A lesson and detailed PowerPoint helping students to think imaginatively for an extended piece of creative writing about the death of King Duncan and Macbeth’s thoughts/feelings. *Slide 2- Video clips (x2) of Act 2, Scene 2 * Slide 3- Comic strip image for students to summarise the dialogue into their own words * Slide 4- Discussion question and introduction to the task *Slides 5-9 - Thought-provoking creative prompt photos and leading questions *Slide 10- Hand-out of success criteria * Slide 11- Self-assessment checklist *Slides 12/13 Plenary questions (using EXIT CARDS) * EXIT CARD Resource sheet

A 40 page revision booklet for the AQA pre 900s poetry syllabus which includes questions and contextual information for the poems: ‘Whoso List To Hunt’ ‘Sonnet 116’ ‘The Flea’ ‘To His Coy Mistress’ ‘The Scrutiny’ ‘Absent From Thee’ 'The Garden Of Love’ ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ ‘She Walks In Beauty’ ‘Remember’ ‘The Ruined Maid’ ‘At an Inn’ ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ 'Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae’

Flashcards for the internal organs, two worksheets and a roll the dice game.

Lesson one: Focus on Gothic descriptions and the door. Students read an extract from Dracula then complete as peer-assessed piece of creative writing about a doorway and the occupant. Lesson two: Analysis of the introduction to Mr Hyde including highlighted focus points and guided questions. Lesson three: Looks at non-fiction. Students analyse a newspaper report for emotive language and then must produce their own for the girl trampling incident in chapter one.

Four creative writing lessons and planning worksheets on the theme of ‘Adventure’. Suitable for KS2 and KS3 students. I used these series of lessons to help students prepare for an extended piece of imaginative writing. Each lesson follows the same format: Show an image and ask students to jot down their initial impressions and what they can see. Pair and Share their ideas. 2 Individually, students choose a number between 1-10. Each number corresponds to a character they must write as. 3 Then students choose a second number between 1-5. Each number corresponds to what they must write about. 4 Students are given a planning sheet and must spend time deciding key components of their writing- plot/character/setting 5 For the rest of the lesson (or as a homework task) they must complete an extended piece of adventure writing. 6 Peer assessment- students swap and read another piece of work. They must comment on the things that went well and the specific marking criteria.

A lesson on Act 1 Scene 5. It begins with looking at gender roles and Shakespeare’s portrayal of women. Students then make predictions about Lady Macbeth, based on the historical context. Students complete the worksheet on Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy- analysing the language and imagery. Finally, students consider the portrayal of Lady Macbeth and the witches. Using an extract from the British Library, students complete the Exit Card plenary and decide which would be scarier for a Shakespearean audience. **Please leave a review if you found this helpful :) ** Or browse the other Macbeth/Shakespeare resources in my online shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NovelTeachingUK

PowerPoint and resources for students to complete a creative writing/non fiction letter informing someone that they shall be taking part in the deadly 'Hunger Games’. Students must write a letter.... Explaining that the person has been chosen to take part in the competition, Informing them about what the Hunger Games are, Describing what it will be like, Advising them on how to survive. Includes: *Engaging discussion starter question *Blurb for the novel *4 pages from the text and comprehension questions * Explanation of the difference between inform/explain/describe and scenario *Engaging discussion question * Clear explanation of the task *Extensive model example *Checklist planning worksheet *Peer assessment plenary

A whole lesson focusing on the structure and language used by Dickens in the opening of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Starter: Looking at the effect of the opening sentence ‘Marley was dead: to begin with’ and the impact it has on a reader. Students stick in the worksheet (two versions included- differentiated for less able students with pre-highlighted quotations) and use it to make notes and highlight throughout the lesson. Each paragraph has been broken down to be analysed in-depth. Each slide includes guided questions to encourage discussion and modelling of how to select appropriate quotations from the text in order to answer the question. Finally, students must choose one question to answer for their homework. Each question builds upon the discussion points and notes made in the lesson. This can be peer assessed at the beginning on the following lesson to recap and check for understanding. Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful :)

A fully resourced lesson which focuses on the language used to describe Dracula and gothic monsters. Students read and highlight the extract, making inferences about the character based on the way his appearance and actions are described. Using the worksheet, they select three key quotations to unpick in detail. Homework: Students have to write their own description of a gothic monster in the style of Bram Stoker. This resource is part of a Gothic/ Creative Writing scheme of work. The other lessons in the series can be found here: (Lesson 1) Introduction to Gothic Horror : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11235636 (Lesson 2) Symbolism in Gothic Literature : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12408565 (Lesson 3) Figurative Language Devices : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12508638

A colourful classroom display to help develop a positive, growth mindset. Includes the images as well as 8 negative phrases and 8 positive ways of approaching tasks to make your own display and to show students how to change the ways they approach learning and different challenges. I have also condensed the images into a smaller A3 style poster to be printed with ease and to save time rather than cutting out all the individual pieces. Suitable for all subjects!

A 40 page word document booklet with activities for ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. Suitable for KS3 or LA KS4 A range of comprehension questions, practice essays and creative writing activities. 20 lessons worth of resources.

