Resources for Subject Areas

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Scran for English

• Logging in
• Browsing and Searching
• Topics

Scran Training PowerPoint 10
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How to Log In
Type your user name and password in the boxes in
the right hand column
or choose your school from the drop-down menu
and click go.
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Schools Home Page and Secondary Section
Click on the Secondary section
then click on the English link
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English Section
Browse the English subject pages
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Searching
Type your keyword(s) into the Search box at the
top right hand corner of the page and click go.
For example
This will search the whole of Scran for Records,
Pathfinder Packs and Features containing the word
Edwin Morgan.
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Writers
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Writers
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Poetry Audio and Video Clips
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Putting Literature in Context
Lewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Song The theme of
wartime deforestation destroying the natural,
seasonal cycle of rural life in Scotland
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Putting Literature in Context
Images to illustrate Poetry from World War One
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Putting Literature in Context
Bernards MacLavertys Cal conflict in
Northern Ireland
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Discussion Topics
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Discussion Topics
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Informational / Discursive Writing Topics
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Informational / Discursive Writing Topics
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Creative Writing Stimulus - Character
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Creative Writing Stimulus - Setting
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Creative Writing Stimulus - Atmosphere
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Creative Writing Stimulus - Plotting
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Next Steps

• Youll find more PowerPoint presentations on
  Scran covering
• Getting Started on Scran (Scran Training
  PowerPoint 1)
• Using My Stuff (Scran Training PowerPoint 2)
• Creating with Scran (Scran Training PowerPoint 3)