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Gorilla Escape – Non-Fiction Newspaper Writing Lesson
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Gorilla Escape – Non-Fiction Newspaper Writing Lesson

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Gorilla Escape– Non-Fiction Newspaper Writing Lesson A complete non-fiction, newspaper writing lesson based on a gorilla escape at London Zoo. Two newspaper templates included. One is a blank template and the other is a differentiated template for lower ability students. A fun and engaging lesson! For more of my resources and lessons see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Youtube, The Guardian, newscrusher, cooltext.com, wallpapersafari.)
Crocodile Comparison  - Non-Fiction
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Crocodile Comparison - Non-Fiction

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Crocodile Comparison - Non-Fiction A very simple but engaging lesson based on two non-fiction texts involving crocodile attacks in Australia. The aim of the lesson is for students to identify explicit information from each text then do a comparison between them. Lesson includes, Power Point slide, articles and a croc writing sheet. There's nothing flashy or complicated about this lesson at all! It is however, simple and straight-forward and students will enjoy the texts. Sometimes that's all you need. Ready to download and teach immediately. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish More easy lessons available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/muhammad-ali-pee-and-information-retrieval-lesson-11371750 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-pee-exam-technique-non-fiction-mike-tyson-11368758 Looking for something a bit more 'whizzbang, move around the room' try the Beast of Bodmin Moor? https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-beast-of-bodmin-moor-investigation-fact-or-fiction-11376736 (Credits: the Guardian online, link included in the articles)
War Images - Descriptive Writing Lesson
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War Images - Descriptive Writing Lesson

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War Images - Descriptive Writing Lesson A simple, but effective descriptive writing lesson based on images of war. Nothing fancy, just display and teach! Lesson includes: * Lesson objectives * Five things to help with descriptive writing slide * Whiteboard activity using image prompts * Main writing task with a choice of three images to produce a piece of descriptive writing * Lesson review and self-assessment slide Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (All images are copy right free to the best of my knowledge.)
The Dark Collection
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The Dark Collection

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The Dark Collection A collection of four fun and engaging lessons on a 'dark' or spooky theme. Click on the lesson links to find out more! Great value download. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)
The Travel Pack
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The Travel Pack

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The Travel Pack A collection of four fun and engaging lesson on a travel/holiday theme. Click on the lesson links to find out more! Great value download. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)
The Fiction and Non-Fiction Collection
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The Fiction and Non-Fiction Collection

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The Fiction and Non-Fiction Collection A collection of four fun and engaging fiction and non-fiction lessons. Click on the lesson links to find out more! Great value download. Visit my shop for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: Cooltext.com)
The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2
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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2

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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2 Fantastic 4 round Christmas quiz. Featuring: * Round 1 - Christmas Questions * Round 2 – Music Bonus Round * Round 3 – Christmas Carols * Round 4 – Christmas Quotes Ideal Christmas fun! The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 1 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-ultimate-christmas-quiz-11430765 For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images used throughout.)
The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2
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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2

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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 2 Fantastic 4 round Christmas quiz. Featuring: * Round 1 - Christmas Questions * Round 2 – Music Bonus Round * Round 3 – Christmas Carols * Round 4 – Christmas Quotes Ideal Christmas fun! The Ultimate Christmas Quiz 1 is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-ultimate-christmas-quiz-11430765 For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: copyright free images used throughout.)
The Ultimate Christmas Quiz
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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz

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The Ultimate Christmas Quiz Fantastic 30 question, 54 page Christmas quiz, Power Point. Four rounds, featuring: * Round 1 - Christmas Questions * Round 2 – Name it Round – Santa’s Reindeers * Round 3 – TV/Film * Round 4 – Christmas Songs For more great resources, visit my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: royalty free images used, http://fullhdpictures.com/red-christmas-hq-backgrounds.html/great-red-christmas-backgrounds)
The Christmas Market Descriptive Writing
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The Christmas Market Descriptive Writing

