Unit of work exploring the short story of Liam O'Flaherty leading to a critical exploration of the text. Lessons include - Exploration of the role of The Sniper - Annotation and analysis of the text - Close Reading Activities - Critical Essay Resources

Unit of Work based on The Enemy by Charlie Higson. Unit leads up to a critical essay on the novel. Pupils do a variety of activites including: - Inference Skills - Individual and Paired Reading - Creative Writing - Writing a Letter - Storyboards and Timelines - Group Talks

Unit of work looking at the play Slab Boys by John Bryne - leading to pupils being able to answer questions on The Scottish Text. Resources include: - Styles of comedy - Introduction to Text - Analysis of quotes - Links between scenes - Thinking Deeper about the text

Resources to help pupils understand and analyse the story ‘Superman and Paula Brown’s Snowsuit’ by Slyvia Plath. There are resources that can be tailored to Higher or National 5 courses. These resources will allow young people to examine: Character Turning Point Setting Themes Symbolism and prepare for a Critical Essay

Pupils research the topic of school uniforms and write a letter to their headteacher about this topic. These resources include Powerpoints for each stage of the unit, letter plans and articles for the pupils to research the topic.

Resources on the novel Harry Potter by JK Rowling. Resources include - Examing if Harry Potter is a traditional hero - Writing resources - including writing a Quidditch match report - Reading chapters with questions - Looking at specific scenes - Good vs Evil

Scaffolded unit that explores four poems with the theme of loss: - My Busconductor - Roger McGough - The Identification - Roger McGough - Sorting Through - Liz Lochhead - Mid Term Break - Seamus Heaney The lessons go from class work-group work-paired work and individual work for each poem. There is also workbooklets to extend the work for two of the poems.

Unit of work exploring the novel Crossing The Line by Gillian Philips. Pupils will be able to write an essay on this novel by the end of the unit. Resources include: - Reading Logs - Weekly Activity Sheets - Writer's Craft worksheets -Openings and Endings - Writer's Message

Unit of Work exploring the novel Crossing The Line by Gillian Philips. Unit leads up to a critical essay of the novel Resources include: - Paired Reading Tasks - Inference Tasks - Look at relationships in novel - Summarising and Theme

Unit of Work for novel Bomb by Sarah Mussi. The novel is about a girl who wakes up strapped to a bomb and details what happens next. It is a hard-hitting novel that allows young people to explore themes such as extremisism Unit leads up to pupils writing a critical essay on the novel and materials are focussed on National Five but could be adapted. Tasks include: - writing mini-essays - Analysis of Quotes - Looking at key themes and scenes

Resources to help pupils study the play Othello Resources include: - Turning Point - Theme - Scene studies - Key Quotes and Essay Plans

Six PowerPoints that will take pupils through annotation of the Scottish Text Duffy poems - suitable for National 5 or Higher.

Lesson Plans and resources that allows pupils to explore Spooky poetry. Activities include: - Spooky Bingo Cards - Writing a Monster Poem - Poetry Detectives - different poems

Unit of work for the novel “Once” by Morris Gleitzman. Due to the nature of the book and the short chapters the unit is designed for the chapters to be read in class. There are guides for each chapter to help the pupils focus on what is happening. Each Powerpoint focuses on a different chapter and task. Tasks include: Storyboarding Understanding and Inference Questions Studying character Studying theme Descriptive Writing Creating tension There are also resources on pupils doing a group task on the chapters and resources to help write a critical essay on the main character, Felix.

Resources to help pupils study and develop their analysis skills of the play "Tally's Blood" This is aimed for National 5 pupils but could be adapted to suit other curriculum. Resources include: - Quote analysis and essay skills - Exploring relationships - Key scene

Unit of work and revision resources for Higher pupils studying Sunset Song. Course has materials for pupils to write a critical essays and answer questions on Scottist Text section of the course. Resources Include: - Key Quotes - Homework and Revision Resources - Work on each chapter - Look at the key themes

Resources to help pupils study the play Macbeth. Resources include: - Essay plans and sample plans - Scene by scene PPTs - Looking at tension and turning point - Character studies

Unit of work for the novel Tribes by Catherine MacPhail. The unit uses class, pair and individual reading to explore the novel and has a range of activities to explore character and theme. There are revision resources as well and listening and Reading for UAE practices. There are also resources to help pupils write a critical essay.