Roald Dahl - The Way up to Heaven
Complete lessons or lessons, on the excellent short story by Roald Dahl!
Complete and attractive lesson pack includes:
• Engaging starters
• Lesson objectives
• Full story and discussion prompts throughout (pdf of the complete story included)
• Key quote analysis discussion
• Main question
• The Way up to Heaven quiz
An engaging lesson to use time and time again. Highly recommended.
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.)
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!!
The Summer Holiday Murders
Fantastic creative writing murder mystery story, with a clear scenario and structure to help students write an amazing story, diary version.
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.
All about you - a perfectly simple, but engaging lesson which explores students' wishes, dreams and hopes. The lesson is ideal as an introductory lesson or just as a one-off lesson any time. The main lesson objectives include testing students' ability to think creatively with emphasis on attention to detail and descriptive writing skills.
Attractive lesson Power Point includes:
* Word link puzzle starter activity.
* Mini-task - three wishes, students choose any three wishes they would choose if given the choice (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Dream home and location - students choose their dream house and location (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Ideal job - students choose their ideal job (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Main task perfect day - students describe their perfect day (writing frame and word bank included.)
* Puzzle plenary activity.
No photocopying or printing required, simply download and teach - word document writing frame included if needed.
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All images are copyright free (pixabay, wiki and clipart).
Creative Writing Four Lesson Bundle
Amazing value, premium creative writing bundle pack! Four complete popular lessons in one easy download.
See the links for further details. Lessons are:
• The Haunting £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunting-full-lesson-11180479
• The Cornish Mystery £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cornish-mystery-full-lesson-11192380
• The Sandman £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sandman-creative-writing-lesson-11254148
• The Time Machine £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-time-machine-creative-writing-lesson-11255559
£12 pack for just £6.50!!
A topical writing to inform lesson on the EU referendum where students have to produce a balanced leaflet on the in or out debate. Links to video clips from both the in and out camp included to give students ideas to write about.
BBC article included.
The classroom debate version of this lesson is available here if you prefer a debate to a written lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-eu-referendum-debate-to-argue-and-persuade-11300064
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(Credits, BBC and Youtube.)
All about you - a perfectly simple, but engaging lesson which explores students' wishes, dreams and hopes. The lesson is ideal as an introductory lesson or just as a one-off lesson any time. The main lesson objectives include testing students' ability to think creatively with emphasis on attention to detail and descriptive writing skills.
Attractive lesson Power Point includes:
* Word link puzzle starter activity.
* Mini-task - three wishes, students choose any three wishes they would choose if given the choice (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Dream home and location - students choose their dream house and location (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Ideal job - students choose their ideal job (simple writing frame included for lower ability students.)
* Main task perfect day - students describe their perfect day (writing frame and word bank included.)
* Puzzle plenary activity.
No photocopying or printing required, simply download and teach - word document writing frame included if needed.
See my shop page for more lessons and resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
All images are copyright free (pixabay, wiki and clipart).
An engaging full lesson about life in Britain.
Attractive Power Point includes:
* Famous Britons starter
* Lesson objectives
* Capital letter checklist with example (optional task)
* Video clips discussing life in Britain
* Planning prompts
* Main writing task (likes and dislikes of life in Britain)
* Writing extension
* Discussion plenary prompt
For more great resources and complete lesson visit my page here:
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(Credits: all images used are copyright free from Wikipedia and Flickr.com)
A 20 question quiz on Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls, 10 questions each with answers. Ideal as a quiz at the start or end of lessons or as part of a revision session.
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(Credits: images taken from the BBC Bitesize website)
A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the doctors' strike.
Attractive Power Point featuring information on what the strike is about, for or against video clips, detailed lesson objectives, for or against planning and writing prompts.
This download is everything you need for a full lesson on this issue. No printing or photocopying required.
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(Credits: mirror.co.uk for the image, BBC for text material.)
New York Creative Writing Double Pack
Great value double pack, featuring, Zombie Apocalypse in New York and New York Descriptive Writing!
Zombie Apocalypse in New York:
Highly engaging, zombie apocalypse lesson, guaranteed to motive.
For further information see here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/zombie-apocalypse-in-new-york-11312373
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.
For further information see here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-york-descriptive-writing-11309875
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A newspaper sports writing lesson based on Euro 2016!
Full lesson includes:
• Title page
• What to include page
• Lesson objectives
• Starter task
• 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!
