Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
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Shakespeare, Creative Writing and TEFL resources.
Created by a qualified secondary school teacher who has taught KS3, KS4 and KS5.
Browse my shop to find a variety of affordable resources, full lessons and worksheets related to the study of Language and Literature across the age ranges.
Checking in to a Hotel
Key expressions:
receptionist, manager, customer, reception, rooms, bar, restaurant, bathroom, I booked a room for this weekend, let me check your details, here is your room key, breakfast is served from…
Students learn vocabulary associated with checking in to a hotel.
-PPT introduces key expressions through a ‘virtual tour’ of a fictional hotel.
In teams they compete to win points in a quiz based on what they just saw.
Students then practice the checking in dialogue through a pair based role play.
Finally using worksheets they can put the dialogue into the correct order, complete a crossword, match the hotel facilities to the pictures and finally write a short opinion based piece on whether they would choose to stay at this particular hotel.
*The PPT and worksheets have Korean translations of the English vocabulary however these can be easily amended as I have included both PDF and word document files.
Suitable for EFL, TEFL and KS2 students.
The powerpoint has Korean/English translations but can be adapted easily.
The lesson focuses on the dialogue/role-play between a passenger and an attendant:
*showing a passport,
*asking for a window seat
* receiving a boarding pass
The worksheets include:
*Vocabulary list and cutting/sticking/matching activity
*Create your own passport and holiday photo
*Short comprehension questions
*Colour in the travel stamps
A range of reading, writing, speaking and listening activities based on travel and holiday plans.
Students will learn:
Lesson 1: Locations, capital cities of Europe and country flags.
Lesson 2: Types of accommodation, activities and modes of transport.
*Detailed lesson plans, worksheets (PDF and Word document amendable copies) and a card game are also included.
Two worksheets which encourage students to reflect on the plot and main characters.
Useful for revision, recapping or making connections throughout the study of a class novel/play.
I have included both PDF versions of the worksheets as well as word documents that can be altered with ease.
Suitable for KS4 support groups or KS3 learners.
In teams students choose two numbers.
Click on the squares to reveal the pictures and quotations.
If they manage to match the quotation to the speakercorrectly they gain 5 points for their team.
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My Reading Journey
Students stick this worksheet in the front of their exercise books or homework diaries.
It can be used to keep a record of their reading and encourage them to reflect on the texts they have read.
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Students fill out the spiderweb diagram to create a handy revision tool for the key quotations and analysis from the play ‘Macbeth’.
I have included amendable files in Word Doc and PDF files for ease of printing.
The worksheets could also be printed as a larger A3 size and used as a group task.
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How to make a scene more vivid and engage a reader through altering adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs.
Crafting a unique narrative voice
Powerpoint includes:
*An image prompt and choice of narratives
A whole lesson with a story/class reading activity, crosswords, colouring/cut and stick worksheet and two games to teach young learners about the different animals found in the zoo.
A poster outlining the steps in the writing process that can be printed as part of a classroom display.
I have included ammendable A3/A4 Word Doc posters as well as PDF files for ease of printing.
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Students use the images and sentence starters to write a short piece of descriptive writing based on christmas/Victorian London.
Includes worksheets and a short powerpoint to introduce the creative writing task.
Suitable for a christmas themed creative writing class or cover lesson .
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Focus: How to craft a vivid setting in creative writing
On the worksheet handout students have an example extract from the opening of the novel ‘Perfume’ which uses sensory description. Students must then answer the questions an explore how imagery which focuses on the sense of smell can be used to create a vivid setting.
Students then complete a creative writing task and write about a modern day setting in the style of Patrick Suskind.
A lesson I made based on the resources from the British Council website https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/tour_of_london_-_exercises_1.pdf
Click the sound icon to listen to the dialogue, with each mouse-click a corresponding image comes up for a basic virtual tour.
There are then three activities. Students match the tourist spot to the name, number the places chronologically and guess which tourist destination has been visited based on the review given.
I've also included filler activities- a word search and colouring page.
Two full lessons and activities looking at extracts from Act 3, Scene 6 and Act 4, Scene 2 so students develop a personal response and consider whether Macbeth is a tyrant.
Day 2 of my Roald Dahl themed Summer Camp (originally for Korean EFL students)
Includes:
* A short summary of the story- using images from the film and Quentin Blake illustrations
* A board game and counters that I made (the same rules as 'snakes and ladders')
*Team activity 'Egg Drop' where students must construct a contraption using art supplies to protect their egg when it is dropped from a window.
*Instructions to make decorative peach ornaments out of string, paint, balloons and PVA glue (original idea found on pinterest)
*Links to recipes for making cookies, peach trifle, ladybird cracker snacks and peach pancakes.
*Wordsearch and colouring worksheet.
Day 1 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' activities and worksheets are available here:
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Activities encouraging students to analyse the characters of Mr Utterson and Mr Einfield from the opening on the novel, based upon contextual understanding of Victorian gentlemen and their own interpretations.
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Five rounds of Christmas related activities.
Used with EFL classes at the end of term.
Round 1- Memory Game
Students have 1 minute to look at the picture and remember as many details as possible. 10 questions.
Round 2- Guess the word
Guess the missing word from the lyrics of famous christmas songs.
10 missing words.
Round 3- British Christmas Food
Guess the name of the food from ABCD multiple choice options.
10 foods.
Round 4- Who is it?
Guess the celebrities whose faces have been covered with Santa beards.
10 celebrities.
Round 5- General Knowledge
10 Christmas Trivia Questions.
Overview:
Students select one quotation for each key scene from the table provided and use it to analyse Macbeth’s character.
Students evaluate on a scale of 1 to 5 whether he comes across as strong or weak.
They then use this to plot Macbeth’s changing character and have a visual representation of his power/weakness across Acts1-5.
This can then be compared to Lady Macbeth’s (included in ppt) and students develop their own interpretations/ justify their opinions.
Powerpoint and worksheets included.
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Students stick the timeline across a double page in their book.
For each scene, students select one key quotation and write it in the box underneath.
*This was a useful resource for my EFL learners and offered additional support for students who were struggling to remember the order of events in the play.