2 assessments based on the non-fiction passage “Urban Fox” and the short story “The Lighthouse” by Agnes Owens. These can only be used once the teacher has taught Active Literacy strategies to the class. A basic Active Literacy PowerPoint, which takes you through the strategies, has also been provided and can be adapted to suit multiple texts. Both texts have been included.

This revision booklet contains full annotations, tasks, notes and exam style questions for the poems trio, In the Snack bar and Good Friday. ready to print and distribute.

This revision pack includes a full annotation of the poem and notes on Background, Purpose, Form and Structure and Themes. It also has detailed notes on each of the stanzas. Ready to print and distribute

This revision pack includes annotations of the poem, notes on Purpose, Themes, Structure and Techniques as well as 2x exam style questions at the end. Ready to print and distribute.

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.

Split into 3 booklets, Chapters 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9. An excellent and manageable revision resource.Please ignore review about wrong chapter summaries, this has since been resolved - summaries and analysis of all chapters are covered accordingly.

An example of an excellent essay based on a “flawed but admirable character” style essay. Can be adapted to suit a number of different essay questions. Please also see my “critical essay guidance” PP resource.

12 examples of figurative language for pupils to unpack and explain/analyse. Should be used after teaching them similes, metaphors and personification. A simple but meaningful consolidation lesson.

This is a detailed paragraph plan, including an example paragraph, for students to follow when writing about an “isolated character” in response to The Great Gatsby ( focus being Jay Gatsby himself). Please also see my resource: “Critical essay Guidance” which is an excellent precursor to essay writing after studying The Great Gatsby. I have also included an example of an excellent essay based on an “isolated character” style question.

A lesson of work designed to generate a short piece of Medieval writing. Pupils should choose a character, setting and situation. There is an example provided. If you haven’t yeat taught Medieval or considered this theme then you could always show a YouTube video on the theme of medieval prior to trying the writing exercise. This is also useful as a timed piece of writing.

A PowerPoint presentation which should be used to teach pupils how to structure the main body paragraphs of their Critical Essays and analyse and evaluate their quotations properly using an approach called “TIE” ( Technique, Importance and Evaluation) There are 5 example paragraphs which I have labelled, and which include full and detailed analysis. Obviously the slides are printable and I’ve found a useful task is to have the pupils annotate the paragraph once you have taught them and taken them through a couple of examples. Critical Essay Writing Help: Learn how to use “Peer” to structure your paragraphs & Learn how to use “TIE” to fully analyse and evaluate your quotations.

This resource is based on 2 very funny, engaging and well written articles by Charlie Brooker. I have made questions for each article as a way of spicing up RUAE practice with my senior classes. My pupils have responded very well to both articles and the questions for each passage are up to date with current SQA standards. No marking scheme.

Purpose: Project an interesting image onto the PowerPoint as pupils enter the classroom and ask them to silently write a response on their slip of paper under the following headings: I see, I think, I wonder. This is a simple but excellent starter activity which gets pupils thinking quite deeply as soon as they come into the classroom. I often use it as a springboard into a new topic, projecting an image which is thematically linked to the SOW in order to generate interest, ideas and opinions from the word go!

This is a very useful and self explanatory resource which takes pupils through how to structure a Critical Essay including: Introductions ( with an example introduction), Topic Sentence Success Criteria, Main Body paragraph structure using an approach called “TIE” your evidence which I have created that encourages pupils to fully analyse and evaluate their quotations ( explained in PowerPoint). I have also included a detailed paragraph plan based on a “character changes” style question. This is suitable for both National 5 and 6 pupils.

This is a small but very informative and helpful bundle of work which includes the following: a copy of the poem; a PowerPoint presentation with tasks and full annotation; Textual Analysis questions, 2x exam style questions for timed practice, and a revision table for group or individual work.

Year group: S1-3 ( depending on ability). This is a partially completed unit with various reading tasks and activities to take you up to chapter 33. I have also included essay plans, one differentiated, and a couple of others tasks. As this is not a complete unit of work I am happy to post for free; maybe someone else can finish it one day and be happy they had less resources to produce! :) Please leave a review of this resource once you have used it in the classroom.

This unit, designed for BGE pupils, contains the following: a copy of the poem, a support PowerPoint; a table to record annotations; a list of tricky vocabulary from the poem; parody questions based on The Simpsons Halloween episode and placemats in PP format which are designed to be printed and used for station work.

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.

A concise printable unit of work designed to support the study of the short drama,“The Letterbox,” by Ann Marie Di Mambro. The unit includes a copy of the text, comprehension questions, PEE grid, characterisation activities, revision notes and more.

Designed to be used in conjunction with the following poems(all of which can be found and downloaded/ printed centrally from the NPD website): Help, The Seedling and Snow Fox. This is a single lesson but works well as a way of stimulating pupils’ ideas for their own “Change” poetry.