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Visually attractive Christmas descriptive writing lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson. Power point includes: * Attractive title page. * Lesson starter – key Christmas market key words word search * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and figurative language techniques. * A quick warm-up exercise where students finish off Christmas sentence in descriptive language (see image on the Power Point to support ideas.) * A recap of five language technique prompt. * Short writing activity prompt asking students to describe a vibrant Christmas market. * A review page encouraging some students to read out their written descriptions. * Fantastic “The Christmas Market Bingo” plenary activity with teacher’s caller's card and 30 unique bingo cards (with instructions on how to best play the game included.) * All resources included at the end of the Power Point. If you enjoyed this resource, you will enjoy The Christmas Murder Mystery: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-full-lesson-11179016 (Royalty-free images from Wiki, bingo cards created from myfreebingocards.com.)
Spooky Christmas Story – Full Lesson
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Spooky Christmas Story – Full Lesson

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Spooky Christmas Story – Full Lesson Visually attractive “spooky” Christmas story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson. Power point includes: * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Lesson starter – mini dot-to-dot and spooky adverb anagrams. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (also given as a handout resource) of an abandoned car journey in which the student has to travel to look for help along a deserted road at night. * Copy and complete first paragraph starter prompt – used in order help students start the story effectively (also given as a handout resource.) * Mini-prompt paragraphs two and three – with visual images to help students visualise the development of the story (a gate leading to an old house). * Fantastic “spooky” bingo plenary activity with teacher’s callers card and 30 unique bingo cards (with instructions on how to best play the game included.) * All resources included at the end of the Power Point If you liked this resource, you will also enjoy – A Christmas Murder Mystery: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-full-lesson-11179016 (Royalty free images included and bingo cards created from myfreebingocards.com.)
Christmas Murder Mystery 2
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Christmas Murder Mystery 2

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Christmas Murder Mystery 2 A Christmas journey on the Trans-Siberian Express turns to murder as one-by-one passengers are found dead. But who is doing it and why? And who will be next? Visually attractive Christmas murder mystery story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson or series of lessons. (At least two lessons will be required to complete the story.) Power point includes: * Attractive title page. * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Interesting suspect list with hints about their characters. * Lesson starter – character discussion. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above). * Planning sheet giving students a structured method in which to write an effective story. * A review prompt to discuss writing so far. * A review peer-assessment prompt which should set students up to continue the story next lesson. * All resources included at the end of the Power Point. If you liked this resource, you will also enjoy – A Spooky Christmas Story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spooky-christmas-story-full-lesson-11177327
Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.”
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Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.”

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Highly engaging, complete lesson(s) around the Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” Lesson contains a complete range of activities suitable for GCSE grades 1-5. Engaging starter, featuring unusual images • Information on the author and learning objectives • You tube reading of the poem • Labelling + drawing activity • Main writing task • Review plenary Everything you need for a complete and fun lesson! For a range of other interesting lessons and great resources visit my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish
The Perfect Christmas Descriptive Writing Lesson
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The Perfect Christmas Descriptive Writing Lesson

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The Perfect Christmas Descriptive Writing Lesson Visually attractive Christmas descriptive writing lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson. Power point includes: * Active snow scene gif title page. * Lesson starter – post-it note activity. * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and figurative language techniques. * A quick warm-up exercise where students finish off Christmas sentence in descriptive language (see image on the Power Point to support ideas.) * A recap of five language technique prompt. * Short writing activity prompt asking students to describe their perfect Christmas scene. * A review page encouraging some students to read out their written descriptions. * Fantastic “The Perfect Christmas Bingo” plenary activity with teacher’s caller's card and 30 * All resources included at the end of the Power Point. If you enjoyed this resource, you will enjoy the Christmas Murder Mystery: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-murder-mystery-full-lesson-11179016 (Snow image by Frank Norman, Flickr, Tree by Minden ami Karacsony, outdoors scene desttopnexus.com/wallpaper/676017/ bingo cards created from myfreebingocards.com.)
A Christmas Murder Mystery - Complete Lesson
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A Christmas Murder Mystery - Complete Lesson

