Powerpoint looking at key aspects of giving a good talk

A unit of work on satire looking at episodes of 'Family Guy'. Resources can be altered for use with episodes of The Simpsons, Futurama, Americn dad etc.

A unit of work based on the teen vampire film 'Twilight'. Students will learn how to analyse the film and look at how cinematic techniques are used for a particular purpose.

A unit of work looking at the horror genre and providing scaffolding to help classes write their own scary stories

Full question and answer listening activities for a wide range of 'Round The Twist' television episodes. Each powerpoint contains 20 questions based on a specific episode. Range of questions that test a range of skills from basic recall to recognition of various writer's techniques and poetic devices. The television series is based on the imaginative short stories of Paul Jennings and is extremely popular with a wide range of ages - especially since they will never have seen the programme before. Each episode is available free to watch on YouTube (links to a variety provided including a word document contining the link to the official 'Round The Twist' YouTube channel containing the episodes. Each episode lasts around 20 mins, so with the questions and answers there is more than enough for each listening test to last for a full period. Perfect activities for engaging pupils and revising writers technique in a fun way.

A full unit of work looking at a selection of poems written during World War 1, Created for a unit lasting for 11 1hr lessons. Includes all deatiled lesson plans and worksheets as well as various differentiated tasks. I normally show an episode of Blackadder, the film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' or a documentary on WW1 in order to act as a prompt for some of the activites and to give a fuller background on the conflict and the conditions of the soldiers. Assessment in the form of a critical essay and creative writing.

Lesson for talking task based on the concept of Room 101