This resource looks at a section of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - Scrooge’s Old Love- and uses six effective reading strategies (Prior knowledge, Metalinguistics, Visualisation, Main Ideas, Summarising, Inference) to help pupils to understand the language and style of Dickens work. The resource can also be used to draw comparisons between the book and the Disney Film. This resource has been created in conjunction with the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy steps.

This pack aims to help students understand the various forms of travel writing. It includes a blog review by Zoella, a telegraph travel journal, a Visit California advert and a Disneyland poster. Pupils are encouraged to consider the impact of these pieces of travel writing. There is also an opportunity for students to plan their own trip which involved researching skills and managing a budget. The pack encourages pupils to write postcards home/ letters of complaint from their imaginary trip.

This is a comprehensive Literacy unit that will provide evidence for pupils ability in Reading, Writing, Talking and Listening. I use it with all S1/ Y7 students in order to profile their Literacy abilities. This unit offers engaging tasks and worksheets that will challenge and support all learners.

An active Literacy Unit of work that deals with the play script “The Bully” by Jan Needle. This unit will take pupils through 6 comprehension strategies that will improve their understanding of what they read. The end project is either a personal or creative essay that deals with bullying.

This resource includes a full exam made in the style of the Higher Set Scottish Texts Paper. This can be used as a prelim or mock exam and the marking scheme is included. It focuses on the moment in the play where Phil is fired from the slab room.

This resource includes a Reading, Writing and Listening assessment and Research Project all linked to the theme of LEGO! Pupils will watch the 75th Anniversary film (15mins) about LEGO’s history and will complete a listening task. The will use LEGO stimulus pictures to inspire Creative Writing. Also included are two interpretation passages (differentiated & with marking schemes). Finally, pupils will have the opportunity to complete a research project into the history of LEGO. Suitable for: Primary 6, Primary 7, S1 Y5, Y6, Y7

This scheme of work includes two pieces of literature- ‘Brooklyn Cop’ and ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’. It helps pupils to complete activities on these texts including a Critical Essay and a piece of Creative Writing. This resource is aimed at KS3 pupils but could also be used with National 4.

In this booklet you will find a full set of course notes for National 5 English. This includes: Study of prose text ‘The Necklace’ (Key quotations & model Essay) Study of poem ‘Mid-Term Break’ (Poem & model essay)