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(Credits: thank you to dianainlondon on TES for suggesting the idea. Images accredited to The Sunday Mirror, AFPGetty images, Daily Mail, Telegraph.)
The Time Machine – Creative Writing Lesson.
Highly engaging and visually appealing, creative writing lesson!
Lesson scenario:
When clearing out an old house, under a dust sheet in the attic, you discover some kind of strange machine. There is a chair and lots of odd looking machinery and dials. You sit in the chair out of curiosity and press a few buttons. Suddenly, things start to happen and you are transported in time. Where will you go? What will you do?
Full lesson Power Point and planning sheet included.
*Now available as a four lesson bundle – four great lessons for £6.95!*
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-writing-four-lesson-bundle-11256414
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(Credits: sherdog.com, waltbox.com)
Visually attractive, complete lesson on music and film reviews with all resources included for a full and engaging lesson. Students are asked to write two short reviews of their choice: one a film review and the other a music review.
Lesson includes:
• Power Point title page.
• Love and Hate starter activity linked to the main task.
• Lesson objectives page, with graded gold, silver and bronze outcomes.
• Lesson goals page, outlining what is expected in the lesson.
• Information and activity on what makes a good review.
• Prompts to start activity and a quick peer assessment task.
• Lesson plenary keyword spelling activity – spelling cards and suggested spellings included.
All resources included at the back of the Power Point.
You may be interested in this complete A3 Newspaper booklet in order to complete the lesson in style! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a3-newspaper-template-11190518
Newspaper headline lesson available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-fiction-newspaper-headline-writing-full-lesson-11193249
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(All images copyright free from Wikipedia Commons.)
Visually attractive, complete non-fiction lesson pack!
Now just £4.50!!!!
Music and Film lesson includes:
• Power Point title page.
• Love and Hate starter activity linked to the main task.
• Lesson objectives page, with graded gold, silver and bronze outcomes.
• Lesson goals page, outlining what is expected in the lesson.
• Information and activity on what makes a good review.
• Prompts to start activity and a quick peer assessment task.
• Lesson plenary keyword spelling activity – spelling cards and suggested spellings included.
Newspaper Headlines lesson 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.)
***Now also includes the A3 newspaper template: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a3-newspaper-template-11190518***
Lessons available to download individually below:
Newspaper Lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-newspaper-headlines-full-lesson-11193249
Film and Music Lesson:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-and-film-reviews-full-lesson-11194708
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Premium Creative and Non-Fiction Writing Bundle
Amazing value pack, now only £12.50 for a limited time!!
Your Disaster Story £4:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/your-disaster-story-full-lessons-11198854
Music and Film reviews £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-and-film-reviews-full-lesson-11194708
Newspaper headlines £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-newspaper-headlines-full-lesson-11193249
A3 Newspaper template £1:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a3-newspaper-template-11190518
The Cornish Mystery £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cornish-mystery-full-lesson-11192380
Poetic Terms £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetic-terms-full-lesson-11184997
The Christmas Market £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-christmas-market-full-lesson-11182067
The Haunting £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-haunting-full-lesson-11180479
A Christmas Murder Mystery 2 – Death on the Train £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-2-death-on-the-train-full-lesson-11180011
The Perfect Christmas £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-perfect-christmas-full-lesson-11179563
A Christmas Murder Mystery £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-full-lesson-11179016
Diary of a Wimpy Kid £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-full-lesson-11177750
Spooky Christmas Story £3:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spooky-christmas-story-full-lesson-11177327
Hours and hours of premium lessons in one download.
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Engaging SPAG and PEE starter pack and Power Point slides taken from extracts of Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries, The Idiot Abroad. Each starter features a short extract, with a short SPAG and an extended PEE or comprehension starter, together with an image of Karl Pilkington.
Starters are ideal for KS4 students or later KS3 and suitable for a variety of different exam boards e.g. WJEC or AQA as they involve the same core skills.
Also included for free is a bumper word puzzles Power Point which is normally £2:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/word-quizzes-11195792
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20 creative classroom ideas from starters to plenaries.
The above pack represents the best 20 activities I've used in my teaching over the last 10 years+ !! I'm sure you will be familiar with some of them, as they are the top tips I have picked up over the years, but many of them are my original ideas or twists on well-known ideas. I'm sure that in this pack you will find something to spark your teaching. Download now and try something new today!
Included is the first idea as a preview.
Also includes a free download gift worth £2! Inspiration cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/inspiration-cards-11035329
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