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Divided City Theresa Breslin
A PowerPoint designed to teach Theresa Breslin’s Divided City. I used it for a lower set S3 but it could be adapted for other levels.
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The Others (2001) Media Study
Resources designed to support the teaching of the 2001 film The Others and a related critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint (also included as a PDF file), worksheets, a talking task and a critical essay plan.
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Storm Catchers Tim Bowler
Includes a PowerPoint, crtiical essay plan and a plan for an associated writing task for the novel Strom Catchers by Tim Bowler.
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Seagulls Brian McCabe Poetry
Resources designed to support teaching the poem Seagulls by Brian McCabe. Includes a PowerPoint, the poem and some worksheets.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas Media Study
A PowerPoint, essay plan and various other worksheets designed to support the teaching of the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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The Evil Within
A unit of work on Catherine MacPhail’s dyslexia-friendly novel The Evil Within. Focuses on literacy strategies. Includes a PP, a workbook and an essay scaffold. I used it with an ASN S2 class but could be adapted for other levels.
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National 5 RUAE/Close Reading Resources
Seven passages and questions on N5-level skills such as effective introduction and conclusion, own words, word choice, imagery, sentence structure and writer’s language.
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Tally's Blood National 5 Scottish Set Text Resources
This is a PowerPoint and associated worksheets for teaching Ann Marie Di Mambro’s play Tally’s Blood as a Scottish Set Text for National 5 English. The PowerPoint also includes teaching the 8 mark question. Also includes a collection of 6 SST practices, including one without an 8 mark question and one with an extra 8 mark question.
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In Your Own Words Resources
Worksheets designed to help teach pupils to answer ‘in your own words’ questions. I used them with my National 4 class but could be used at any level to teach the skill.
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RUAE/Close Reading Bundle
All the RUAE/close reading resources currently on my shop. These are a variety of levels, from BGE up to Higher but could easily be adapted for other levels.
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Scots Poetry Unit
A unit of work designed to teach Scots poetry. The poems included are Shug the Claw by Gerry Cambridge, 6 O’clock News by Tom Leonard, A Dug, A Dug by Billy Keys and Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket by Margaret Hamilton. The unit works up to writing a newspaper article in Scots. Also includes a short Scots word quiz.
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Shrek Media Study Film Unit
Designed for teaching the 2001 film Shrek as a critical essay text. Includes a PowerPoint designed to take pupils through the essay as well as worksheets for use beforehand. Also includes a short group talking task which can be used as an extension task. Designed for use with a fairly low ability class, but could be adapted to be used with less support.
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A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury
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.
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Discursive Essay Resources
A PowerPoint and basic essay plan to help guide pupils through writing a basic discursive essay. Also includes some other worksheets for extra help if necessary. Designed for use with a National 5 class, but can be adapted for use with other levels.
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Home Alone 2 Media Study
A short unit of work designed to support the teaching of Home Alone 2 and a related critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint and three differentiated essay plans.
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The Extinction Trials S. M. Wilson
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.
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Imagery Worksheet
A worksheet designed to be used for revising the analysis of similes and metaphors.
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Merchant of Venice Social Media Profiles
A series of worksheets with fake blank Facebook pages for main characters in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice including Shylock and Portia. Great for an extension activity.
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Lists Rhetorical Questions Resources
Worksheets for teaching lists and rhetorical questions as part of RUAE/close reading. I used them with S1 and S2 classes, but they could be adapted for use with other levels.