With these questions, the pupils could test their knowledge of all four stories and practise their bullet-pointed TA layout.

1. How does ICS create an effective introduction to this story? (4)
2. How does ICS create an effective conclusion to this story? (4)
3. How does ICS conveys an interesting character in this extract? (can choose own extract for this) (4)
4. How does ICS express any of the main themes of the story? (4)

These could potentially build up to a massive 64 marks worth of practice, if pupils are dedicated!

With two hours to work on this in class, plus a full long weekend, I expect many interesting responses!

For my Highers and Nat 5s this session. Those of you who have been absent or are worried about the progress you are making, here is an at-a-glance guide to the completed work you should have so far, mostly on Iain Crichton Smith. I will spot-check this on Friday 🙂

As a bare minimum you should have:

• Annotated or taken notes on both stories
• Comparison of thin woman vs fat woman with quotations (or in book)
• Completed 3 mind maps on effects of war, sacrifice and isolation for The Telegram
• Poster/flow chart of walking through the village
• Red imagery poster for Red Door
• Red door quotations leading to epiphany
• Textual analysis questions on The Telegram
• Close Reading – All questions in your own words
• Symbolism exercise with quotes for 6 symbols and annotating them
• All stories summary homework (The Telegram only for N5)
• 4 bullet point break downs OR 2 PEE paragraphs on character (Bullet points only for N5)
• Spoken language assessment
• 9 Imagery analysis questions (Higher only)
• First 10 mark answer (Higher only)

The main focus of this teaching blog is so pupils can have easy access to resources I create (or borrow!), without having to be logged in to Google Classroom.

Be prepared for many puns.