Here are materials to support teaching Brooklyn by Colm Toibin at GCSE / IGCSE level. Comprehension questions for all four parts of the novel Topics for group presentations Five PPTS to aid teaching the novel. Each PPT has some histroical context with links for further reading, thinking questions, extract analysis, key quotations and suggestions for creative activities.

Pack to help students while they read A Taste of Honey - designed for Cambridge IGCSE - but can work with other boards as well. Pack includes: Ideas for Group Presentations Character list Vocabulary worksheet Comphrension questions and deeper thinking questions for each scene Quotation analysis worksheet Theme list for mindmaps Example extract question

This is a packet for the collection of 15 poems from Kayo Chingonyi’s ‘Kumukanda’ studied for IGCSE Cambridge and other exam boards. The fifteen poems are: The Colour of James Brown Scream Fisherman’s Song Broomhall Some Bright Elegance The N Word (I) Grief Waves Curfew A Proud Blemish Kumukanda Kung’anda Andrew’s Corner Round Midnight Baltic Mill This poem contains gull song Each poem has a pre-reading question, a vocabulary grid for students to write definitions of difficult words, guiding analysis questions and a deeper thinking. Some poems also have a fun / creative activity.

Pack which includes: List of topics for group research or presentation List of characters List of off-stage characters Comphrension questions and higher level thinking questions for each scene Key quotation for each character Extract Question

PPT covering the difference between Denotation and Connotation. Leads students to complete worksheet where they highlight words associated with a semantic field and brief writing task.

PPT explaining: The key components of satire How it is different to irony The different types of irony Questions for students The different types of satire

A worksheet with: Match the vocabulary to the definition Basic comprehension questions 5 key quotations and questions to help further understanding 4 deeper thinking questions. Designed to help students have a basic overview and understanding of the poem.

PPT with questions and links for John O Gaunt’s “This Sceptred Isle” speech