Teaching and Learning

 

Reading: Essays and Essayists

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Level 3/4 Resource: Reading Prose Non-fiction
 

Poor by Caleb Femi

Study Notes: Poor
 

Genre Fiction: Westerns

What is a western? What features of the genre should we be looking for as we read or watch? This Sway will help you navigate the perilous terrain of the Western genre.

Nat 5 Film and TV Study Notes: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

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Download comprehensive learning resources on this brilliant non-fiction text.

Reading The Outrun in the BGE
Reading The Outrun in the Senior Phase

Looking for ideas for an interesting and contemporary Advanced Higher Dissertation topic using Scottish texts? Read our Sway on Scottish Life Writing.

How to use Scottish prose non-fiction texts for Advanced Higher Dissertations

Listening to Podcasts

BGE Resource: Listening to Podcasts
BGE Lessons: 'Floodlines' Podcast
Using Podcasts at Advanced Higher

Writing: Memoirs

Lesson: Introduction to Memoir
MS Forms: BBC Scotland's The Big Scottish Book Club - Ep 2:1 Memoir
 

Model City by Donna Stonecipher

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Download an introduction to Stonecipher and prose poetry as well as a Set Text paper featuring Glasgow’s own Edwin Morgan.

BGE Level 4 resource: Model City
Extract: 3 poems from Model City by Donna Stonecipher

The Actual by Inua Ellams

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Click below to download a teaching resource using Inua Ellams’ brilliant debut poetry collection, The Actual.

Senior Phase Resource: Analysing 'Fuck / Shakespeare'

The poetry of Warsan Shire

Poetry: ‘Fury’ by David Morley

Level 4 Unit of Work: 'Fury' by David Morley
Creative Writing: I am Marcus Rashford
Articles on Tyson Fury

A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

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Download a note pack on a selection of poems from A Portable Paradise.

Study Notes: A Portable Paradise

Poetry: Nadine Jassat, Dean Atta, and Imtiaz Dharker

Level 3 Resource: Poetry and Identity

Coming Soon…

Resources on Jackie Kay’s stage play/epic poem The Lamplighter and materials for teaching short stories in the BGE!

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