This resource contains a high quality example of a critical essay that tackls the theme of racism in ‘The Test’ by Angelica Gibbs.

This resource is an activity that includes point statements and quotations about the changing character of Lady Macbeth for students to analyse.

This resource includes quotations and prompt questions that assist in writing PEER paragraphs for an essay that deals with a character who changes.

This resource includes identification of the key scene/ turning point of the play and a skeleton plan for answering an exam question on ‘KEY SCENE/ TURNING POINT’

This power point includes: how to answer imagery questions in the National 5 or Higher exam and includes worked examples and tasks that can be completed by students.

This resource includes a non-fiction newspaper article- ‘The Urban Fox’ and a Sow in power point form. The SoW uses the six Active Literacy strategies to help pupils understand and access the passage. This recource is ideal for use with S1& S2 or Year 6 and Year 7 students as an introduction to Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluating (RUAE).

This resource takes National 4 students through the Added Value Unit. It uses an example of the film ‘SouthPaw’ and film reviews as sources in order to help students complete the 700 word task.

Ideal for use with Higher classes who have studies Slab Boys as their Scottish Text. This resource includes quotations and detailed analysis and tackles some of the major themes explored in the text. An ideal study tool that will prepare pupils for the Scottish Texts element of the Higher exam, or indeed their prelim exam.

This resource includes: evidence to suggest that the sale of fireworks should be banned in the uk Paragraph plan for a persuasive essay Model essay with task This resource is ideal for Ks3 or Level 3 students who are learning the skill of persuasive writing. It can also be used with weaker National 5 students who may be at risk of defaulting their folio.

This resource is an ideal way to prepare students for the Scottish Texts National 5 paper. I used it with S3 students in order to prepare them for annotating and analysing poetry independently and to explain the 8- mark question structure.

A National 5/ GCSE resource aimed at supporting Critical Essay writing. This pack includes a selection of key quotations, a well-structured example essay and some possible National 5/ GCSE exam questions. This should be used after teaching the play in order to support essay writing.

This resource includes a worked example of an 8 mark Scottish Text question. There are opportunities for students to copy examples/ structural plans and to complete independent tasks.

Comprehension questions that relate to Act 1 of ‘Sailmaker’ by Alan Spence. A good way for N5 classes to generate detailed notes (including quotations) that relate to this Scottish text. Could be assigned as a homework or class task.

This resource includes guidance on completing a research project into a Geek god or gorgon. It also includes a talk assessment sheet.

This resource included shots of key scenes from the film and an example of how to write a PEE paragraph for a media essay.

This activity includes model paragraphs/ stimulus for writing a scary Halloween story. I used this with my class after spending time learning about developing setting, character and plot. Pupils were given a stimulus picture and asked to write a descriptive story in 45 minutes in order to give a snapshot of their ability/ learning.

This resource supports students when finding information about the character of Kevin from the film Home Alone. This can be used as part of a media study of the film to help students discuss aspects of characterisation. Ideal for KS3 and BGE classes.

This is a simple homework task that asks pupils to create similes and metaphors for scary images. This is perfect to use as homework or a starter/ extension task around Halloween time! This resource is perfect for KS3 or BGE students in S1-S3.