The author is an IBDP Examiner and Team Leader. He is an experienced teacher of IBDP and IGCSE English A and TOK. He worked as an HoD of English at GIobal Indian International School Singapore. He is a Postgraduate in English Literature and a trained graduate teacher in English from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Level 4 Certificate in TESOL from Trinity College London; studied at St Giles International Central London. WhatsApp: +65 83852985.
The author is an IBDP Examiner and Team Leader. He is an experienced teacher of IBDP and IGCSE English A and TOK. He worked as an HoD of English at GIobal Indian International School Singapore. He is a Postgraduate in English Literature and a trained graduate teacher in English from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Level 4 Certificate in TESOL from Trinity College London; studied at St Giles International Central London. WhatsApp: +65 83852985.
Lovers' Infiniteness by John Donne
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 954 words
Examiner's Comments
Examiner's Grade
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the six carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
She was a Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 921 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the seven carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 : 77 IGCSE Exam Style Questions and 14 Model Responses: A Study Guide
(on 14 Set Poems for 2016-2018)
14 Model Responses and 77 IGCSE Exam Style Questions Inside
Volume: 72 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1522922780
This Study Guide caters to the students of IGCSE Literature (0486) preparing for Paper 1 (Poetry Component on Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 1)
There are two particular uses of this study guide.
First, this Study Guide aims to help the students and teachers to familiarise with possible IGCSE Exam Style Question Stems on 14 Set Poems. A total of 77 questions carefully phrased in this book help students to practise on possible question stems that may appear in IGCSE Board Examination. Teachers can use these questions in school examinations to familiarise the pupils with IGCSE exam wording and phrasing of the questions.
Second, the book provides 14 Model Responses; one response on each poem. Studying these 14 essays enables the students to learn the main ideas in each poem and certain stylistic techniques used by the poets. These essays are also written following PETER/PEEP/PQC structure that is practised and most suggested in schools. In fact, these essays can be considered as samples to develop students own style of essay writing skills; varying the ideas and views based on the question stems asked in IGCSE Board Examination.
Set Poems are:
William Blake, ‘Clod and Pebble’
Lady Mary Wroth, ‘Song’
Kathleen Raine, ‘Passion’
George Herbert, ‘Love’
John Donne, ‘Love’s Infiniteness’
William Wordsworth, ‘She was a Phantom of delight’
Emma Jones, ‘Tiger in the Menagerie’
Amanda Chong, ‘Lion Heart’
Edith Sitwell, ‘Heart and Mind’
Liz Lochhead, ‘For my Grandmother Knitting’
Dilip Chitre, ‘Father Returning Home’
Patricia Beer, ‘The Lost Woman’
Owen Sheers, ‘Coming Home’
Sam Hunt, ‘Stabat Mater’
Heart and Mind by Edith Sitwell
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
4 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 1015 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the four carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Tiger in the Menagerie by Emma Jones
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 970 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the three carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
3 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 831 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the three carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Coming Home by Owen Sheers
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 916 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use seven carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.