These Lesson PowerPoints have been adapted from resources that have already been shared by the TES community. These two lessons form part of the Transition Unit that the teachers across Tameside LA are sharing with each other for the benefit of the pupils moving from year 6 to 7. These lessons are a sample of those being used on the "transition taster" lessons when pupils go to the secondary schools for their experience days.

This is a lesson starter on Persuasive techniques. On Powerpoint for interaction with pupils.

For those schools still suing the SATs papers from KS3 for baselining, this paper is for going through prior to the baselining test.

This is a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire game for key Stage 4 Writing questions.

Adaptable Blockbuster quiz game activity to use in class. Can be used as a plenary with customisable questions. Printable for use in small groups.

This is a one of lesson that gets pupils to turn the poem into a tabloid press article.

Creating Posters - Titanic - Ideal for a cover lesson, this lesson shows examples of posters and the text that is used. Encourages pupils to think about what the Titanic offered and asks them to make their own poster, based on previously taught knowledge of the ship.

This is a worksheet that pupils can fill in to help them to create a character that they wish to portray in a drama.

This is a full 1 hour lesson PowerPoint that can be used to introduce students to this poem in the AQA Literature anthology. The LO is: To be able to identify techniques in Charge of The Light Brigade The lesson starts with a matching exercise on techniques and definitions that students can then us to hep them in finding the techniques in the poem and writing about the impact. n.b. The middle part of this lesson has been adapted from another sharer's resource so I am crediting them here.

This is a full lesson / self revision aid that helps students to prepare for the Functonal Skills exams in English - aimed at level 2.

This is one lesson that I have taken from a whole scheme of lessons. Each poem can be used as an individual lesson, or, if you would like to teach all of the lessons, search for ' Poetry Scheme - 3 Poems - Lesson Miss R' and they should all come up for you to work with. At the end of the unit, there is a reading and writing assessment that involves analysis and creativity too. This lesson introduces Education for Leisure but does not reveal all of the details of the poem.

Punctuation. Target Setting Lessons to Boost Pupils from 3 to 4: These lessons are part of a project that is challenged with boosting pupils from level 3c to 4c. Each week starts with a new focus on literacy, numeracy, kagan techniques and a personal target. Pupils need a target book to work with and this lesson is delivered at the begining of every week. Targets are then tracked through all of their lessons for the week to chart their progress. There are serveral lessons available for the start of every week. This is lesson 1.

This is a full lesson that looks at the impact of language chocies and structure using Estate Agents Details as the stimulus text. Aimed at the FS qual level 1 and 2.

A lesson that structures peer evaluation and supports pupils by showing what to do - with examples on the lesson.

This is a simple lesson starter / settler to match Simple Synonyms.

This is a full lesson on connotations - all resources and links enclosed in the powerpoint. Also with a good interactive starter lesson on commas.

This is a full lesson that details the process needed for Following and Argument Question. Aimed at AQA New Language spec for the new spec Language paper.

This is a full lesson PP that utilises examplar material and mark schemes to teach pupils how to tackle the paper.

Identity 6 – persuasive writing This is a full lesson PP, ready to use, although you will want to update it for your own use - that covers the theme of identity. This lesson has Learning objectives of LO: To be able to identify a range of persuasive writing techniques.

This is a full and detailed interactive lesson that encourages pupils to look at who's to blame for the death of Curley's wife. Ofsted grading was outstanding - so it&'s good stuff!