This lesson is based on life expectancy around the world and is suitable for upper intermediate learners of English as an additional or second language and also for year 8 and 9 students. Activities include: reading comprehension (newspaper), close sentences, discussion activity, fact card making activity, atlas/internet research, dictionary activity, skimming and scanning for information.

A powerpoint presentation explaining homophones with link to video, activities to complete or print out as worksheets, bingo game, quiz and lesson plan/ evaluation. Suitable for most ages (from KS2 to 4) as a revision aid or an introduction to homophones. Some activities are more difficult than others so it would depend on your students’ abilities as to which you choose to do with them. Video and images attributed to creative commons.

This can be printed onto A3 and used as a wordmap to remind students when doing persuasive writing or as a poster in classrooms

A resource especially useful for students with speech language and communication difficulties or those who need to practise their memory skills. The power point consists of numerous slides showing images with key vocabulary (some linked to curriculum). They have five minutes to look at the images and then they write them down once they are hidden!

A worksheet which focuses on using more mature vocabulary for the verb ‘said’.

This can be printed onto card and laminated to make into small cards to use as a game in class as a plenary or to recap similes. The teacher reads out the card and the student with their hand up first can give an appropriate answer. The student with the most cards at the end is the winner.

This can be printed onto A3 and used as a wordmap to assist with descriptive writing skills. SEN pupils will find it particularly useful.