Teach inference and PEE Paragraphs to students using Pokemon! You don't even need to know anything about Pokemon to use it effectively! These lessons work well as one big rolling lesson so you can move at whatever pace works best. It works well for any age range and any ability. There's a range of activities available from watching an episode and analysing the relationships to creating Pokedex entries about Pokemon. I do not own any rights to Pokemon. All clips have been taken from Youtube and all images from Google.

Revise and test the students’ knowledge of Poetic Devices with a fabulous game show! The game is broken up into two sections: The Generation Game style conveyor belt where students must try to remember the definitions as they go across. Blockbusters where students must name the Poetic Device based off the definitions you give them. (Look up the rules of Blockbusters if you’re unsure. There should be music included but if not, here are the links: Slide 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S623yzR6SY&t=15s Slide 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sZZh9d7d68&t=20s Conveyor Belt slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v9-Nw4nAZg&t=30s This is a lot of fun and my Year 11 class really enjoyed it.

Test your classes on all the things relevant to 2018! A good, fun and productive way to see out the year. 8 rounds of 5 questions including: General Knowledge, Films, Music and more!

Simple resource to encourage writing sentences.

This powerpoint lesson helps students to accurately write a story without going descriptively haywire. The teacher reads through the prompts with the students until a story is created.

Worksheet for students to design a Goosebumps story

Simple PPT encouraging students to create two different Non Fiction texts about the same topic. This is with the idea that they can compare their own work together to see the differences in Purpose and Audience.

A lesson that will encourage creativity and specific detail in story telling.

This was used as an introduction to Media. The lesson focuses on Media Shot Types and Representation of characters. For each Shot Type, students are required to draw a very basic representation of it. There are examples in film for students to discuss also. For Character Representation, access to Guardians of the Galaxy (currently available on Netflix) is required for the final tasks. Note/disclaimer: A bunch of images and information have been taken from various places around the internet.

A lesson on some of 1930s Cinema - Includes Dracula and The Wizard of Oz. Designed to be used alongside Dracula and The Wizard of Oz films. Part of wider analysis of Hollywood films.