LESSONS

• 7 PAGE TO STAGE Changing prose text into script form.
• 9 PICTURE CLUES A sequencing activity.
• 11 POETRY PERFORMANCE Preparing a poem for presentation.
• 13 WATCH OUT! Students draw up a list of safety guidelines.
• 15 USE YOUR LOAF! Rewriting and making up rhyming slang terms.
• 17 IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY... Understanding of register in speech.
• 19 CRACKING THE CODE Students consider sign systems.
• 21 TOO MANY COOKS Students look at proverbs.
• 23 WHO? WHERE? HOW? A collaborative oral activity.
• 25 THE CLUES ARE THERE Clues to a person's character.
• 27 FLAT STANLEY Looking at a play script.
• 29 THE NECKLACE Adapting part of a short story for film.
• 31 WWWWWH! A comprehension activity.
• 33 CAMERA READY Enabling students to write detailed description.
• 35 FRIENDSHIP IS... An activity to generate and evaluate ideas.
• 37 WHATEVER THE WEATHER A script-writing activity.
• 39 STORY MAPS Students present ideas in a flow chart or map.
• 41 DOUBLE MEANINGS The clear, unambiguous use of language.
• 43 GOGGLEBOX Students interview others to gain information.
• 45 APOSTROPHE RULES Students revise the use of the apostrophe.
• 47 MORE THAN WORDS Focusing on non-verbal communication.
• 49 SOUNDING GOOD Students discuss descriptive language.
• 51 DROP THE LETTERS Students play a word game.
• 53 THROW THE DICE An activity based on creating a board game.
• 55 DON'T FORGET THE BACON! Students sort out poem structure.
• 57 LIFE STORY Students do a piece of biographical writing.
• 59 ALPHABET RHYMES A poetry-writing activity.
• 61 MOODY BLUE ETC Choosing descriptive words to create a particular effect.