Students will explore a non-fiction text using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing framework through interactive activities. The newspaper article is based on the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman. The final task will showcase students’ ability to independently write a newspaper article using expanded sentences and prepositions in well structured paragraphs. This resource features the following: Newspaper article True and false game for to check comprehension New vocabulary and dictionary work Story map Expanded sentences using conjunctions Basic prepositions Extended pieces of writing Highlighting activity Matching activity Comparison with a second article Boxing up activity Assessing positive vs. negative aspects of article Spelling test Step-by-step paragraph writing …and much more! Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 89 slides Printable newspaper article in color and b/w Printable newspaper article template Printable vocabulary worksheet in color and b/w Printable captions for story map Printable expanded sentences worksheet Printable story map template Printable positives vs. negatives worksheet in color and b/w Printable matching activity worksheet Printable second newspaper article in color and b/w Printable fill in the blanks conjunctions worksheet Printable newspaper article assessment template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

A fun revision game to remember which character said which quote! The class can be split into two and each side can take turns to guess which character said the quote for a point. Includes: Animated powerpoint presentation game of 20 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will start with a discussion around the prominent themes in the novel so far. Focussing on the theme of fear, the lesson will look at Maria’s fear of her superiors by locating quotes to evidence this. Using a modelled paragraph, students will label for PETER and then write their own couple of paragraphs to answer, “How does John Boyne show that Shmuel is afraid in these lines?” Students will self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable modelled paragraph ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by watching a short video regarding Nazis (BBC Bitesize must be accessible). They will use their inference skills to understand the effect of Lieutenant Kotler’s transfer on Bruno’s family. Students will organise quotes about Gretel into two categories which will help explain her character development and change throughout the course of the novel. Using this information, students will write a couple of paragraphs to explain how Gretel’s character changed. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 9 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! © The Nifty Ninja

This lesson explores the keywords ‘tension’ and ‘drama.’ Students will be able to identify tension in the chapter by listing examples between characters. A table of quotes will be presented for students to complete in their books by analysing how tension is created by the author. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by working in partners following a script to role-play questions and answers about The Globe Theatre. To consolidate their learning, students will watch a video on The Globe Theatre and make their own notes using the information they have heard. They will be given a worksheet to label The Globe Theatre and then they will check and correct their worksheet. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable role-play question and answer script Printable Label The Globe Theatre worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

An engaging dive into the context of the novel and Hitler’s rise to power where students will work in groups to read information regarding the Holocaust. The context sheets can be passed on from group to group during the activity or set up as stations around the classroom where the students move to them instead! Important keywords are explored in this lesson as students work together to fill out their context table. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable context information sheets - Adolf Hitler - The Rise of the Nazis - Propaganda and its Effects - 25 Point Programme - Consequences of the Munich Putsch Printable context information table ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will use a printable Venn diagram template for a side-by-side comparison of Bruno’s old and new house. This lesson explores the thoughts and feelings of the main character by probing language and using quotes. Students will show their understanding by writing a PEE paragraph and challenging themselves by using ambitious vocabulary. The lesson ends with a quick round of comprehension questions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable Venn diagram (answers included) ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

This is an engaging introduction to who Charles Dickens was and how his background influenced his writing. Students will use information from a mind map and video to work in partners and create a picture collage on Dickens’ life. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©202 The Nifty Ninja

In an exciting resource, students will work in expert groups to learn about Simon Armitage and explore keywords to make predictions of what the poem may be about. In pairs, students will use their assigned clue cards to probe and analyse language in the poem and interpret layers of meaning. Their knowledge will be consolidated through creating profiles, clue cards, sequencing, and a fill in the blank activity. They will apply their knowledge by answering an exam style question with a PETERS paragraph. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable Facebook profile template Printable sequence the poem worksheet Printable biography of poet Printable copy of the poem Printable clue cards + answer key Printable fill in the blanks sheet + answer key ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Engaging activities to explore Thomas Hardy’s poem and his life where students will probe and analyse language to gain an in-depth understanding of what it means. They will begin by learning about the Boer war with a memory game and then watching a short video on Thomas Hardy’s life. Students will explore keywords like tragedy and irony when reading the telegram and use inference skills to make predictions about the poem. Students will culminate their understanding with a piece of writing and peer assess their work. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Printable telegram and letter Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Exciting and engaging activities for students to learn about Owen Sheers’s life and his famous poem. Students will answer probing questions analyzing the language used in the poem to uncover layers of meaning. They will apply their understanding by writing a PETERS paragraph to answer an exam-style question and then self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 11 slides Printable number the stanza activity Printable context sheet Printable copy of the poem ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin with an engaging game to recap what they know so far about the novel. After reading the chapter, students will answer comprehension questions to test their knowledge (answers included). Students will share ideas about Gretel and then write a paragraph of their impressions of her using sentence starters provided. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by brainstorming higher-order questions to ask Mother. They will hot-seat her character in turns after reading the chapter. Students will answer some comprehension questions regarding Mother’s attitude to Out-With and then peer-assess their work. After having explored Mother’s thoughts and feelings from the chapter, students will write a letter in her character using the sentence starters provided. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©2024 The Nifty Ninja

