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SQA set texts discussion guides
These printable discussion guides have been designed to support you with the SQA set texts for National 5 and Higher English. Each guide contains discussion questions, creative writing prompts and suggestions for what to read next.
We have designed these to be a great way to start exploring and analysing the set texts, as well as using them as a jumping off point for reading and writing for pleasure. Throughout, we have also used Story Deck cards to help pupils discuss the texts’ genres, themes and motifs. Every secondary school English Department or Library has now received three Story Decks – find out more about Story Deck on the Reading Schools website(this link will open in a new window).
The texts included are:
National 5
- Duck Feet by Ely Percy
- Yellow Moon by David Greig
- 'Things My Wife and I Found Hidden in Our House' by Kirsty Logan
- 'Auntie' by Nadine Aisha Jassat
Higher
- The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
- Sequamur by Donald S. Murray
- 'A Voice Spoke to Me at Night' by Helen McClory
- Selected poems from Luck is the Hook by Imtiaz Dharker
To find more discussion guides, see our Teen book discussion guides which provide discussion and writing prompts based on contemporary young adult titles for readers aged 12–18.