Double-sided page of revision tips for English. It looks at how to study each element of the Scottish curriculum but could be adapted. It also has general tips for studying

Resources based on the theme of "heroes" Includes - In your own words - short extracts and questions - Michael Owen Blog on the Olympics and Close Reading Questions

Advent calender style lesson starters. Pupils choose a number at random and class complete a creative language based task. Most can be done with no preparation but worksheets are attached for the tasks in which they are needed.

Close Reading/Reading for UAE resources including Passage and Questions (Looking at what kind of behaviour can be defined as bullying) Questions look at variety of skills. Marking Scheme PPT introducing passage and hints on how to answer In Your Own Word questions PPT with Marking Scheme Passage is taken from The Times and questions could be used for a National 5 class

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Using Apostrophes - Full Stops and Capitals - Meanings of Words - Abbreviations - Question Marks and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Reading for Understanding - Speech Marks - Adverbs - Pronouns - Types of Words and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Commas - Plurals - Speech Marks - Homophones - Proper Nouns and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Capital Letters - There/Their - Adjectives - Adverbs - Antonymns and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Plurals - Alphabetical Order - Adjectives - Conjunctions - Capital Letters and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Synomyns and Antoynms - Full Stops and Capitals - Nouns - Prefixes - Proper Nouns and fifteen other lesson starters

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Conjunctions - Spelling - Prefixes - Speech Marks - Suffixes and fifteen other lesson starters

Game to help pupils practice their dictionary skills. Resource includes instruction sheet, PowerPoints and word cards.

Simple lesson starters based on language work - each PPT has a short task that can be completed and then the answers on the following slide for pupils to self or peer mark. These lesson starters include: - Conjunctions - Questions - Capital Letters - Punctuation - Verbs and fifteen other lesson starters

Worksheets include: - Draw and label characters - Draw and label settings - Quote Bingo for Theme - Storyboarding Key Scene

A5 cards with extenstion activities suitable for pupils studying fiction. They include: - Draw an illustration for your book - Are the characters like people you know - Similes and Metaphors - Design a Character's Bedroom - What happened before the story began - Write a five line poem about your book.

The unit was developed for a National 5 Literacy class but could be adapted for other uses. Resources include: - Group Talk on what items to take in Zombie Apocolypse - Reading for Information Tasks - Various Fiction Texts and Reading Tasks - Listening Tasks (based on Walking Dead) - Persuasive Writing - item to survive zombie apocolypse - Talk on life in 2015

Close Reading/Reading for UAE resources including Passage and Questions (Looking at how people now treat their pets) Questions look at variety of skills including In Your Own Words and Word Choice Marking Scheme PPT introducing passage and hints on how to answer different questions PPT with Marking Scheme Passage and Questions Additional Work for In Your Own Words Passage is taken from The Guardian and questions could be used for a National 5 class

Booklet adapted from old Higher paper. This booklet breaks down each skill required for Higher Reading for UAE paper and allows pupils to practice each of these skills. There is an explaination for each skill and includes two passages so pupils can practice the final question.

These lessons are designed to help pupils to study the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. (for the Higher Scottish Text element of the course) These lessons look at: How To Answer Scottish Text Questions Technique Grids Halfway Revision Task Revision Booklet - create your own Copy of all poems

Three short passages with Reading for UAE style questions.