This 100 page Word document resource is aimed at pupils following Edexcel International GCSE English Language specification A. It focuses on preparation for question 4 of the Paper 1 examination on the ten non-fiction Anthology texts: The Danger of a Single Story; A Passage to Africa; The Explorer’s Daughter; Explorers or Boys Messing About; Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Young and Dyslexic; A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat; Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan; H is for Hawk; Chinese Cinderella. FOR A DETAILED PREVIEW, SEE THE FREE RESOURCE ‘THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY: WORKBOOK WITH ANSWERS’ WHICH IS THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS BOOKLET The booklet can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision pack, or as self-study materials for pupils who have missed the teaching of the Anthology due to absence or starting courses late. The study of each anthology text is divided into the following sections: Background and context: Brief details about the writer and the topic of the extract Summary of the text: Summary of the main issues covered in the extract Get started: Pre-reading activity to lead pupils into the text Read the text: Instruction to read the whole text in the Anthology before starting the activities Key vocabulary: List of vocabulary to aid understanding of the text Analyse the language and structure of the text: Questions and activities to encourage analysis Consolidate your understanding: Activity to highlight key points about language or structure Answer a practice examination question: An exam-style question 4 with ten sentence starters Detailed suggested answers are given for sections 1-7 plus a simplified mark scheme for pupils to self-assess their Section 8 practice essays if working independently. A glossary of ‘Language Features: Technical Terms’ is included at the end of the booklet and words in the booklet marked * are explained in this list with examples from the Anthology extracts. The non-fiction extracts are NOT included in this booklet. Pupils should have their own copies of the EdExcel IGCSE English Anthology which is issued by the examination board.

A booklet of 23 worksheets on Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation for pupils in Years 7-9. Single or double-sided worksheets on: Prefixes; Suffixes; Common and Proper Nouns; Collective Nouns; Abstract Nouns; Singular and Plural; Count and Non-count Nouns; Pronouns; Me, Myself, I; Adjectives; Verbs and tenses; Adverbs; Sentences and punctuation; Subject, verb, object; Commas; Colons; Semi-colons; Apostrophes: missing letters; Apostrophes: belonging; Apostrophes: practice; Speech marks; Words easily confused; Common mistakes Each worksheet contains a very brief explanation + three sections of activities: Get Started (the basics) , Build Your Skills (going further) and Stretch Yourself (extension). Pupils write on the worksheets. Suitable for homeworks of 20-30 minutes. A 57 page Word document with 32 pages of activities + 25 pages of full answers

A blank chart for pupils to complete after studying the poems** If** and** Poem at Thirty-Nine** from the Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. Good preparation for tackling a comparative essay. The eight questions to compare the poems are: What is happening in the poem? How would you describe the tone of the poem? How much wealth and power do you think the father has in society? What impression is conveyed of the father’s personality and his approach to being a parent? What is the relationship between father and child and how is this conveyed? What evidence is there of the influence of the father on the child? What comparisons can you make between the endings of the two poems? What comparisons can you make between the language, form and structure of the two poems? This is a Word document of 5 pages. The preview shows the start of the Teacher’s Notes - blank chart for pupils is on pages 4-5.

This Word document contains 12 questions on Tony Harrison’s poem The Bright Lights of Sarajevo plus 3 pages of detailed suggested answers to analyse the poem’s content and style. It was written for pupils preparing for Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 2 Poetry and Prose but could be used with any class studying the poem. Questions could be given to pupils to discuss in pairs or groups or used as a basis for a teacher-led lesson. For a more detailed preview, see the FREE resource Still I Rise, Maya Angelou: 14 questions with answers which follows the same format.

This Word document contains 10 questions on Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour which appears in the Edexcel anthology for IGCSE English. It was written for pupils preparing for Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 2, Poetry and Prose but could be used with any class studying the story. Questions could be given to pupils to discuss in pairs or groups or used as a basis for a teacher-led lesson. 3 pages of Teacher’s Notes with suggested answers are included.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat by Emma Levine This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 8 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplified mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

A 12-slide PowerPoint lesson on the poem** Half-past Two** by U.A.Fanthorpe, from the Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. The lesson starts with a few discussion questions on memories of school and learning to tell the time, followed by very brief details on U.A.Fanthorpe. The main part of the PowerPoint consists of 7 slides of discussion questions and suggested answers on sections of the poem which could be worked through with a class. The last two slides focus on Language, form and structure, deciding on the poem’s theme and naming other poems from the anthology which would compare with it.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: Young and Dyslexic? You’ve Got it Going On by Benjamin Zephaniah This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplifed mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

A chart for pupils to complete after studying the poems** Hide and Seek** and Half Past Two from the Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. Good preparation for tackling a comparative essay. The twelve questions to compare the poems are: What does the poem describe and how far can the reader relate to the topic? Where is the boy and what is he doing? How is the boy feeling in lines 1-9? How does each poet use language to convey the boy’s feelings in lines 1-9? How does each poet use references to the senses to convey atmosphere? How does each poet convey the boy’s innocence? How is the boy feeling in the middle of the poem? How does the tone of the poem change towards the end? What happens to the boy at the end of the poem? Do you see the final three lines of the poem as positive or negative? Does the ending of the poem make you reconsider the meaning of the poem as a whole? What can you say about the form and structure of the poem? Teacher’s notes with suggested answers provided.