Students will move from station to station around the classroom to collect information about the war in order to fill out their worksheet. This resource is an excellent introduction to war poetry and culminates with a diary entry to consolidate students’ learning. Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Topics covered: Causes of War WW1 Facts Trench Rats Women’s Roles A Soldier’s Equipment School During WW1 End of War and Remembrance Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 4 slides 7 printable factsheets in colour 7 printable factsheets in black and white 1 printable factsheet worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

This is an engaging resource exploring Dickens’ concepts of Ignorance and Want as allegories of Victorian society. Students will look deeper into what society was like for the poor and incorporate the ideas into their own piece of writing to expand on the contextual background of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ By reading through extracts, highlighting activities, filling in the blanks, students will have a solid understanding of the characters of Ignorance and Want. They will use a modeled paragraph and label the evidence and inferences made. They will write and peer-assess independent writing throughout the lesson and build new vocabulary in their writing. Students will explore poverty in the Victorian age and the divide between the rich and the poor to better understand Ignorance and Want. An audio reading will engage students whilst they annotate their extracts to show how Scrooge portrays his ignorance through the characters of Ignorance and Want. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 18 slides Printable model paragraph for labeling activity Printable extract for highlighting activity ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

This exciting lesson culminates the events presented by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come through a carousel activity where groups of students will move around and rotate to stations around the classroom in order to complete their worksheet. Students will be introduced to The Grim Reaper from the 14th century to contextualise Dickens’ writing and allow them to draw comparisons with the Phantom. Topics covered in the carousel activity are: Scrooge sees his grave Businessmen’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Scrooge’s possessions are pawned Debtor’s reaction to Scrooge’s death Bob Cratchit and Fred’s reaction to Tiny Tim’s death Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides Printable twitter tickets (colour and b/w) Printable extracts to post around the classroom Printable worksheet to complete for carousel activity Printable writing structure table Printable extract for annotation ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

The conversation of the businessmen held great significance in Stave 4 as they highlighted Scrooge’s character through jest. After reading their conversation, students will highlight clues from the extract and answer questions independently. They will explore Scrooge’s thoughts and feelings by writing a diary entry. Sentence starters are provided for the independent piece of writing and students will challenge themselves by explaining Scrooge’s remorse for his actions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable extract ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

This resource will teach students analytical skills and introduce the famous poet Rupert Brooke. Through 7+ hours of games, videos, tasks, and analysis, students will gain confidence in probing language and interpreting layers of meaning. Students will apply their knowledge by writing a PETERS paragraph following the assessment objectives. The resource also includes a bonus modeled paragraph on how war is presented in the poem (can be compared to Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’). Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Annotated poem with probing questions Printable BINGO cards + answer key Printable question cards Printable Rupert Brooke’s biography sheets Printable copy of the poem Printable modelled paragraph Printable information table Printable images and words for walk-through art gallery ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja

The complete scheme of work for Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl consisting of 18 pages. This resource includes the plan for 8 interactive and engaging lessons where students will work in groups to become detectives and solve the murder mystery! Students will meet the learning objectives by analysing clues, watching videos, creating mind maps, and making inferences with plenty of assessment opportunities along the way. This resource includes a complete BONUS lesson for the first lesson in the scheme of work with ready to print resources and PowerPoint presentation. Includes: • Printable 8 lesson scheme of work (18 pages) • Printable resources for BONUS lesson • Printable lesson plan for BONUS lesson • Animated PowerPoint presentation for BONUS lesson ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja