Revision Letter
Resources:A syllabus sheet?A letter template hereWhat to do:This post is inspired after a brief chat with @Marcus_Leach about his idea of angry revision letters. I have adapted what he shared with […]
Text Graphs
Resources:None!What to do:I picked up this activity in a Year 8 English lesson. (Thank you to the my English Dept. again!) Whilst looking at Narrative, focusing on the genre of romance, […]
What/Who Am I?
Resources:NothingWhat to do:Teacher can present a series of statements on the board or read them out loud. The idea is for students to associate the clues to a relevant topic/keyword from […]
Back to Back
Resources:A description/a piece of text.What to do:Students should sit back to back with each other.One by one they should read out their descriptions. Whilst one is reading the other is […]
Wall of Wonderful Words
Resources:None!What to do:I have seen this in an English AST’s class here at my school.She has created a Wall Of Wonderful Words. The wall contains words that students have used […]
Walking Talking Mock
Resources: PowerPoints x4 (AQA Higher, AQA Foundation, Cambridge IGCSE Core, Cambridge IGCSE Extended) Past Papers x 4: (AQA Higher: Jan 2011; AQA Founation: Jan 2011; IGCSE Core: Specimen Paper [School […]
Advent Time
Resources:Click HEREWhat to do:Discover a new book every day with this literacy/reading based advent calendar by the Book Trust!
Pic of the day-LMYL
Resources: A Smartboard/projector/screen and your choice of picture and writing challenge from http://lendmeyourliteracy.com/category/pic-of-the-day/ What to do: This free resource aims to encourage young people to engage in creative writing. Designed […]
Thumb Prints
Resources:Some images of thumb prints. Image from http://artclassinspiration.blogspot.co.uk What to do:Students can use this activity in a variety of ways. The idea is to make a large scale thumb print either […]
Instant Punctuation
Resources: You will need a PC or Mac with a projector for this activity. An interactive board makes it easier, but is not essential. You can download the software for […]