My senior class has been watching the fantastic film 'The Imposter' as a stimulation for creative writing activities. This sheet offers 3 options for an imaginative piece of writing.

Three activities based on Betsy Byars' novel 'The Pinballs': a group discussion, a paired presentation and an essay plan.

Lots of resources that I use when teaching 'The Merchant of Venice' to S4 (age 15/16) pupils. Questions on each scene, group discussion tasks on key themes, essay plans on several topics and more...

A set of questions to accompany the fantastic short film New Boy written by Roddy Doyle.

A powerpoint to introduce Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange'. Key information about characterisation, plot, theme, and explanations of dystopia, totalitarianism etc. Youtube links to other supporting materials.

Developed to support pupils studying 'A Clockwork Orange' for Higher English in Scotland, but suitable for any teachers who want to support pupils in the writing of critical essays based on this text. It includes a pre-reading task based on Blake Morrison's fantastic introduction, and this prepares pupils really well for handling the Nadsat. Also includes discussion tasks, critical essay support sheets, tasks on themes and more...

A useful resource for a thematic unit of work on bullying. From the drama series called 'Moving On' available on Amazon.

A paragraph plan to support pupils writing a critical essay about a key scene in My Left Foot. See my other resources - template for pupils plus model template by teacher.

Teacher model of what is required for pupil presentation about a song that is important to them. Based on 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.

A whole note-taking booklet, with support notes, to help pupils write a novel study on the book of their choice. Covers: plot summary, choosing a focus, genre, structure, setting, characterisation, theme, narrator, and style. This has worked extremely well with my senior pupils.

An excellent resource for getting pupils to analyse the effectiveness of a writer's word choice. A homework sheet with a step-by-step guide to how to tackle each sentence. My pupils' close reading (comprehension/interpretation) marks improved significantly after doing this.

A Power point with background information about the life of Christy Brown. A great resource for introducing the autobiography or the film.

A useful helpsheet to support pupils writing a critical evaluation of Jon Stallworthy's moving poem 'The Almond Tree'

My senior classes absolutely love this team game at the end of studying the text. Five rounds of fun questions, with a bonus anagram round at the end. Answer key provided. A totally riotous lesson (even without beer!)

A really fun listening test to do with first year high school pupils. Text available to listen to online.

A detailed help sheet to scaffold pupils in the writing of a reflective essay about friendship.

A planning sheet to support pupils writing a critical evaluation of the novel 'Carrie's War'

Questions on chapter 1-6, a listening test with answer key, writing task - Davey's Diary, and a critical essay plan.

This really helps pupils to focus on the use of the apostrophe. extremely useful.

Questions on the novel, then a detailed essay plan for writing 3 diary extracts.