Remind your students of the danger of fireworks at the same time as teaching them how to write a persuasive speech to warn others of the danger of fireworks. Folder includes: Two-sided information leaflet on fireworks with background and history. Comprehension activity worksheet. Planning advice sheet. Sentence starter advice sheet. Powerpoint with starter, answers to comprehension and a reminder of DAFOREST techniques. Keep it relevant with this engaging resource.

Full scheme of work on the Oxford Playscript play version of the classic novel Jane Eyre. Comprising of eleven lessons with powerpoints and accompanying worksheets, the scheme explores what it was to be a woman in Charlotte Bronte’s day and the precarious nature of Jane’s social position, culminating in watching a film version of the novel.

After you have completed the free worksheet on changing the -y to an -i in singular and plural words, you can also try this 86 slide Powerpoint that explains how lots of other words change the -y ending to an -i ending when you add a suffix. All answers are provided on the slides and there is an accompanying worksheet to consolidate and embed the learning. Designed to be completed as an individual or for a class.

Forty-four clues to names of animals that have come into English from nine different languages. Teach students to recognise that English is a language full of borrowings from other languages in this fun powerpoint-based lesson. All answers provided on the slide to enable students to mark their own work. Can be completed individually or in groups.

Students learn how to personify their home town in a poem by studying two examples of poems that personify cities. Twenty-five slide powerpoint, plus worksheets with fill in the blanks exercises.

Learn how to write an article to persuade people to visit a holiday destination. Study an article that describes two days in Tenerife. Then extend the article yourself to three days using the language techniques and structure that you have studied. A thirty-slide powerpoint takes you through the language techniques and prompts you to spot them yourself as well. Information about four more places on the island is provided to help you extend the article. A word copy of the article is also included. Write like a pro with this fun lesson, jam-packed full of dynamic verbs and direct address.

First students design their dream bedroom onto paper. Then they can enter ‘The Ideal Room Competition’. Students write a formal letter describe their ideal room and persuade the judges that their ideas are the best. Next they design a robotic assistant to help them keep their superb, new bedroom spotlessly clean. Finally, as their robots will be so amazing, they must share them with the world and create a print advert to sell it, so that others don’t miss out!

What’s the difference between the following words? Its/It’s A/An Was/were Has/have Of/have To/two/too? This 100 slide powerpoint has it covered with explanations and exercises for each set of confusing words. All answers provided.

Using Wordsworth’s classic poem ‘Daffodils’, student learn to identify his use of personification. Then they personify an element from nature that they have chosen and write a poem personifying it. Students are given questions to help them consider the world from the point of view of the element and an example of a poem personifying a lake. Worksheet and copy of poem included with powerpoint.

Two-page word document with magazine text about Bill Gates’ new house in Spanish (three paragraphs); followed by ten comprehension questions in Spanish; followed by various follow-up activities: Translate a paragraph from Spanish into Engish. Research other philanthropists. Write a paragraph explaining what you like to do for your money. Enough activities to keep students occupied for an hour. Could be used for cover. Activities aimed at GCSE syllabus.

With this thirty-two slide Powerpoint, your students are introduced to the language techniques used to advertise and sell ice lollies. They then create their own ice lolly and design an advertising poster to sell it. Lots of examples to stimulate students’ imaginations and the work can be extended into creating a script for a TV advert.

Tired of your students using the incorrect level of formality in their writing? With this fun twenty-four slide Powerpoint, students are shown how inappropriate informal language can be in some fun texts. They are also taught that informal language can be appropriate for the right target audience. Students then practice the correct level of formality by writing an application for their dream job. Finally, a quick quiz at the rounds off the lesson.

A four-page Word document booklet to inspire students to write creatively about a dramatic crash that took place in the Bronx in New York in January 2021. The booklet includes a newspaper report on the crash. (Amazingly, no-one was killed!) A planning sheet to gather ideas about structure and another to brainstorm ideas about writing style. Step-by-step help to create a dramatic piece of writing.

Celebrate the life of the remarkable Edith Cavell with this two-page information sheet, accompanied by comprehension activities and a vocabulary extension worksheet. A Powerpoint with starter and answers to the questions with lots of ideas for further activities is also provided. Designed to commemorate both World War One and the sacrifice of women in that conflict, Edith Cavell is an inspiration to all.

More than four lessons worth of material on this 80 slide Powerpoint on William Blake’s deceptively simple, yet brilliant poem ‘London’. A full lesson on historical context, plus two further lessons on language and sound effects. A final lesson on how to write a contemporary pastiche of the poem with a template included. Five worksheets are included on this poet’s masterpiece.

In May 2021 an investigation found that two out of three sea bass from fish farms in the Atlantic ocean contained micro plastics. In the first part of this lesson, students answer four questions on a newspaper article explaining the investigation. They then have a choice of exam-style writing tasks - letter, article or speech. A Word copy of the article is included and a twenty-slide Powerpoint introduces the subject and walks the students through the tasks with opportunities for discussion of the key ideas.

This thirty-eight slide Powerpoint begins with exercises to revise the regular formation of the subjunctive in Spanish of the three verb forms. It then moves on to how to conjungate irregular verb forms. A Word practice sheet is included in the folder. Students are then taught how the Spanish is used to in impersonal expressions that give advice and with verbs that give advice. There are practice exercises that culminate in students writing a letter of advice to a Spanish friend on what to do when they visit their home town. The lesson ends with a quiz to translate the expressions that use the subjunctive into English. A natural follow-on lesson from Present Subjunctive: Introduction. It could also be used as a revision lesson.

A recent report by the charity Forest Research revealed that only thirteen percent of England is covered by woodland, one of the lowest figures in Europe. With this fifty-eight slide Powerpoint you can introduce your students to the importance of trees to humankind and the planet in a fun and engaging way. First there is a quiz to identify the tree from clues and a picture. Then students study a poem about eleven trees and have to fill in the blanks. After brainstorming many different types of trees, students then choose one tree that they would like to research on the internet to write a report on. The Powerpoint covers the structure and content of the report and goes through the process step-by-step. The fill-in-the-blank poem is a Word document. This project helps to raise awareness of the pressing need for global reforestation.

In February 2021 the government announced that it was going to open a coal mine in Cumbria. This horrified the climate expert Professor James E Hansen who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to persuade him not to go ahead with the policy and to reconsider his climate policies. This letter uses a simplified extract of this letter to introduce the fossil fuel climate crisis that is currently emerging and focuses on the persuasive language techniques that the writer uses to persuade the Prime Minister to his point of view. A clean copy and an annotated copy of the abridged letter are included. A twenty-slide Powerpoint accompanies the lesson with introductory activities, context and a choice of post-analysis activities: exam-style question on writing to persuade article for school magazine leaflet for younger students further research on the ‘fee and dividend’ economy described in the letter.

A seventy-slide powerpoint that introduces and describes the twelve main Roman Gods with colourful graphics, followed by two quizzes. Firstly, students have to guess the blanked out words from the description of the gods. Secondly, a random ten question quiz. All answers are provided and a worksheet to help remember the gods is included in the folder. A final slide with ideas for further activities and research. A fun lesson that will make the gods memorable and enjoyable for your students.