<p>A unit to introduce S1 classes to listening assessment and skills.<br /> Unit includes:</p> <ul> <li>Practice assessments</li> <li>Examples of questions</li> <li>Slides talking through pupils how to be active listeners and take notes.</li> <li>A final assessment</li> </ul>

<p>Aimed at a S3 class looking to bank National 4.</p> <p>I usually complete this after doing persuasive writing and before moving onto another short text (either prior to timetable change or just after).</p> <p>Slides include setting on success criteria, going over the N4 standards and an opportunity for reflection.</p>

<p>A unit to help scaffold and support pupils through the new standards for National 4 Added Value Unit.</p> <p>I gave a National 5 style essay question and then gave students a choice from the three texts we’d studied that year.</p> <p>Set includes:</p> <ul> <li>Slides taking pupils through success criteria, structure, writing/talking skills and group discussion.</li> <li>Group discussion checklist</li> <li>Scaffold for Talk and Essay</li> <li>Example talk slides</li> <li>Planning sheet (will need adapted based on what texts you’ve done)</li> </ul>

<p>For the Talk Unit/Element of Higher English (SQA)</p> <p>I teach this as a revision tactic so each pupil chooses one of the themes and poems we’ve studied and then gives a talk.</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Slides for introducing task and breaking it down for them</li> <li>Model presentation</li> </ul>

<p><strong>Disclaimer - this unit is a mixture of my own creation and resources from my department.</strong><br /> Unit aimed as a film study for the 1986 film directed by Rob Reiner. S3 are 13/14</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Recap of media techniques</li> <li>Narrative study - The Hero’s Journey</li> <li>Essay based on character - aimed for National 5</li> <li>Characterisation, Themes and key sequences worksheets.</li> </ul>

<p>National 5 Critical Essay Unit</p> <ul> <li>Aimed for “Animal Farm” by George Orwell</li> </ul> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Essay plan template</li> <li>Completed essay plans</li> <li>Worksheet for each chapter - including tasks and understanding questions.</li> <li>Recap plot sheet</li> <li>Powerpoint</li> </ul>

<p>National 5 Critical Essay Unit</p> <p>“Shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy</p> <p>Unit Includes</p> <ul> <li>Starter sentences</li> <li>Annotated poem</li> <li>Understanding questions</li> <li>Analysis table</li> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Unit plan</li> </ul>

<p>Essay writing Unit aimed at S3s/Year 10s - Based on Babalola’s retelling of the Nigerian myth Ituen &amp; Attem. From her book “Love in Colour”</p> <p>Includes</p> <ul> <li>Copy of the original story</li> <li>Analysing language worksheet</li> <li>Research task on author</li> <li>Discussion Questions</li> <li>Creative writing plan</li> <li>Quote helpsheet</li> <li>Powerpoint for whole unit</li> <li>Essay slides</li> </ul>

<p>Aimed at S3 Scottish Curriculum/ Year 10 in England</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Understanding questions</li> <li>Essay scaffold</li> <li>Extension Tasks</li> <li>Love quotes</li> <li>Essay based on theme of love - practice for National 5.</li> </ul>

<p>Booklet contains</p> <ul> <li>Character breakdown</li> <li>Chapter breakdown</li> <li>Theme breakdown</li> <li>Setting breakdown</li> <li>Understanding questions</li> <li>Past papers from 2014-2024</li> <li>Essay plans (blank and complete)</li> <li>Key Quotes</li> </ul>

<p>Aimed at a National 5 class. For the Scottish Set Text section<br /> Includes</p> <ul> <li>Each poem (with and without annotations)</li> <li>Understanding questions</li> <li>Analysis questions</li> <li>Past Paper questions</li> <li>Question formulas</li> <li>Poetic technique definitions and examples from the poems.</li> <li>Revision ideas.</li> </ul>

<p>Talk Unit aimed at National 3 candidates (either S2 or S3)</p> <p>Pupils get to be creative about what their perfect day would look like. They can also research different events and cultures.</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Slides</li> <li>Planning sheet</li> <li>Discussion tasks to establish success criteria and audience rules.</li> </ul>

<p>Includes</p> <ul> <li>Explanations of the question types</li> <li>Formulas</li> <li>Examples (at least 10 for each)</li> <li>A glossary</li> <li>Revision suggestions</li> </ul>

<p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Essay plan worksheet</li> <li>Persuasive technique worksheet</li> <li>Slides which take them step by step through the writing process.</li> </ul>

<p>Unit is for S2 (Scottish) and is for David Almond’s novel “Skellig”</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Worksheets for chunks for the plot (i.e. chapters 13-16)</li> <li>Plot summary sheet</li> <li>Poster assessment using annotations.</li> </ul>

<p>Complete Unit for S1 (Scotland) or Year 8/9 (England &amp; Wales)<br /> For a mixed ability class, creative writing task/outcome.</p> <p>For Ben Miller’s novel “The Boy Who Made the World Disappear”</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Understanding worksheets</li> <li>Tasks for every couple of chapters</li> <li>Recap of writing techniques.</li> <li>Story planning sheet.</li> </ul>

<p>S2 unit analysing the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Athem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Copies of the poems</li> <li>Annotations on the slides</li> <li>Group discussion questions</li> <li>Analysis questions.</li> </ul>

<p>S2 Unit (scotland) ending with a group discussion about which is better; homeschooling or public schools.</p> <p>Follows on from my Skellig unit - some links to the characters.</p> <p>Unit includes</p> <ul> <li>Powerpoint</li> <li>Research sheet</li> <li>Question preparation</li> <li>Dream school day plan</li> </ul>