A practice paper for CIE IGCSE English Language 9-1, based on Silas Marner for questions a-f. Challenging but a good introduction to working with 19th century texts.

A practice paper for CIE IGCSE English Language 9-1, based on A Christmas Carol for questions a-f. Challenging but a good introduction to working with 19th century texts.

A practice paper for CIE IGCSE English Language 9-1, based on Dorian Gray for questions a-f but a good introduction to working with 19th century texts.

Breaks down the comma rule into 5 main contexts or "ball-games"

Game to introduce the idea of there being "no art to find the mind's construction in the face" - psychopath or genius. It's good fun.

A look at some paintings to practise comparative skills

An exemplar essay to discuss

Worksheet for Chapter 1 of Spies

Critical quotations for Austen's Persuasion

Scaffolding approaching an extract-style question with a series of stages on the worksheet.

Waiting for Godot

Wordsworth sonnets worksheet - The world is too much... it is a beauteous evening... suprized by joy

Writing intros for the IGCSE Literature comparative unseen - Aunt Jennifer's tigers practice paper. Pupils write what the intros do well and less well

Worksheet for 3.1 in Merchant of Venice

A consolidation booklet for pupils to use as they study the novel to aggregate quotations, think about themes, track characters, and think critically about the novel.

A simple introduction to writing non-fiction with a view to audience. Looks at model answers, techniques, and then brainstorms using four OCR English Language non-fiction composition tasks - but useful for all Language boards. Pupils write the first paragraph to these examples.

Questions for teaching Emily Dickinson's poetry

Waiting for Godot mock paper

Introductions and main paragraphs, working on analysis in The Tempest

"A Night Piece" and looking at Dorothy's journals