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Hatchet Gary Paulsen
A PowerPoint and essay plan designed to support the teaching of Gary Paulsen’s novel Hatchet.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RUAE/ Close Reading Own Words Word Choice Imagery Sentence Structure
A PowerPoint designed to teach own words, word choice, imagery and sentence structure skills. Includes short passages and questions that can be worked on as a class or individually. Also includes worksheets to allow pupils further practice.
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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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Roald Dahl RUAE/ Close Reading
Some RUAE/close reading resources based around Roald Dahl extracts. Covers word choice, imagery and own words with some resources on sentence structure. Includes a PowerPoint and worksheets for both practising and testing.
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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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War Poetry Dulce and Remains
A unit of work designed to teach Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and Simon Armitage’s Remains. Includes a PowerPoint teaching both poems, a PowerPoint with an annotated version of Remains and an AVU-type comparative essay write-on sheet. Also contains Critical Reading/TA-type assessments.
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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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The Highwayman Alfred Noyes Poetry
A unit of work designed to teach Alfred Noyes’s The Highwayman, culminating in a critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint, the poem itself, a short task on similes and metaphors, a wanted poster and storyboard for extension activities, a critical essay plan and a write-on critical essay.
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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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Christmas Media Studies
A collection of different media studies, all based on Christmas films. Includes two comparative essay units and four critical essay units.