Hundreds of teachers have now used and loved Blake’s Red Hot Writing Ideas series. So, if you need quick and easy-to-use ideas to inspire your students to write – this series is for you! This downloadable PDF resource contains a great range of challenging writing tasks, each linked to an illustration, that will inspire students to think about writing in diverse ways.

Most units also include an activity that will encourage students to use and explore correct spelling and grammar conventions and to illustrate some of their responses. These pages are highly suitable for when a regular teacher is absent, to supplement a lesson, as extension work for fast-finishing students or for homework.

Topics include:

• Nouns, verbs, modal auxiliary verbs, adjectives, homophones, phrases
• Punctuation
• Alternatives to ‘said’
• Editing text
• Technical instructions
• Email conventions
• Developing a speech
• Writing rules
• Developing a plan and goals
• Writing humour
• Character profiles
• Privacy and paparazzi issues
• Describing and analysing dreams
  Radio commentary
• A doctor’s medical report
• Emoticons

and many more!