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 comprehensive unit of study via powerpoint for first and second year secondary school pupils. Includes focus on: genre, conventions, plot, Walt Disney research, discussion tasks, analysis of film, youtube links to documentary, characterisation, themes, music, setting and symbolism. My class LOVED doing this and wrote brilliant film evaluations afterwards.

A unit of work to support analysis of a key scene and genre conventions. Essay plans, templates for taking notes, research tasks etc. I have used this successfully with my S4 National 5 (GCSE) class to prepare for exam essays.

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.

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 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.

Developed to assess Listening for the Scottish National 5 English qualification, but an interesting activity for any English or Media class, these questions focus on a YouTube interview in which Malala revisits the day she was shot, and shares her opinions about life for young girls under the Taliban.

A great resource for World Book Day that I made up for all of first year at secondary School. Would also suit primary 6 and 7. Five rounds of questions for teams, answer grids, answer sheets and a picture round.

Plot summaries, important quotations, character notes and questions on each act.

A detailed summary of the poem with important quotations highlighted. A full set of questions on the text to support pupil analysis.

A fun activity for new secondary pupils. I get them to complete this first and then use it as a stimulus for a group discussion activity.