This resource includes: How to guide to answering In Your Own Words exam questions. Seven In Your Own Words example questions. Seven worked answers. Ideal for National 5 or Higher students. This resource can be used in class or is ideal as a homework activity. The answer scheme can be used to do peer/ self assessment. This worksheet has had a significant impact on the performance of my students in ‘In Your Own Words’ questions.

This power point includes: how to answer imagery questions in the National 5 or Higher exam and includes worked examples and tasks that can be completed by students.

This SoW encourages pupils to analyse characters, setting and key incidents from the award winning Nicola Morgan story ‘Fleshmarket’. It includes a scaffolded Critical Essay plan. This is ideal for use with S1, S2 & S3 classes to teach them the basics of Critical Essay Writing.

This resource includes a worked example of an 8 mark Scottish Text question. There are opportunities for students to copy examples/ structural plans and to complete independent tasks.

This resource included an annotates ‘A’ example of a critical essay on this piece of prose non-fiction by George Orwell. Ideal to be used as an exemplar with a Higher or string National 5 class in order to teach detailed analysis.

This resource provides a model answer that tackles a ten mark question that deals with ‘Frustrated ambition’ in the text.

I created this resource to support students who were struggling with the structure of the 8-mark question. The resource includes ‘fill in the blank’ sections under the appropriate headings in order to give students scaffolding with this question.

This National 5 resource includes key quotations from the text ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter. Under each quotation there is analysis. Also included are example essay questions take from previous National 5 Critical Reading papers.

National/ Nat 5 model essay for ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter. This essay focuses on a story with an unexpected ending and follows a PEER paragraph structure.

Ideal for use with Higher classes who have studies Slab Boys as their Scottish Text. This resource includes quotations and detailed analysis and tackles some of the major themes explored in the text. An ideal study tool that will prepare pupils for the Scottish Texts element of the Higher exam, or indeed their prelim exam.

Included in this resource pack is a copy of Roald Dahl’s short story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ with comprehension questions, note making tasky, key quotations/ analysis, essay plans and an example National 5 Essay.

This resource can be used with secondary school students to promote personal writing. It includes: Learning Intentions; Success Criteria; Examples; sentence by sentence approach aimed at promoting more stylish writing. The aim of this lesson is for students to select five objects that are significant to them and explain why whilst offering personal reflection. This power point encourages quality personal writing.

Comprehension questions that relate to Act 1 of ‘Sailmaker’ by Alan Spence. A good way for N5 classes to generate detailed notes (including quotations) that relate to this Scottish text. Could be assigned as a homework or class task.

This resource includes a broadsheet newspaper article about the rise of food delivery service ‘Just Eat’ and RUAE questions based on the language techniques used in the passage. Ideal for use with a National 5 or Higher class. Could be used as a homework activity.

This resource includes: evidence to suggest that the sale of fireworks should be banned in the uk Paragraph plan for a persuasive essay Model essay with task This resource is ideal for Ks3 or Level 3 students who are learning the skill of persuasive writing. It can also be used with weaker National 5 students who may be at risk of defaulting their folio.

This resource encourages pupils to consider the theme of racism in this novel and analyse real life examples of racism in society.

A handy tool to ensure that students have considered their language choices in their Persuasive & Personal/ Creative folio pieces.

This activity includes model paragraphs/ stimulus for writing a scary Halloween story. I used this with my class after spending time learning about developing setting, character and plot. Pupils were given a stimulus picture and asked to write a descriptive story in 45 minutes in order to give a snapshot of their ability/ learning.