This unit is aimed at S1 and S2 pupils in Scotland or Year 7 and Year 8 in England. It is a very simple unit that requires to watch the film ‘Elf’ in order to discuss Christmas film conventions, genre, setting, characters and plot in the film. At the end there is a choice of several creative writing tasks, as well as the possibility to write a film review with instructions. I hope this provides with a relaxed and entertaining unit for your pupils during November/December time.

This creative writing unit is aimed at S1 /S2 pupils in Scotland or Year 7/Year 8 pupils in England. It is suitable both for Remove Learning and to be taught face to face. Each PowerPoint contains between 3 and 4 lessons. Each lesson has a starter activity, a short film to watch, understanding and analysis tasks to complete and some have a creative writing task at the end. This unit builds up towards a creative writing piece which revolves around creating a monster and then a story to go with it. It can easily be shortened or adapted to suit each class and ability. I hope this is enjoyable to teach and useful.

This creative writing unit is aimed at S2/S3 pupils in Scotland or Year 8/Year 9 pupils in England. It is suitable both for Remove Learning and to be taught face to face. Each PowerPoint contains between 2 and 3 lessons. Each lesson has a starter activity, a short film to watch, understanding and analysis tasks to complete and some have a creative writing task at the end. There are also two short stories and their respective short film versions. This unit builds up towards a creative writing piece which revolves around creating a monster and then a story to go with it. It can easily be shortened or adapted to suit each class and ability. I hope this is enjoyable to teach and useful.

This is a full PPT unit to study the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It also comes with a Word booklet for pupils. It’s aimed at National 5 pupils of English and can easily be adapted for Media. It can also be used with an S3 high ability class. This unit can also be used in England and Wales. The film can currently be accessed via Amazon UK or could be purchased as a DVD copy. I hope this is helpful and enjoyable to teach.