This resource includes a step-by-step guide to writing a Critical Essay on the Dracula play. It encourages pupils to use PEER paragraphs for the first time. Ideal for use with Primary 7, S1 or S2 classes or Year 6-9.

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

Comprehension questions that relate to Act 1 of ‘Sailmaker’ by Alan Spence. A good way for N5 classes to generate detailed notes (including quotations) that relate to this Scottish text. Could be assigned as a homework or class task.

A Guardian article and RUAE questions. Suitable for National 5 or Higher revision. Good as classwork or homework.

This resource includes a broadsheet newspaper article with certain techniques underlined. It requires pupils to identify the techniques and explain their effect. Perfect for use with National 5 or Higher. The article is titled ‘A touch of the macabre’. Includes a marking scheme with possible answers. I used this for RUAE/ Close Reading practise with a Higher class- ideal homework activity that can be self/ peer assessed using the marking scheme.

This resource includes 11 detailed understanding questions that help pupils to generate notes on ‘A Hanging’ by George Orwell.

These notes include all the information pupils will require about the Higher RUAE paper. This includes: information on how to answer each question, types of sentence structures, language techniques and information on how to answer the 5-mark question.

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 illustrates how to answer the ten mark question at the end of the Scottish Texts paper. It includes a detailed example. Ideal for use with a Higher class who have studied this play in preparation for the prelim or the final exam.

This resource provides a model answer that tackles a ten mark question that deals with ‘Frustrated ambition’ in the text.

This resource was designed to be used with a Higher class and will result in a Critical Essay that tackles the importance of SETTING in the play. The resource includes a Higher level exam question, a summary of when SETTING played a vital role in the text and a ‘skeleton plan’ for structuring a critical essay that deals with setting. Ideal for use with: Higher/ National 6 GCSE AS Level A Level This resource will offer scaffolding for Critical Essay writing.

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

This resource is an activity that includes point statements and quotations about the changing character of Lady Macbeth for students to analyse.

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.

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

This resource includes reviews of the play taken from review sites and newspaper articles. It also includes a structured plan that will allow pupils to complete an Added Value Unit that can be used as part of their National 4 English qualification.

This resource could be used with either National 5 or Higher and has been prior verified. It includes a link to a clip about Hamisham- the character from Great Expectations- and Listening questions. Also included in this pack is an answer scheme for this assessment.