Students will explore a non-fiction text using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing framework through interactive activities. The newspaper article is based on the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman. The final task will showcase students’ ability to independently write a newspaper article using expanded sentences and prepositions in well structured paragraphs. This resource features the following: Newspaper article True and false game for to check comprehension New vocabulary and dictionary work Story map Expanded sentences using conjunctions Basic prepositions Extended pieces of writing Highlighting activity Matching activity Comparison with a second article Boxing up activity Assessing positive vs. negative aspects of article Spelling test Step-by-step paragraph writing …and much more! Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 89 slides Printable newspaper article in color and b/w Printable newspaper article template Printable vocabulary worksheet in color and b/w Printable captions for story map Printable expanded sentences worksheet Printable story map template Printable positives vs. negatives worksheet in color and b/w Printable matching activity worksheet Printable second newspaper article in color and b/w Printable fill in the blanks conjunctions worksheet Printable newspaper article assessment template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2022 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by working in partners following a script to role-play questions and answers about The Globe Theatre. To consolidate their learning, students will watch a video on The Globe Theatre and make their own notes using the information they have heard. They will be given a worksheet to label The Globe Theatre and then they will check and correct their worksheet. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable role-play question and answer script Printable Label The Globe Theatre worksheet ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

A fun revision game to remember which character said which quote! The class can be split into two and each side can take turns to guess which character said the quote for a point. Includes: Animated powerpoint presentation game of 20 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

This is an engaging introduction to who Charles Dickens was and how his background influenced his writing. Students will use information from a mind map and video to work in partners and create a picture collage on Dickens’ life. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin the lesson by creating a mind map of what they already know about William Shakespeare. They will then play a memory game using images associated with William Shakespeare and his work. After watching a video based on his life, students will make their own notes to use for a collage. They will collaborate with one another to share facts about William Shakespeare which will have them excited and engaged as they walk around the classroom to learn different facts from one another. They will work in groups to collate their facts to add to the collage. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable facts on Shakespeare ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will explore symbolism and their significance in the novel. They will be assigned a student in the class and draw for them a symbol based on what they know about them. This will explore the negative feelings associated with certain symbols and allow students to empathise with Shmuel. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by watching a short video regarding Nazis (BBC Bitesize must be accessible). They will use their inference skills to understand the effect of Lieutenant Kotler’s transfer on Bruno’s family. Students will organise quotes about Gretel into two categories which will help explain her character development and change throughout the course of the novel. Using this information, students will write a couple of paragraphs to explain how Gretel’s character changed. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 9 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

This resource will teach students analytical skills and introduce the famous poet Rupert Brooke. Through 7+ hours of games, videos, tasks, and analysis, students will gain confidence in probing language and interpreting layers of meaning. Students will apply their knowledge by writing a PETERS paragraph following the assessment objectives. The resource also includes a bonus modeled paragraph on how war is presented in the poem (can be compared to Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’). Assessment objectives can be typed in on the slides where appropriate. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 10 slides Annotated poem with probing questions Printable BINGO cards + answer key Printable question cards Printable Rupert Brooke’s biography sheets Printable copy of the poem Printable modelled paragraph Printable information table Printable images and words for walk-through art gallery ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will use a printable Venn diagram template for a side-by-side comparison of Bruno’s old and new house. This lesson explores the thoughts and feelings of the main character by probing language and using quotes. Students will show their understanding by writing a PEE paragraph and challenging themselves by using ambitious vocabulary. The lesson ends with a quick round of comprehension questions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable Venn diagram (answers included) ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will role-play scenarios to understand the relationship between Bruno and Father. The lesson checks students’ understanding with comprehension questions (answers included) and a paired activity before culminating with paragraph writing on Father’s character and his relationship with his son. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will identify implicit and explicit sentences through an engaging game and then apply their knowledge by completing a table on the description of Lieutenant Kotler. Students will probe and analyse language and its effects by looking deeper into the characters of the Lieutenant and Pavel. The lesson will end with independent writing to answer, “How does John Boyne present Lieutenant Kotler in Chapter 7?” Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 21 slides Printable Venn diagram ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will take a closer look at Maria’s character and hot-seat her in pairs to make inferences. They will use the information to complete an analysis table on characterisation. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

