Full unit of work on the short story 'The Sniper' by Liam O'Flaherty. Supported PPT to lead pupils through critical essay. Unit designed and used many times successfully with S3 and National 4/3. Added support sheets for less able pupils.

Annotated poem and lessons on Basking Shark for Higher Textual Analysis.

A full set of lessons exploring the character of Sybil Birling.

PPTs and core booklets for pupils and completed analysis for teachers. Hexagonal revision included. Starters and sequence cards.

Lessons for each chapter, with PPTs and core booklets. Summaries, cloze passages, key quotes explained, concept cartoons, true or false, pupil and teacher copies of all work. Gatsby party planning. Chapters 1-5 resources included for teaching.

A simple booklet to take pupils through the short story ‘The Sniper’ by Liam O’Flaherty. Ends with a straightforward critical essay task that is based on their learning throughout. PPT to match with answers and starters.

Fully supported with key quotes and starter sentences. Helps to structure a key theme essay, writing for the first time, using PEE structures.

Using cooperative learning, set of lessons that helps pupils teambuild. Very effective lessons that pupils enjoyed and led to reflection on social skills as well as behaviour management. Used to establish cooperative techniques and introduce the course. Can be used at any level of secondary school.

An introduction to word choice, connotation and word intensity. Used with middle ability S2 and supported S4 (National 3/4) and worked well.

Full set of lessons for S1 - S3 class of mixed ability.

To help students understand Eva Smith’s character across the play.

PPT and matching booklet deepening understanding of Inspector Goole. Includes visible thinking tasks, key quotes and word banks to describe Goole as a character. Links made to key themes.

Assessment with marking scheme. To prepare students for Duffy TA in National 5.

PPT and Talk Unit using three talks from YouTube. Both complement each other. Designed for S2 and S3 level, but could work for National 4 also.

Focus on flashback structure and language. PPT designed for pupils to work through at their own pace after initial teaching. S1 focus but can be used to support creative writing in S2-S4 supported sets. Outcome: WW1 short story. Pupils very positive about this work - especially boys who are not particularly motivated.

Decoding context clues - National 6

Strategies to help pupils access question types at Higher level. Two single passages to help with skills. Examples for each type of question. A full resource to teach close reading - I will create model answer PPTs to match this booklet.

ANNOTATED COPIES OF POEMS FOR TEACHING.

Ideas for NPD 2020

An introduction to PIE for S1.