DRESS persuasive Techniques. The students love this lesson. Lots of individual and group tasks including music videos, annotating examplar work. All resources and video links included.
A GCSE lesson on writing a persuasive speech. The question is, ‘In a recent survey, a number of people said that we would be better off without the Internet. Do you agree? You have been asked to give a talk to your classmates giving your opinions. Write would you say.’ The following is included:
43-slide PP
Common SPAG issues
Famous speech examples
Structure
Paragraphs
Language features
Planning
Writing a successful intro
A PP for students at grade 4-5. Available as a PP and Word document. The following are focused on:
Proofreading REAL student work
There / Their / They’re
Capital letters
Adding correct punctuation
Apostrophes
A Functional Skills lesson on writing a persuasive speech. The question is, ‘In a recent survey, a number of people said that we would be better off without the Internet. Do you agree? You have been asked to give a talk to your classmates giving your opinions. Write would you say.’ The following is included:
43-slide PP
Common SPAG issues
Famous speech examples
Structure
Paragraphs
Language features
Planning
Writing a successful intro
Fun anagram starter. The students are given a list of 12 landmarks. All of the letters have been jumbled up. They have an allotted time to unscramble all 12. Activity and cut-out cards included. My students love it.
A collection of 28 articles that can be used for the reading and writing exams. Really good for debating. The students love it!
Some of the 28 articles are listed below:
1930s dating
Funny 999 calls
Man posts himself in a big envelope
Most embarrassing moments
Fashion industry ignores bigger women
Facebook brags
A nation of creeps
A fun, interactive and informative PowerPoint lesson on the TOP TEN skills that EMPLOYERS are looking for in new EMPLOYEE. The lesson has lot of fun images to show the main points. The students love it!
A fantastic, fun & informative lesson PowerPoint which covers all punctuation. The PP is very in-depth while being student-friendly. They really enjoy it!
A whole SOW on one PowerPoint. This resources examines how to get a grade 9 on the creative writing part of the exam. Also includes a 40min lecturer podcast. All of the following topics are covered:
Exemplar work
Structure
Zoom-in paragraph
Sensory Language
Adjectives & verbs
Show, not tell
Sentence starters
Figurative Language
Lecturer annotations and comments
A whole SOW with all resources for the Spoken Language unit of GCSE English Language. This particular SOW looks in detail at an interview between Paris Hilton and David Letterman. Video clip included.
The students love it!
An informative and interactive lesson looking at using sentence starters to improve any type of writing.
The PowerPoint has individual & group tasks and uses videos (mainly Ricky Gervais) to grab the students' attention. Also includes a grade 9 exemplar work that uses sentence starters successfully.
They love this lesson!
A great stater and discussion activity. The students work in pairs/small group/class and decide which would you rather they go for. Makes a for a lively debate.
Over 18 fun and interactive starter activities I have used. All are on separate Powerpoints and the students love them all!
The resource bundle includes the following:
WORD ASSOCIATION
FUNNY YEAR BOOK QUOTES
FUN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
WOULD YOU RATHER
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE WITH A TWIST
RIDDLES
CATCHPHRASE
THE CUBE
CELEBS AS KIDS
CATCHPHRASE
PROOF READING
ONLY CONNECT
DINGBATS
RIDDLES
TABOO
TONGUE TWISTERS
WORDWHEELS
56 slide PowerPoint on how to structure a grade 9 description for a narrative or descriptive work. Also includes a lecturer podcast.
The following topics are covered:
Zooming in and out
360 degree video experience
Sensory Language
Figurative Language
Grade 9 answer
Exemplar work ranking activity