This is a colourful, engaging and detailed unit of work designed for S1/2. The unit is predominantly PP led with lots of exciting and inspiring tasks throughout. There are also numerous additional worksheets and examples short stories attached; the PowerPoint informs you if and when you should use them. This really is an excellent resource and includes all you need to teach the main conventions of Creative Writing: Characterisation, Setting, Plot Structure etc. Enjoy! :)

This is a complete unit of work to support the study of Scottish novel, “The Haunting of Jessop Rise,” which was shortlisted for The Scottish Teenage Book Trust in 2016. The unit of work contains a variety of resources and materials including: listening activities, creative writing, RUAE, characterisation resources and much more. There is also a Critical Essay plan with guidance at the end of the unit.

This is a comprehensive unit to support pupils studying George Orwell’s “A Hanging”. The unit includes pre-reading tasks, understanding questions, analysis questions, tables, essay writing advice, and some other bits and bobs. I’ve also included an example essay which is formatted in consistence with the example paragraphs in the printable unit.

Full printable booklet with teaching approaches, example answers and lots of questions for pupils to try.

This extensive PowerPoint will take you through a film study of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. It contains information about key aspects of Cinematography ( camera shots and angles, Mise-en-Scene & sound), and includes embedded activities and various stills from the movie. Over 80 slides in total.

This unit of work looks at the fairytale genre in comparison to the animated movie, Shrek. There are lots of fun activities relating to the Fairytale genre as well as a focussed study of the film itself.

This is a full unit, ready to print and use, designed to take pupils through the entire novel. There is a mixture of reading and writing tasks, as well as various extension tasks. The unit also includes a Critical Essay paragraph plan. The unit was designed for BGE pupil, not senior phase, with the space to write straight onto the sheet, if preferred. The Critical Essay paragraph plan is in response to the following question: Choose a novel which deals with a significant event or experience or issue. Give a brief account of the significant event or experience or issue. By referring to appropriate techniques, explain how it is important to the text as a whole.

Unit of work designed to support the teaching of “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen. This is a write on unit suitable for National 4 pupils, or for S1/2, with a focus on RUAE. There are also numerous extension tasks within the unit, with a supplementary and optional creative writing task called “Staying Alive”. This is comprised of a short PowerPoint and a detailed paragraph plan to assist pupils writing their own survival story as inspired by Hatchet. This is ready to print and use. Enjoy!

This is a PP unit with printable worksheets throughout. Contents include: Introduction Link to Band of Brothers clip (liberation of Kaufering) Understanding Questions for each Stanza Annotations of each stanza Analysis Questions for each stanza Example Analysis Answer List of poetic techniques featured in the poem with explanation Slides outlining Themes and Issues Explored to feed into Essay Writing Critical Essay Writing Support Example Paragraphs Evaluative Language Slide Slides outlining Past Paper questions from the last few years Pre-essay writing task Essay questions Designed with N6 in mind (Scottish Curriculum) but can be easily adapted for N5 or other qualifications.

This is a concise unit of work based on the dramatic adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, by Phillip Pullman. It is designed for use with S1/2. The unit has a focus on RUAE, rather than dramatic conventions, although there is some consideration of stage directions within the questions. The unit is comprised of the following: a pre-reading PowerPoint which introduces the Gothic genre and the historical context of the text, a printable unitof work which includes a quiz, questions on each of the acts, amongst some other activities. There is also an end of unit discursive writing task at the end of the unit. This would probably last 2-3 weeks.

This is a full unit of work based around the theme of superhero origin stories. There are a number of Reading, Writing, Talk and Listening tasks, as well as a scaffolded essay plan at the end to assist pupils writing their own origin story. The pupils love this unit of work and, like my other resources, it is ready to print. As the ‘listening and note-making’ sheets are in landscape these should be printed separately and merged into the unit just after the 'Questions for The Hulk" page, before photocopying class sets of the unit. I have also included 3 word documents which have coloured images of the settings used in the booklet These may be printed in colour to assist the “Super Setting” activity, or simply projected. Enjoy :)

This is a genuine full unit of work, ready to print and use. The unit includes a variety of tasks including: RUAE, diary writing (with success criteria and self-assessment grid), writer’s language, cross-curricular projects and extension tasks, some related to the poetry of William Blake, amongst other engaging tasks. There are also some differentiated worksheets and a scaffolded essay plan. This unit will take you through the entire novel study without having to make additional resources ( unless you choose to, of course!) Please leave reviews if you choose to purchase this resource. Created in 2018.

New for 2022! Updated PowerPoint unit. A unit of work which explores the representation of poverty in Scottish poetry. the unit looks closely at Glasgow Sonnet by Edwin Morgan and The Slum by Eddie Linden. The PowerPoint presentation takes the pupils through poetic techniques with tasks throughout. There are two optional outcomes for this unit aim of the unit: 1 is for pupils to write their own examples of poetry using the techniques learned. The other is for pupils to write an Added Value Unit comparing the 2 poems with regards to form and structure, the use of language and main ideas. Suitable for junior school, though could be adapted for older pupils.

This unit introduces the pupils to the Detective Fiction/ Mystery Genre, with aim of writing their own detective Fiction story at the end. There are numerous tasks linked to Genre, Characterisation, Setting etc. There are also a variety of listening, writing and research tasks. The unit is a PP unit, orientated to portrait and designed for printing.

Remote Learning Unit of Work. Looking for a concise and comprehensive unit of work to fill a couple of weeks? This unit of work was originally designed by myself as a resource suitable to be used as cover work - (work should take roughly 2 weeks to complete). Because of this, it does not require much teacher input; pupils can work independently through the unit at their own pace. Nonetheless, given the thematical and broad nature of the topic, there is plenty of scope to expand on this unit of work: Contents Page: • Page 3-4: “The Father of the Modern Circus” (Tasks: Reading, Summarising, Storyboarding and Visualiser) • Page 5-6: Animals in the Circus (Summarising Task). • Page 7-9: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation • Page 10-11: Raising Awareness - Poster Task • Page 12: Creative Writing (Writing task) • Page 13: Personal Reflective Writing (Writing Task)