I created this resource to support students who were struggling with the structure of the 8-mark question. The resource includes ‘fill in the blank’ sections under the appropriate headings in order to give students scaffolding with this question.

This resource helps students to plan a presentation based on their work experience week.

The resource includes an essay question, plan and a model essay.

An outline of what paired reading is, why it is beneficial and how it should be completed at home.

This activity includes model paragraphs/ stimulus for writing a scary Halloween story. I used this with my class after spending time learning about developing setting, character and plot. Pupils were given a stimulus picture and asked to write a descriptive story in 45 minutes in order to give a snapshot of their ability/ learning.

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 is a high quality critical response to the question: Write about a play you have recently read which contains a flawed character who ultimately gains your admiration. There is also a task that encourages students to annotate this model essay and find examples of literary techniques/ analysis and links to the essay question.

This resource includes a worked example/ structure for the following 10 mark question: “Discuss how Duffy uses contrast in this poem (Originally) and at least one other to highlight the poems’ main concerns”

This resource could be used in a class Critical Reading assessment.

This resource offers a detailed structure/ plan for writing a critical essay on ‘The Test’ by Angelica Gibbs. The Question focuses on CHARACTERISATION.

This resource contains a high quality example of a critical essay that tackls the theme of racism in ‘The Test’ by Angelica Gibbs.

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

A handy tool to ensure that students have considered their language choices in their Persuasive & Personal/ Creative folio pieces.

This resource includes a worked example of an 8 mark Scottish Text question. There are opportunities for students to copy examples/ structural plans and to complete independent tasks.

This resource is an ideal way to prepare students for the Scottish Texts National 5 paper. I used it with S3 students in order to prepare them for annotating and analysing poetry independently and to explain the 8- mark question structure.