A really fun activity the students love! They have to work out who the famous people are based on their childhood photos. Some of the people included are Sabrina Carpenter, Adele, Ed Sheeran and Ryan Reynolds. Gets a great debate going, and the students love it. Photos included on the PowerPoint and worksheet which gives some clues if needed. All answers included.
A really fun starter! Students have to guess MOVIE & SERIES based on the images on the board. Two separate PowerPoints. Over 35 films/series to guess. The students absolutely love it.
A really fun, interactive Christmas quiz for 2024. The resource includes the PowerPoint, questions, answers and team quiz sheet. The quiz is very modern and has a number of questions on 2024. It also has images for most questions. The quiz is structured into the following rounds:
General knowledge
Christmas
Celebs as kids (a great activity where the students have to guess the famous person based on a photo of them as a child. Printout provided)
Film & Series
Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 14 things to do with CHRISTMAS. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 14. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.
Students are given a list of items/things on the subject of Halloween. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have 5 minutes to unscramble all the items. PowerPoint & card template included. Fun starter.
Students are given a list of 12 movies. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have 5 minutes to unscramble all 12. PowerPoints, cards and extension included.
Fun starter. The students have to name a different JOB/OCCUPATION for each letter of the alphabet. 6 of them have to be 6 letters+. The PowerPoint has a lot of fun images, answers and gifs. The students love this!
Students are given a list of 12 Disney movies. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have 5 minutes to unscramble all 12. PowerPoint & card template included. Fun starter.
Fantastic 36-slide PowerPoint on writing an ARTICLE for the paper 2 transactional writing exam. The theme of the lesson is the Off Menu podcast where students write about their dream menus.
Example intro
Example paragraph
Sentence starters
ARTICLE form
ARTICLE conventions
Stylistic devices
Lecturer tips
Common mistakes
SPAG
Students are given a list of 14 animals. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have 5 minutes to unscramble all 14. PowerPoints & cards included.
A starter my students love. A 40-slide PowerPoint full of fun questions and discussions points for students. Some are personal and some are general knowledge. Examples below:
‘What’s your most overused word?’
‘What is the only word that begins and ends with the letters “und”?’
‘Which three words best describe you?’
‘What is the shortest two-word sentence in the English language?’
A really fun starter that my classes love. Students have 2 minutes to list the top ten of a topic e.g. 10 most used words in the English language, 10 most popular websites etc. Timer included which you can change for a longer/shorter time. I have included 13 questions for your classes to do (and the template is there for you to add more). It really gets the students engaged.
Fun starter. On each slide, students will see a set of words being revealed.
All of them will be linked by something. As soon as they know what it is, they shout out the word!
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I use this in lessons for life skills and as a reading activity. Answers, PowerPoint and video included.
An informative & fun lesson on anxiety. Students learn what causes panic attacks, and how can you prevent them. They will then analyse the Florence & the Machine song, ‘Free’ which is about her experiences with anxiety and panic attacks. All video links included. I have included the 21-slide PowerPoint, lyrics sheet and an answer sheet. I have also included a fun starter and an extension activity on language analysis.
A fun starter for Drama / Media / English students or tutor time. Based on the fabulous podcast where students have to answer ten questions about films. Will get a great debate going!