The Tempest Spell Writing

’Using creative writing skills, can I write a recipe for a magic spell to summon a storm?'

This lesson was created for a mixed ability Y8 class who were studying The Tempest.

I used this for the last lesson of term, so it was a nice and creative lesson to end on and the students had lots of fun creating their own spells.

The lesson includes an activity where students identify poetic devices in the spell chanted by the witches in Macbeth, and then goes on to support them writing their own spell to conjure a storm (like the Tempest).