Eighteen past paper comparative questions on ‘The Merchant’s Tale’ by Chaucer and ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ by Webster. This is not an original resource, but a compiled list of the questions previously provided by OCR, with the exception of one question.

A full lesson powerpoint on Siegfried Sassoon's poem with an essay plan and empathetic task.

Six worksheets with practice questions on ‘The Tempest’. Each worksheet includes an extract question and a whole text question.

A full lesson covering Gillian Clarke’s ‘Lament’. The resource includes a starter activity, questions to guide annotations, an essay planning grid, an exemplar paragraph, a creative task, and extension activities. This poem is part of CAIE’s syllabus for examination from 2026, and exemplar work is tailored towards the Cambridge mark scheme.

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This resource is an adaptable Microsoft Word document which provides activities to aid the study of Nineteen Eighty-Four for the Cambridge IGCSE Literature syllabus. This work booklet covers Part 1 of the novel, and, for each chapter, contains the following: A vocabulary list Space to note down a chapter summary, key quotations and notes on characters A range of comprehension questions to aid discussion and test understanding An essay question (extract or whole text). Furthermore, some chapters also have short tasks which focus on the skills required for the Cambridge IGCSE in English Language (0990) Additional contextual information is also included.

A series of lessons based on the prologue of Lyn Nottage’s ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’. This resource offers activities based on the context of the play and questions to offer analysis of the prologue.

A full lesson powerpoint for the poem by Elizabeth Bishop. This resource includes a starter activity, contextual information, guided annotations, an essay question, and a creative response.

A full lesson powerpoint for James Baxter's poem which is included in the CIE Songs of Ourselves anthology. This includes a starter, guided analysis of the poem, an empathetic response, and an essay title.

A full lesson powerpoint for the Emily Bronte poem. This includes starter activities, key terms, guided annotations, an essay title and frame, and an empathetic task.

A full lesson powerrpoint with starter activity, guided annotations, an essay title and an empathetic response.

A full lesson powerpoint with starter activities, guided annotation of the poem, research tasks and an empathetic response.

Presentation which covers the entire novel and offers an extension project for the more able.

A slideshow to accompany the study of Michael Frayn's 'Spies', with starters, creative tasks, extended analytical questions, comprehension questions and guided annotation.

A full lesson powerpoint with starter activity, language analysis, and an essay question with a planning grid.

A power point and work sheets for study of ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ by Zora Neale Hurston. The resource contains a starter activity, a list of key vocabulary, work for guided annotations, a little contextual information, an empathetic task, an extract-based essay question, a planning grid, and extension activities.

This resource includes a Power point to support study of chapter 2, including starter activities, guided annotations, a descriptive task, and a quiz. The worksheet will guide students through their study of the novel, with space for them to look up essential definitions, write their own chapter summary, make a note of their first impressions of new characters, and to note down their three favourite quotations. The worksheet also includes comprehension questions, an empathetic response, and a extract-based essay task.

A full lesson Powerpoint presentation is included, with a starter activity which is linked to English Language skills, guided annotations, and a summary task. Furthermore, there is a worksheet to accompany study which includes comprehension questions, a creative storyboarding task, and an extract-based essay question.

A ready-to-print booklet containing all fifteen poems, formatted to ensure that students have plenty of space to annotate.