This is a stand alone double lesson. The first part focuses on developing creative writing with prompts from 2001 Space Odyssey. The second part is writing a newspaper article based on 2001 Space Odyssey. This is a very visual lesson and has been very popular with the students that I teach.

Exposure Wilfred Owen

The Tempest Caliban Act 1 Scene 2

For use with new GCSE 1-9

The Laboratory by Robert Browning

Introduction to Gothic and Wuthering Heights

Resource for spelling 'a lot'

Activity to help students learn and remember word types by studying new words to enter the dictionary and invented words. Students also invent their own words, inspired by the book, 'The Meaning of Liff', by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.

Irony in The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Growth Mindset introduction to 1984

Help students understand the difference between nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Wuthering Heights Gothic Sublime

Use a cupboard of under a table for students to perform a radio-play to the rest of the class. Can be used for any drama or non-drama text. Great for Speaking assessments, especially if students are less confident when openly performing.

Carol Ann Duffy Meeting Midnight

Descriptive writing using the opening of 1984 and images as inspiration

Non Fiction Colour Symbolism Advertisements

Born Yesterday by Philip Larkin

The Kite Runner using Blooms and Modern Art

Students are given the task of designing a lesson on the Holocaust to promote empathy and understanding.

Under Milk Wood Dreams

A quick thinking activity to get students to consider characters in a novel they are reading.