompt sheets.
Power Point includes:
• Title page.
• Two lesson starters (at the back of the Power Point) linking to the main task.
• Starter prompt.
• Lesson objectives – WALT and WILF.
• Three suggested newspaper headlines (with help sheets) UFO landing, earthquake/volcano and flooding.
• What to include in your article prompt.
• Progress check prompt and lesson continuation
• Link to an online, interactive hangman game.
• (All resources included at the back of the Power Point.)