ASL Schools Conference

A vital resource for teachers wishing to explore Scottish literature and language in the classroom, held annually on the first Saturday in October.

Audio CDs

Poems read by their authors, with informed commentary
from leading academics.

Free Publications

A range of books and essays for FREE download.

Laverock

Published by ASL between 1995 and 1997, Laverock contains many articles with a special reference to the school curriculum.

Scotnotes

A series of study guides to major Scottish writers and literary texts, aimed at senior pupils in secondary schools and students in further education colleges and colleges of education.

Scottish Plays for Schools

A collection of six plays by contemporary Scottish writers, suitable for English or Drama classrooms ranging from S1 to S6.

Scottish Non-Fiction Prose

These resources are aimed at teachers, with each one-page PDF foregrounding a Scottish writer of prose non-fiction.

Teaching Notes

Advice and support from teachers of English on how to use
Scottish texts in the classroom.

Teaching Units

Free downloads of Teaching Units that each work through a large-scale text and provide assignments which can be given directly to students in the classroom .

Treasure Islands

A collection of 160 short reviews of the best Scottish fiction
for children aged 10–14, with information on themes, content,
age range and reading level.

Reviews of another 40 titles are available free online.

Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today

Explains basic concepts and presents a method of analysis that is systematic and suitable for complete beginners with no previous experience of formal grammatical study.

Videos

Videos of the talks given at the ASL School Conferences from 2013 onwards, plus other recordings of stories and productions produced by, or in association with, the ASL.