10 x Famous Novels Wordsearches English Literature Starter Settler Cover Wordsearch

10 x Wordsearches on the theme of 'Famous Novels'.





1. 1984 by George Orwell


2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl


3. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


5. Moby Dick by Herman Melville


6. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens


7. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens


8. Peter Pan by JM Barrie


9. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle


10. Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs





Powerpoint so can be used on the board or printed as a worksheet.





Includes space for students to explain the keywords and suggested extension activities. Can take 10 minutes or an hour, depending on which activities the students complete.





Ideal for the start of a lesson, a quick filler, a homework, part of a cover lesson or as a plenary on the board with a whiteboard pen.





The idea behind these is to get students to become more literate and think independently about the words that could be used to describe the topic being taught. The repetition of the word over and over as they look for the word is useful in remembering the terms. Often the students will pick up on things that you would not normally expect!