Chapters 5 and 6 of the novel (critical analysis / questions / video summary of events / audiobook links to chapters / questions which require pupils to select evidence from the novel / learning intentions and success criterias included / exit passes / SNL alternate ending starring james franco / end of novel questions on chapters 1-6 / background to the american dream / lesson on theme / each characters dreams explained / plot summary and theme printouts

This resource includes a PP lesson on persuasive writing, along with techniques to boost a persuasive piece, SQA exemplar pieces (good and bad) which pupils will be asked to critique, a barack obama speech pupils can analyse and pick out emotive language/rhetorical questions/power of 3 etc there is also a printable 8 page booklet which can be given to pupils in order to aid their folio writing at home (includes writing frames / AFOREST acronym / self-assessment checklist / sources consulted / plan outline / word match

Visiting Hour by Norman MacCaig PP includes: listening exercise (poem read by poet and pupils must answer questions) - what can we infer from the title? / using our 5 senses to describe a setting / introduction to an unseen poem / looking at word choice, structure and imagery / stanzas 1-4 broken down and explained / stanza 6 and 7 left blank for pupils to annotate and analyse themselves / exam style questions and answers