Five tasks for KS3 pupils to work on Act 4, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing, the wedding of Hero and Claudio. Shortened script of the main part of the scene (2 pages) provided. Five tasks: Read or act out the scene from the original text or the shortened version provided Match each character to their thoughts Role play a journalist’s interview with a wedding guest Consider conventions of newspaper names, headlines and structure of articles Write a news article about the wedding on template provided This is a 6 page Word document

This six page Word document contains 12 questions on Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, Medusa, from the collection The World’s Wife. The resource has been used to help students prepare for coursework in the OCR A level specification but could be useful for any A level study of the poem for examination or coursework. The questions could be used as material for discussion or as the basis for a teacher-led lesson. Detailed suggested answers to the questions are provided.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplified mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: A Passage to Africa by George Alagiah. This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplifed mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

This Word document prepares pupils for writing to analyse methods used in this extract from The Woman in Black which appears in the Edexcel IGCSE Anthology. This resource was written for pupils preparing for Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 2 Poetry and Prose but could be used with any class studying The Woman in Black. Pupils are given 8 sentence starters on how Susan Hill creates tension in the extract, and they match these with 8 quotations from the text. They then continue the sentence starters to develop full paragraphs, using parts of the relevant quotations to support their point. The activity could be divided up within a class with a pupil or group producing one paragraph each.

This six page Word document contains 12 questions on Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, Penelope, from the collection The World’s Wife. The resource has been used to help students prepare for coursework in the OCR A level specification but could be useful for any A level study of the poem for examination or coursework. The questions could be used as material for discussion or as the basis for a teacher-led lesson. Detailed suggested answers to the questions are provided.

A 15-slide PowerPoint lesson on the poem Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell, from the Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Anthology for English Literature. The lesson starts with a short discussion of childhood memories of playing Hide and Seek and the feelings the game provokes, followed by very brief details on Vernon Scannell. The main part of the PP consists of 10 slides of discussion questions and suggested answers on sections of the poem which could be worked through with a class. The last three slides focus on Language, form and structure, narration, deciding on the poem’s theme and naming other poems from the anthology which would compare with it.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplified mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

Lesson activities to analyse the character of Pavel in Chapter 7 of **The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. ** Paired discussion on how Pavel’s life must have changed since before the war A role play interview of Pavel with questions supplied Framework for writing Pavel’s story with example sentences and sentence starters A 2 page Word document

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplifed mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

Edexcel IGCSE English Language Paper 1, question 4. Analysis of language in a non-fiction text from the Edexcel Anthology: Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zappa This workbook leads pupils to understand and analyse the use of language in the text in preparation for question 4 of Paper 1. The workbook can be used as a basis for teacher-led lessons, as a revision tool, or as a self-study booklet for pupils who have missed lessons on the text through absence or a late start to the course. This 12 page Word document resource contains the following sections: Background and Context: information on author and genre of the writing Summary of the text: an outline of the main content of the text Get Started: a brief pre-reading activity Read the text: instructions for pupils studying independently Understand key vocabulary: glossary, particularly for EAL pupils Analyse the language and structure of the text: questions on language/ meaning Consolidate your understanding: activity on language/ structure Answer a practice exam question: title with ten sentence starters provided Suggested answers: detailed answers for sections 1-7 Simplified mark scheme for pupils working independently to self-assess their response to section 8 For a more detailed preview of this resource, see the FREE resource on The Danger of a Single Story which is in identical format.

This 17-slide PowerPoint could form the basis of at least two lessons for pupils starting to gather skills in writing English Language non-fiction pieces in Year 9 or Year 10. Slides 1-7 present a chart of 23 techniques which could be used in non-fiction writing. Pupils could use the acronym AFOREST to remember terms such as Alliteration, Facts and Figures, Opposites, Rhetorical questions, Exclamations, Similes and Triples. Slides 8-13 present a full answer to the question ‘Dangerous sports should be banned’ in the form of a speech. Pupils read the answer in sections, recognising the techniques used by the writer and discussing their effectiveness. Pointers to the techniques used are presented on each slide. Slides 14-17 present a partial answer to the question ‘There is no point in travelling when you can see everything and learn about places on television and the internet’ in the form of a magazine article. Pupils read and discuss the effectiveness of techniques used in the first two paragraphs, then either continue writing the piece or, if they prefer, write their own complete answer.