A full unit of work on the short story listed for IGCSE & GCSE Cambridge. Focuses on the central conflicts between generations, cultures and second generation immigrants. The unit includes creative tasks to help students identify the main themes and relate them to their own experiences as well as annotation and reading skills and analytical essay writing preparation. The unit comes with: a general and passage-based essay question an example response IGCSSE/GCSE essay writing planning guide full resources for a creative project on identity. full visual support powerpoint with teacher’s notes.

A reading packet that focuses on the narrative style of the story: pushing the students to consider the use of third person limited perspective. It explores the balance between narrative voice and first person to show the changing feelings of the protagonist. Also in this packet are tasks to explore character and conflict. This is for the more independent study with feedback as a class and should take around 3 lessons. Tasks include cloze activities, quotation analysis, links to conflict and narrative style extension. Key passages are given and students can focus their reading on these.

A medium-length unit of work on the short story ‘Nick’, by Christina Rossetti that can be used for the IGCSE English Literature course. It focuses on the conventions of allegorical tales and leads to an initial formative passage-based and general essay on the story. It is focused on the analysis of the story with regards to the conventions used by the author. Teacher’s notes are in the scheme. Included: power point visual support (which also serves as the teacher’s notes) worksheet on the conventions formative passage-based essay This unit is good to use at the start of teaching the short stories as it introduces the Assessment Objectives.

A small unit of work that supports students in studying ‘The Gold Watch’ by Mulk Raj Anand - one of the short stories in the Cambridge IGCSE. The unit includes: Contextual information to help students understand the story, including British colonialsim. Active reading skills to move the students through the story Reflective tasks Analysing conflict and themes Supporting writing with evidence Essay questions and analytical practice.

A scheme that focuses on the style and authorial choices in the short story ‘When It Happens’ by Margaret Atwood, one of the chosen short stories in the Cambridge IGCSE. The scheme includes: Introduction to Atwood and her style; Key vocabulary such as ‘fatalism’ How to analyse narrative style How to explore unreliable narrators such as Mrs Burridge Practising the creation of thesis statements Practice essay questions. This should take about 6 lessons.

A unit of work on ‘The Black Ball’, by Ralph Ellison - one of the short stories in the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus. The unit supports the students in: Pre-reading discussions to aid conversations on race; Contextual information about the time period, author and the title of the story; Reading and annotation skills Close-reading and analysis of each section of the story Supporting resources Formative assessments and summative assessments: linked to the comprehension section of Language papers and comprehension questions in general. Essay questions.

A full scheme of learning that incorporates the close-language analysis skills required at GCSE/IGCSE level. This is tailored to the Cambridge International GCSE syllabus and therefore, uses their Assessment Objectives. The power point is both the resource bank and the teacher’s notes for the scheme. Full notes and directions given in the Note section on each slide. Formative and Summative analysis prompts given as well.

A mini-unit on the Cambridge IGCSE short story ‘A Woman’s Rose’, by Olive Schreiner. The unit focuses on the themes but mostly on Assessment Objective 3, and the close-language analysis skills of connotation and word choice. It also introduces students to literary conflict and helps them to apply this. This could be used to build up to an essay practice or short PEE paragraph practice.

A classic tale of loneliness and isolation that highlights the power of description. This full scheme of work, including visual support, resources and assessments will help guide students through the challenging vocabulary and practise the skills of close-language analysis and analytical writing.

A resource for IB students, of any subject, to guide them on how to write their three reflections on the process. This includes a word count guide, reflection questions for each stage and key buzzwords for the IB Learner Profile.

An introduction to satire and satirical cartoons in order to focus on agenda, purpose and audience. The mini-resource includes some key vocabulary and a presentation task.