A detailed help sheet to scaffold pupils in the writing of a reflective essay about friendship.

Some resources to support the teaching of this brilliant Scottish short story. Discussion questions, analysis, essay plan etc.

A great booklet to keep pupils focused when viewing the film for the first time. Analysis of which parts effectively create tension in the viewer.

Resources I've been using successfully with Scottish Higher pupils (age 16/17) in order to support their writing of critical essays. The pack includes templates for initial internet research, 2 model essays, detailed notes on the whole poem, questions on each part of the poem, a step by step essay plan and more... (If Miss Reid, who uploaded my accidentally incomplete first unit is able to contact me, I will email her this full version)

Work to suit secondary pupils in S3/4 (age 14+) A set of questions to support pupil analysis of the text, and then a detailed essay plan to help pupils write an essay about the range of feelings communicated in the poem.

A set of detailed notes about the significance of Paulina, with all important quotations typed in bold, collated in preparation for our senior school study of ‘The Winter’s Tale’. Part of preparation for the Advanced Higher English exam in Scotland.

A Power point with background information about the life of Christy Brown. A great resource for introducing the autobiography or the film.

A set of questions about all 10 chapters of this lovely short novel. 'Stars Shall Be Bright ' is a terrific story inspired by the true story of the Quintinshill rail disaster where more than 200 first world war soldiers were killed in the UK's worst ever rail collision. This Barrington Stoke book is specifically developed to support dyslexic readers, but can be used with all pupils.

Analysis of film reviews and then essay plan. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed these tasks.

Lots of resources that I use when teaching 'The Merchant of Venice' to S4 (age 15/16) pupils. Questions on each scene, group discussion tasks on key themes, essay plans on several topics and more...

A set of questions to accompany the fantastic short film New Boy written by Roddy Doyle.

A powerpoint to introduce Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange'. Key information about characterisation, plot, theme, and explanations of dystopia, totalitarianism etc. Youtube links to other supporting materials.

A teacher's 'model' of a potential national 4 Added Value unit (a Scottish assessment which requires pupils to analyse/compare two texts). Compares the Jimmy McGovern drama 'Common' with a newspaper article. Suitable for any media study.

A fun activity for new secondary pupils. I get them to complete this first and then use it as a stimulus for a group discussion activity.

A worksheet that I created for revision purposes before National 5 and Higher English exams in Scotland. (But suitable for England too) Tackles parenthesis, repetition, listing, colons, semi-colons etc. Pupils said this really helped them clarify how to answer many of the exam questions.

Pages of important quotations for each character, essay plan , group discussion questions, setting and symbolism notes.

Detailed summaries of each act, with important quotations highlighted. Questions on each act. Detailed essay plans to support pupils writing two different critical evaluations. Discussion tasks for assessing talk.

A really fun exercise to assess listening based on a great wee story - 'Mary's Hair' by Eoin Colfer. Questions and answer key included Text published by Barrington Stoke.

Questions on the whole play, a drama activity and a writing task

After studying ‘The Highwayman’ poem by Alfred Noyes, this is a fully scaffolded helpsheet to enable pupils to write a detailed evaluation of the poem, focusing on poetic techniques used to create atmosphere.