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Listening Resources
Three worksheets with questions and links to various short TED talks. I used these with National 4 in the run up to their listening assessment. There is also a generic BGE listening task which I used with various film trailers.
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Imagery in Poetry Edna St Vincent Millay Comparative Essay
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.
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The Haunting of Jessop Rise Danny Weston
A PowerPoint and critical essay plan designed to support the teaching of Danny Weston’s novel The Haunting of Jessop Rise.
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Extension Writing Tasks
A selection of short tasks (mostly writing-based) which are great for use as extension tasks. I printed them off, cut them up and let the pupils choose at random which ones they will complete.
Example: In your jotter, write a description of your favourite place. You should use the 5 senses to help you describe this place - sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell."
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Media Study
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.
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Edwin Morgan 8 Mark Question
A PowerPoint with quotes arranged by subject designed to support Nation 5 pupils this year. Each category has a quotation from Glasgow 5th March 1971 (since that's this year's poem) and two quotations from another poem.
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The Polar Express Media Study
Some resources designed to help support teaching The Polar Express. Includes a short PowerPoint and some worksheets.
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Remote Learning Creative Writing
Creative writing resources designed to help pupils who are working from home or working with less support (these were made during the first lockdown). Includes a variety of worksheets which cover different aspects of creative writing (character, dialogue etc.) culminating in writing their own story.
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Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo
Resources designed to support the teaching of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful. Includes a PowerPoint, a write-on essay and WW1 propaganda posters.
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Camping Out Vernon Scannell
A unit of work designed to teach the poem Camping Out by Vernon Scannell, working towards a critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint, the poem itself and a differentiated write-on version of the essay.
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Nettles Vernon Scannell
A short unit of work designed to teach the poem Nettles by Vernon Scannell, culminating in a short class test. Includes work on analysing metaphors.
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RUAE Close Reading Resources
Includes a PowerPoint designed to teach own words, word choice, imagery and sentence structure questions as well as two practice papers and some short tasks which can be used in a carousel.
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Merchant of Venice Resources
Various resources designed to support the teaching of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Includes a PowerPoint and various worksheets and tasks.
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RUAE Close Reading Question Type Guides
Short guides on how to answer own words, word choice, sentence structure and imagery questions in RUAE. Designed for use with National 5 classes but can be adapted for use with other levels.
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Frankenstein Play
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.
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Persuasion and Advertising Resources
A PowerPoint and short writing tasks designed to teach about persuasive techniques and advertising. I used it with my S2 class but it could easily be adapted for other levels.
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Poetry Resources
A selection of various resources for teaching poetry. All used within BGE but easily adapted for other levels.
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Nativity/Nightmare Before Christmas Comparative Essay
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.
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Christmas Media Studies
A collection of different media studies, all based on Christmas films. Includes two comparative essay units and four critical essay units.