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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

Circle Poetry is a tool that you can use to teach the skills of approaching any type of poem rather than teaching or learning individual poems. Using the resources and teacher notes provided, students gather in three layers of a circle, with the inner circle starting the analysis. Those on the second circle are in charge of keeping the inner circle accountable, challenging them with questions and ‘red carding’ them when ideas aren’t fully formulated. The third circle is in charge of note-taking, recording the concepts and ideas discovered along the way. This lively activity stretches the skills and provides opportunities for all students to work in groups, pairs and individually to extend their skills in approaching poetry.