This resource included shots of key scenes from the film and an example of how to write a PEE paragraph for a media essay.

This power point looks at 1950s society in order to give prior context to this short story. It offers study notes on characterisation, theme and a critical essay plan. This resource is appropriate for use with National 5, GCSE, AS level and Higher (National 6) English classes and will help pupils to produce high level Critical Evaluations of this piece of literature.

National/ Nat 5 model essay for ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter. This essay focuses on a story with an unexpected ending and follows a PEER paragraph structure.

This resource includes a very detailed plan that tackles a question on KEY SCENE. It was developed in order to support pupils sitting Higher/ National 6 English. This plan will help students to produce an answer in the DRAMA section of the CRITICAL READING paper in the exam. It includes- key quotations, techniques used by Williams and support notes. This resource successfully improved the standard of Critical Essay marks in my class.

This resource includes an evidence bank of reasons why boxing may be seen as a good sport or overly violent. It also includes a suggested essay structure for a persuasive essay on boxing.

This power point will take pupils through the structure of a Critical Essay on ‘A Hanging’ by George Orwell. The essay follows a PEER structure and offers examples. It tackles the following question: Choose a non-fiction text which made you think about a social issue. Explain briefly what that issue is and at greater length show how the writer’s treatment of the issue conveyed her or his point of view. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and to at least two of: setting, theme, style, descriptive detail, or any other relevant feature. This resource is ideal for use with a National 5, GCSE, AS Level, or Higher English class.

This resource can be used by teachers to record the performance of an individual/ group in their Talk assessment. This is a handy resource to keep in a pupils evidence folder in order to prove that they attained their Talk assessment.

This SoW encourages pupils to analyse characters, setting and key incidents from the award winning Nicola Morgan story ‘Fleshmarket’. It includes a scaffolded Critical Essay plan. This is ideal for use with S1, S2 & S3 classes to teach them the basics of Critical Essay Writing.

This National 5 resource includes key quotations from the text ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter. Under each quotation there is analysis. Also included are example essay questions take from previous National 5 Critical Reading papers.

This resource can be used with secondary school students to promote personal writing. It includes: Learning Intentions; Success Criteria; Examples; sentence by sentence approach aimed at promoting more stylish writing. The aim of this lesson is for students to select five objects that are significant to them and explain why whilst offering personal reflection. This power point encourages quality personal writing.

This resource includes quotations and prompt questions that assist in writing PEER paragraphs for an essay that deals with a character who changes.

This resource includes identification of the key scene/ turning point of the play and a skeleton plan for answering an exam question on ‘KEY SCENE/ TURNING POINT’

This power point will provide a structure and example method for answering the Scottish Text ten mark question in the Scottish Higher Critical reading exam paper.

This power point includes: how to answer imagery questions in the National 5 or Higher exam and includes worked examples and tasks that can be completed by students.

This worksheet includes: *How to structure an answer on Tone *ATone bank Tone questions Ideal for practising this difficult exam question with National 5 or Higher students.

This resource encourages pupils to consider the theme of racism in this novel and analyse real life examples of racism in society.

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This resource was used at a school assembly to promote/ harvest a love for reading.