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A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Half-Caste' by John Agard, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around racism and mixed-race identity.
A writing/reading-response activity built around an animated short film called 'Cuckoo,' covering sequencing, true/false, main idea and details, and summarizing skills.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Piano' by D H Lawrence, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around music triggering a nostalgic memory of…
Give students an alternative creative-writing format for analyzing a character who dies in a text, applicable to any short story, novel, play, or history unit.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis lesson presentation that guides students through close reading and critical analysis of 'The Man He Killed' by Thomas Hardy.
Use an animated short story about pigeons as a stimulus for reading-comprehension and writing skills practice.
A micro-learning slide deck (by Teach Me This) teaching about entertainment in ancient Rome (chariot racing, the Colosseum, gladiators) through a video-style introduction, an audio-supported reading passage, and comprehension activities.
A Google Slides-based set of 14 creative-writing prompts, each combining a character, situation, prop, setting, and phrase, to inspire short stories and flash fiction across genres (realistic fiction, fantasy, science fiction, mystery).
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis lesson presentation that guides students through close reading and critical analysis of 'The War Photographer' by Carole Satyamurti.
An editable messaging-app mockup template that students use to write out fictional or role-play conversations (e.g. between novel characters, historical figures, or a creative writing scenario).
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Hide and Seek' by Vernon Scannell, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around a child's game of hide and…
Give early readers repeated read/write/color practice on the first 100 Fry sight words, in an editable PowerPoint format.
An editable chat-app template (Skype-style) that lets students compose simulated text-message conversations for creative writing, historical roleplay, or novel-character dialogue.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around World War 1 and the suffering of…
A graphic organizer that helps students brainstorm a 'big idea' (watermelon topic) and supporting 'small moment' (seed) ideas for personal narrative writing.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'Letters from Yorkshire' by Maura Dooley, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around a long-distance…
An eighteen-slide GCSE poetry lesson on Vernon Scannell's 'Nettles' opens with author-context biography before two starter discussion slides on over-protective parenting prime students for a first reading of the full poem text. Students then annotate the poem in three line-groups, identifying tone and language devices such as the extended 'regiment of spite' and 'funeral pyre' metaphors, before answering dedicated content and structure questions about the poem's narrative and stanza form. A PETAL (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link) framework, paired with a PROOFREAD self-assessment checklist, scaffolds a formal analytical paragraph, and the lesson closes with an extension task, a genre/form homework assignment, and plenary reflection questions. Teachers building a GCSE poetry scheme of work can pair this with the same PETAL-based approach applied to a different set text in the Half-Past Two poem analysis lesson .
Develop narrative writing and reading-comprehension skills using a short animated film about two llama friends as a shared text.
Give teachers a hamburger-themed writing rubric (two styles: pre-filled and blank) to grade student writing on a 4-point scale.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'First Date -She and First Date - He' by Wendy Cope, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around the nerves…
This lesson can help your students produce and publish writing using technology, including the Internet. It can also help them interact and collaborate with others.
A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis lesson presentation that guides students through close reading and critical analysis of 'When We Two Parted' by Lord Byron.
An interactive digital micro-learning deck that teaches reading comprehension and social-studies vocabulary using an informational article about the Houston livestock show and rodeo.
Have students research a chosen U.S. president and creatively synthesize that research into a fictional social media profile, practicing research, writing, and presentation skills.