A PowerPoint with accompanying worksheet on book genres. Students are asked to complete a variety of activities including the final written task. This is a whole lesson which includes a class discussion and group work.

A wordsearch including 17 different pets. Ideal to use as a starter acavity or an extension task.

A wordsearch including 25 European capital cities. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A booklet that explores some of the weird and wonderful hoaxes of the Internet. Fake websites range from the endangered tree octopus to an online pregnancy scanner. Learners are asked to evaluate the sites and decide why things on the page may not be as they seem. At the end of the resource the learners are asked to look at some less controversial conspiracy theories such as time travel and life on Mars. This is a light-hearted and fun lesson designed to remind learners not to believe everything they see on the internet.

A wordsearch of Charles Dickens novels. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch containing Agatha Christie novels. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch containing modern and ancient religions. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch of Spanish words for fruit. Clues are given in English and the words need to be found in Spanish. Space is given for the students to jot down the Spanish names. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A crossword of Spanish names for fruit. The clues are written in English and the answers are the Spanish word for that fruit. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch containing the characters of Macbeth. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch based on the characters of Romeo and Juliet. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch containing films starring Tom Cruise. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch including the names of Neil Gaiman books. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch containing the names of British poets. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A wordsearch including the names of classic American authors. Ideal to use as a starter or extention task.

A colourful crossword for the revision of language features and persuasive writing techniques. Ideal for revision of GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 2. Clues include testing the learners on both definitions of the terms and how they effect a reader.

This is a dyslexia friendly Power Point with green slides. The learners are guided through the process of creating an excellent newspaper report on a recent sports day. The lesson lasts 1- 2 hours. It includes an activity for groups, (a three minute word bomb) planning activities with a mind map and key tips on what the examiners are looking for. Attention is paid to purpose and audience and the learners are encouraged to use language features in their work.

Ideal for English GCSE or Functional Skills. This is a Power Point with four catchphrase boards. Each board has the answer slide covered by nine squares. The learners choose a square and answer the question to remove the square, revealing part of the answer slide. The winner is the learner who guesses the catchphrase on the answer slide. It is an enjoyable and fun game for a class. This game cannot be played during a slide show. *Please remember not to 'save changes' when you have moved all the squares.

Three word-searches based on 16 different presentational features with colour and pictures. The word-searches have varying difficulty levels. Wordsearch One - Star shaped with 10 presentational features to find. Wordsearch Two - Large square wordsearch with 16 presentational features to find. Wordsearch Three - Large Diamond wordsearch with 11 presentational features to find. Ideal for GCSE English Language or Functional Skills Level 1-2.

A whole lesson on writing essays using PEA including a starter activity and research using the internet. 21 slides. The starter activity involves putting the number 10 at one side of the classroom and 0 at the other side of the classroom and the classroom needs to be cleared on one side to allow the learners change to decide where they stand on the scale of 0-10. Learners are encouraged to write extensive paragraphs. The learners are guided through the process of writing an essay. This lesson is ideal for GCSE English Language and learners who are just starting to write essays.