Skills

These resources are for teachers who want to help their students to focus on one particular skill.

Reading Lesson Plans

A news-based reading activity chosen by the teacher.

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about astrology, including a jigsaw reading on Western and Chinese astology.

This lesson looks at a few techniques for ‘thinking’ about writing. There are 3 tasks: brainstorming, loop writing and speed writing.

Students learn about mini sagas and try to write one themselves.

Help your students come up with new ideas and find specific information in order to use them.

Amber finds herself in a difficult classroom situation so whizzes back to Shakespearean England to find a solution.

Two audio serializations from the Horror Stories collection. Each instalment is accompanied by a comprehensive lesson plan.

Introduce some creative fun to your class by having your students design a new school t-shirt.

Get your students talking about school spaces and empower them through brainstorming about their learning space.