A unit of work on the novel Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick. Also includes a simple essay plan. I used this with an S1 Literacy class but it could easily be adapted for other levels.

Includes a PP teaching the short story ‘The Storm’ by McKnight Malmar leading to a short piece of suspenseful writing. Designed to be a short unit to help improve creative writing skills.

A unit designed designed to strengthen listening and creative writing skills. The class will listen to several episodes of The Magnus Archives (a Rusty Quill podcast) and then write their own supernatural statement. I used this with an able S3 class but have also used the listenings with lower level sets for a bit of fun or when doing spooky writing at Halloween.

Resources to teach the film Baby Driver. I used this with a lower-ability S3 class but it could easily be adapted to teach critical essay at N4.

A unit of work designed to teach Anthony Horowitz’s ‘Stormbreaker’. I’ve used it with mixed ability S1 classes.

Resources designed to teach Hitchcock’s film Psycho at Higher English.

I used this unit to teach the novel Holes to an S1 class but it could easily be adapted for P7. Includes a critical essay plan.