“The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1906. It tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord’s daughter. In this lesson, students will consider more than one point of view. They will first learn what a balanced argument looks like and the features of the text type. They will then put forward points for and against the statement ‘The Highwayman was to blame for Bess’ death’. They will then look at an example text and consider why it is effective before planning out the structure of their own balanced arguments using the support frame. Finally, they will write their own balanced argument on the statement using the writing frame given. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Metaphors are a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. This lesson focuses on using metaphors in poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and the related lesson plan, activity sheet and example poems. Children learn what metaphors are and identify them in poems as a class, discussing their effect on the poem and the reader. They then do this in pairs/ small groups reading a number of poems and creating their own metaphors for images given. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the video clip. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of metaphors for effect. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, students will identify and list the common features of newspaper reports. They will look in detail at example reports and create their own headlines for a story. They will then look at missing features on example reports to see whether they have remembered the features learnt. A presentation, lesson plan and resources all included. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson, children look at poetic devices used- expanded noun phrases, onomatopoeia, alliteration and powerful verbs (examples are given). In pairs/ small groups, they then highlight the use of poetic devices in the poem on the printed sheet. As a class then discuss their use and the effect they have on the poem and the reader. The children then learn the poem off-by-heart considering rhythm, volume and expression. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This lesson focuses on supporting the planning and writing of Free Verse Poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and a possible planning template. Pupils review imagery and the poetic devices used to create it. They complete a matching activity for this. They then find their own image as a stimulus for their poems and write down related words and phrases. A planning frame is also given for the children to use to structure their ideas. Pupils use their planning frame to write their own free verse poems. Possible starters are given as well as a brief checklist of things to remember. Pupils look back at their poems and with feedback from the teacher and their partner, they edit and improve them. Pupils learn their poems off-by-heart and perform them considering rhythm, volume and expression. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Similes are a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ). This lesson focuses on using similes in Imagery/ Free Verse poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation, lesson plan and activity sheets. Children first revisit imagery before looking at the language structure of similes. They listen to a poem which uses similes and discuss the effect of the similes used. They then work in pairs/ small groups to read a number of poems identifying the use of similes and how they are used. They then write their own similes for the pictures given. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the image. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of similes for effect. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

A supportive resource for building tension and suspense in writing. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Bias is an inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair. In this lesson, students will identify bias in news. They will compare reports to determine whether they show a biased or balanced point of view and will also try to alter a newspaper article to show bias with a different viewpoint. Presentation, lesson plan and resources included. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

“The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1906. It tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord’s daughter. In this lesson, students will explore the characters in more detail. They will begin by carrying out ‘roll on the wall’ with each character by going around the room adding to what they know about each character, linking to the text. Following this, they will complete the character cards which identify quotes from the text. Students have to infer what is happening at that point in the poem and what the quotes tell us about the characters and how they are feeling. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

In this lesson students will learn and review the acronym FREDEPTORS to help them remember the key persuasive devices used: • F- facts and statistics • R- repetition • E- exaggeration • D- description • E- emotive language • P- personal pronouns • T- the rule of three • O- opinions • R- rhetorical questions • S- summary They will then look at formality in persuasive writing and organise sentences accordingly. They will decide what to write persuasively about and be taught how we might brainstorm our ideas before writing using the planning frame provided. These lessons are ideal for any KS2 class and can be modified to suit KS3 also. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. This lesson focuses on using personification in poetry. It comes with an engaging powerpoint presentation and the related lesson plan (shown as part of the whole sequence of lessons) and example poems. Children learn what personification is and why it is used in poetry. They then consider the effect of the personification used relating to images shown, thinking critically. In pairs/ small groups, the children then read a number of poems making use of personification discussing how they feel about the poems and language used. As a class then complete a modelled write, taking words and phrases from the children to create a stanza/verse of a poem based on the video clip on Australian bushfires. The children then write an additional stanza to the poem independently making use of metaphors for effect. For the extension task, children guess what image is being described in the poems using the personification for clues. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

This is an excellent resource to help students structure their stories. It follows the Story Mountain structure of opening- build up- problem- resolution and ending as well as giving prompts for what to include at each stage. Word document included also if you wish to edit.

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. In this lesson students will watch, read and listen to different forms of news and identify their similarities and differences leading to the creation of a general features list for journalistic writing. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. In this lesson students will look at the features of newspaper reports from examples given and consider the audience of the reports. They will look in detail at a newspaper report broken down into its sections to better understand how they are structured. Then they will plan and write their own newspaper reports using the supportive planning and writing frames provided. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!

Each Recommended Reading List has 20 books which are appropriate for year group and will help to improve children’s word reading, vocabulary and understanding. These choices have been compiled by librarians and leading English teachers. Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to resourcesforyou100@outlook.com to receieve a FREE single resource of your choice!

Persuasive Advertising is a type of product promotion that aims to persuade a consumer for buying a particular product. In this lesson, students will learn the FREDEPTORS acronym for: F- facts and font R- repetition E- exaggeration D- description E- emotive language P- pictures T- the rule of three O- opinions R- rhetorical questions S- slogans They will look at a range of persuasive adverts and will be challenged to decide how they are made persuasive to their audience. They will then try to sell an item themselves using these techniques using the activity sheet provided.

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children’s fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit is set within Tolkien’s fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit. This lesson is based on The Hobbit, Chapter 2. It looks at the rules for speech punctuation and how to alter speech according to different characters. Students will add in the correct speech punctuation to an extract as well as write the dialogue for a clip of the trolls. A great lesson for studying speech and/ or the novel. This lesson is one of a sequence of lessons on the Hobbit. These lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/classic-fiction-the-hobbit-complete-teaching-sequence-12170346

“The Highwayman” is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1906. It tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord’s daughter. In this lesson, students will write a diary entry from the perspective of a character. They will first look at the features of a diary and then look at WABOLLs (What a bad one looks like) and WAGOLLs (What a good one looks like). With the WAGOLL they will highlight it according to the features of a diary (example given). Then they will ‘hot seat’ different characters from the poem to better understand their perspectives before writing their own diary entry using the writing frame provided. This lesson is intended for KS2 but could be modified to suit KS3. This lesson is part of a sequence of 7 lessons on The Highwayman.