In an outstanding lesson, student will work collaboratively in groups to identify the roles of each character using parts of a bicycle as a metaphor. They will delve deeper into the characterisation of Shmuel and explore his implicit and explicit traits as they jot down words and quotes around a figure outline. Individually, students will complete a quotes analysis table on Shmuel and then watch an accompanying short video of Bruno’s encounter with his new friend. Students will explore Bruno’s thoughts and feelings through diary writing and then peer assess work using a checklist. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable writing checklist Printable figure outline Printable bicycle starter activity in colour and b/w ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will create a storyboard of significant events in the chapter using captions and illustrations. In groups, students will discuss whether Bruno did the right thing by betraying his friend and lying to save himself from getting into trouble. To showcase their ideas, students will debate the topic with the teacher moderating and allowing turns for rebuttals. Students will use the information to confidently write a PETER paragraph independently using quotes from the chapter as evidence to support their points. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable storyboard template ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

An engaging dive into the context of the novel and Hitler’s rise to power where students will work in groups to read information regarding the Holocaust. The context sheets can be passed on from group to group during the activity or set up as stations around the classroom where the students move to them instead! Important keywords are explored in this lesson as students work together to fill out their context table. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 7 slides Printable context information sheets - Adolf Hitler - The Rise of the Nazis - Propaganda and its Effects - 25 Point Programme - Consequences of the Munich Putsch Printable context information table ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

In this lesson, students will explore four literary elements to make their writing powerful: Emotive language Powerful adjectives Movement verbs Rhetorical questions By exploring the text A Place for Plastic, students will explore key themes and ideas, new vocabulary, and answer questions related to the language. Through interactive games and activities, students will work in pairs and individually to analyse the language in the text in order to understand the author’s message. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 15 slides Printable worksheets and differentiated resources ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ �� ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2022 The Nifty Ninja

The conversation of the businessmen held great significance in Stave 4 as they highlighted Scrooge’s character through jest. After reading their conversation, students will highlight clues from the extract and answer questions independently. They will explore Scrooge’s thoughts and feelings by writing a diary entry. Sentence starters are provided for the independent piece of writing and students will challenge themselves by explaining Scrooge’s remorse for his actions. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable extract ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

The complete scheme of work for Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl consisting of 18 pages. This resource includes the plan for 8 interactive and engaging lessons where students will work in groups to become detectives and solve the murder mystery! Students will meet the learning objectives by analysing clues, watching videos, creating mind maps, and making inferences with plenty of assessment opportunities along the way. This resource includes a complete BONUS lesson for the first lesson in the scheme of work with ready to print resources and PowerPoint presentation. Includes: • Printable 8 lesson scheme of work (18 pages) • Printable resources for BONUS lesson • Printable lesson plan for BONUS lesson • Animated PowerPoint presentation for BONUS lesson ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will begin by exploring different possible endings and then writing their own final chapter, using varying sentence structures. Students will look at a couple of the significant lines in the last chapter and interpret their meanings by discussing with their peers and then sharing their ideas with the class. Students will be given a checklist of what needs to be included and in groups, they will annotate an already written book review to discuss what can be improved. Using a template as a guide, students will write their own review for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas before peer assessing their work. At the end of this unit, the film can be watched and compared to the novel and a film review can be written and used as an assessment (not included). Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 8 slides Printable book review template Printable book review example ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja

Students will start with a discussion around the prominent themes in the novel so far. Focussing on the theme of fear, the lesson will look at Maria’s fear of her superiors by locating quotes to evidence this. Using a modelled paragraph, students will label for PETER and then write their own couple of paragraphs to answer, “How does John Boyne show that Shmuel is afraid in these lines?” Students will self-assess their work. Includes: Animated PowerPoint presentation of 6 slides Printable modelled paragraph ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We’d love to hear from you! Tes ✧ Blog ✧ Twitter ✧ Facebook ✧ Instagram ✧ Pinterest ✧ Email ©2021 The Nifty Ninja