Some RUAE/close reading resources based around Roald Dahl extracts. Covers word choice, imagery and own words with some resources on sentence structure. Includes a PowerPoint and worksheets for both practising and testing.

A PowerPoint designed to teach the novel The Extinction Trials by S.M. Wilson. Also includes an essay plan to support end of unit essay writing. I used this with a middle set S3 class but it could be adapted for use with any secondary class.

A variety of starter tasks in a PowerPoint - includes riddles, grammar work, short writing stimuli and more.

Resources designed to support teaching the poem Seagulls by Brian McCabe. Includes a PowerPoint, the poem and some worksheets.

A unit of work designed to teach Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and Simon Armitage’s Remains. Includes a PowerPoint teaching both poems, a PowerPoint with an annotated version of Remains and an AVU-type comparative essay write-on sheet. Also contains Critical Reading/TA-type assessments.

Questions for a class to answer while watching the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. I used them with a mixed S3 class but they could easily be adapted for use at different levels. Also contains an answer guide.

A short unit of work designed to support the teaching of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and a related critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint and three differentiated essay plans.

A PowerPoint designed to help pupils prepare for their SNSA - includes work on punctuation (commas, apostrophes etc.), clauses and various small tasks which test understanding. Can also be used as starter tasks.

Some resources designed to help support teaching The Polar Express. Includes a short PowerPoint and some worksheets.

A variety of resources designed to support the teaching of Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder. Includes a PowerPoint, essay plans, example essays and th story itself. I used it to teach National 5 but it could be adapted for other levels.

A unit of work designed to support BGE classes with writing a scary story about a haunted house. Includes a PowerPoint and some differentiated paragraph writing worksheets.

Resources designed to support the teaching of the play Frankenstein, adapted by Phillip Pullman from Mary Shelley’s novel. Includes a PowerPoint, a write-on critical essay, a critical essay plan and a diary writing activity.

A unit designed to teach the play adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Includes a PP and an essay plan. I used this with a top set S3 class but it could be adapted for other ages/levels.

A unit designed to teach the films Nativity! and The Nightmare Before Christmas leading to a comparative essay. Includes reviews for comparison. I taught this to a mixed ability S2 but it could easily be adapted for other levels.

Various resources designed to support teaching Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire. I used these with an S5/6 Higher class. Includes a PowerPoint, one example essay and some revision worksheets.

A PowerPoint designed to teach own words, word choice, imagery and sentence structure skills. Includes short passages and questions that can be worked on as a class or individually. Also includes worksheets to allow pupils further practice and hallway tasks for a bit of fun.

A PowerPoint and essay plan designed to support the teaching of Guillermo del Toro’s film Pacific Rim. I used with a mixed S1 class but could be adapted for other levels.

This teaches two poems by Edna St Vincent Millay - Wild Swans & Ebb. It looks at the imagery used in both ans works towards a comparative AVU-type essay. I used it with a top S3 set but it could be adapted for use with other levels.

Short class test, worth 20 marks, designed to test own words and word choice skills using short passages and simple questions.