This was Day 1 of my Roald Dahl themed EFL summer camp. It includes art activities, games and cooking ideas based on the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.The day followed this plan: Introduction 1. Introduce the story and characters 2. Students use the worksheet to draw themselves in the style of Quentin Blake and write about their favourite things. 3. Allocate students into teams and they introduce themselves to the rest of their team. Team Games 1. Chocolate relay Race - Students must run to unwrap the chocolate twix bar and then feed it to the next person in their team. 2. Balloon Popping Game - In teams students must throw the darts to try and pop the balloons. The team to pop the most wins points. 3. Golden Egg and Spoon Race - Students must race around the room, against the other team, whilst balancing an egg on a spoon. If they drop the egg they must restart and go again. The winning team wins points. 4. Design a candy -Introduce different ingredients (unscramble the letters for EFL) -Taste Test (students try to describe what they are eating whilst blindfolded) - Introduce Willy Wonka’s strange inventions. - In teams the students must think of a new type of chocolate bar/candy. -Students draw and describe their invention using the worksheet and make posters. - Teams present their invention to the rest of the class (my personal favourites were flying insect sweets and ‘King Candy’ that tasted like gold and made you feel like royalty for an hour… kids can be so imaginative!) -The most interesting new candy invention will win points. Art and Crafts 1. Clay Photo frames -Using coloured card, PVA glue, paints and clay students decorate their individual photo frames. 2. Photobooth Props - Students make props and costumes for the photobooth- including small hats, funny hairstyles, bowties, cut out candy bars and golden tickets on sticks that they can hold and pose with. A group photo is then chosen and printed to go in the frame as a fun reminder of the camp. Cooking 1. Willy Wonka Bread - Students spread butter or Nutella onto their sliced bread and decorate with sprinkles. These sandwiches can be cut into shapes and eaten… - As they eat their sandwiches students can watch the movie with subtitles. - If they finish early or don’t want to watch the movie they can complete the wordsearch worksheet. 2. Chocolate fondue and fruit slices on sticks. 3. Wonka fudge and Oompa Loompa cheesecake pops- I found these online and have included images and links to the recipes in the ppt. 4. Augustus Gloop Chocolate Slime -Again found online. I did not have time to try this with my students but there is a link to the instructions. *Not edible!

Students read contextual sources for information about witches (included for printing) before collating their knowledge and using it to produce a leaflet about how to spot a witch. I made my students complete the leaflet for homework and they produced some very imaginative responses. You could read an extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ as a starter. I’ve also included some extracts produced by my students as examples for the creative leaflets . Overall it was fun to teach and my students loved it. Suitable for K34 GCSE groups to develop language and literature skills. If you found this resource helpful please leave a review :) Or browse my online shop for other Macbeth resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NovelTeachingUK

A lesson introducing emergency situations, CPR and Rescue Breathing to EFL students. Activity 1- students brainstorm emergency scenarios using picture prompts on ppt. Activity 2- Introduce the term ‘emergency call’ and ‘the fire department’, the police’ and ‘ an ambulance. Students then look at pictures of different emergencies and say which should be called for each different situation. Activity 3- Students match pictures to the vocabulary by writing A, B, C, D in the corresponding boxes. (worksheet) Activity 4- In teams, students use the vocabulary learnt in the lesson to write their own emergency call. (worksheet) and the perform it in front of the rest of the class. Activity 5- Students practice CPR and Rescue Breathing on their manikins using the hand out and PPT. Select students to demonstrate correct procedure to the rest of the class. Activity 6- Link in PPT to a Mr. Bean YouTube video. Students assess what he does wrong in the emergency scenario and what they would do differently. Activity 7- Reading comprehension. Can be printed and students read through and answer questions on the PPT. Activity 8- Team guessing game. Students guess which emergency number belongs to which country. (also included as a worksheet where students draw a line to match them) Activity 9- Link to British comedy ‘The IT Crowd) video clip on YouTube. Students watch and then answer questions. Also included: two worksheets, CPR handout, resources needed to create the First Aid classroom display,

Day 3 of my Roald Dahl themed summer camp (originally taught to Korean EFL students) It includes: *A simplified version of the story using Quentin Blake illustrations. * A memory game based on food items found in Mr Twit’s beard and worksheet. *Scavenger Hunt worksheet and clues (which are printed and hidden around the school- the first pair to find all the words win!) *Birds Nest Crispy Cakes Recipe *Mrs Twit’s spaghetti toasties recipe *Wordsearch and colouring page

Students write a response to the question: ‘How does Shakespeare present the theme of guilt in this extract, and elsewhere in the play?’ Using the powerpoint, encourage students to consider key quotations from this scene. Students then highlight on the worksheet where the model paragraph has met AO1, AO2 and AO3 before continuing the response and writing an additional two paragraphs. Finally, students re-read their work and use the self-assessment checklist.

Students write a film review for the play Macbeth (suitable for a homework task or lesson) Includes: PowerPoint outlining the activity Review examples guidance sheet

A lesson that my students found quite engaging. The task involves selecting information and clues from the extract in order to form predictions and create a missing person poster for Mary's father.

How to write a personal statement for college (Whole lesson and planning sheet) KS4 A powerpoint which takes students through writing a personal statement for their college applications. It includes: Tips on what to include in an introduction How to structure your personal statement Questions that encourage students to think about the subjects they wish to study at college. An example personal statement to analyse. Sentence starters. A planning sheet. Please leave a review if you found this resource helpful. Or browse my online shop for other resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NovelTeachingUK