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A Christmas Murder Mystery - Complete Lesson On Christmas Eve a train gets stranded in a snowdrift in the middle of nowhere. A group of passengers decide to leave the carriage and take refuge in a nearby hotel, only to discover in the morning, trapped and cut off from the outside world, that one of them has been murdered… Visually attractive Christmas murder mystery story lesson complete with all resources needed for a fun engaging lesson. Power point includes: * Title page. * Complete lesson objectives and outcomes (WALT and WILF) - with the focus on higher attaining students to use descriptive language for effect and to build up tension and drama within the story. * Lesson starter – winter weather anagrams. * Story scenario – dramatic scenario (as above) * Copy and complete first paragraph starter prompt – used in order help students start the story effectively (also given as a handout resource.) * Mini word bank. * Mini-prompt paragraphs two and images to help students write. * Fantastic “murder mystery bingo” plenary activity with teacher’s callers card and 30 unique bingo cards (with instructions on how to best play the game included.) * All resources included at the end of the Power Point. If you liked this resource, you will also enjoy – A Spooky Christmas Story: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spooky-christmas-story-full-lesson-11177327 (Royalty free images included and bingo cards created from myfreebingocards.com.)
Who Slayed Santa? Christmas Murder Mystery
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Who Slayed Santa? Christmas Murder Mystery

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Who Slayed Santa? Christmas Murder Mystery A Christmas fun double lesson! Students get the chance to write their very own fun Christmas murder mystery story. 39 page, 2 lesson Power Point, includes: * Scenario outline * Lesson objectives * Suspect list and brief outline * Detective slide * Clue and red herring slide * Video clip with writing tips * Writing prompts * Fun lesson bingo plenary activity, including 30 individual bingo cards and a caller card * Continuous writing prompts and review slides An engaging Christmas lesson. Just download and teach. For more great resources and lessons, see my page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: http://mymysteryparty.com/who-slayed-santa-murder-mystery-party/ and royalty free clipart used throughout.)
Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing
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Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing

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Christmas in New York Descriptive Writing A sophisticated Christmas descriptive writing lesson based on images from New York and scenes Woody Allen’s masterpiece Manhattan. Students fill in the senses sheet, watch and briefly analyse the opening of Manhattan (resources and links provided) before writing their own pieces of description. Great engaging lesson! For great more lessons and resources visit my shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits: all images copyright free, available from Wikipedia and other royalty free sites.)
The Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade
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The Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade

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The Sugar Tax - Writing to Argue and Persuade A topical writing to argue and persuade lesson on the new sugar tax! Visually attractive lesson, guaranteed to promote debate. Lesson Power Point includes a shock starter, learning objectives, links to video clips for information on the sugar tax and planning prompts throughout. BBC article included. Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (Credits, BBC and Youtube.)
The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Complete Lesson
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Complete Lesson

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The Beast of Bodmin Moor Investigation - Complete Lesson An amazing investigation lesson into the 'Beast of Bodmin Moor.' Students get to explore and research the legend of the 'Beast of Bodmin Moor' in groups, moving from investigation area to investigation area before writing their final reports. All resources included. The investigation areas are: * Newspaper reports * Photos * Video footage * Fact files * Eyewitness Accounts Students fill in their investigation sheets as they go to each area. An outstanding lesson. Teacher note included. For more great resources and lessons, see my shop page here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish Please consider rating the lesson. Thank you. (Credits: copyright free images. Articles taken from the Mirror, Telegraph and Daily Star taken from the public domain.)
Images of War - Descriptive Writing Lesson
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Images of War - Descriptive Writing Lesson

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Images of War - Descriptive Writing Lesson A simple, but effective descriptive writing lesson based on images of war. Nothing fancy, just display and teach! Lesson includes: * Lesson objectives * Five things to help with descriptive writing slide * Whiteboard activity using image prompts * Main writing task with a choice of three images to produce a piece of descriptive writing * Lesson review and self-assessment slide Visit my page for more great lessons and resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EngageinEnglish (All images are copy right free to the best of my knowledge.)