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Scrbbly resources are adaptable for classroom teaching, home schooling + independent study or revision. We're a team of expert tutors and examiners who all love English, and we aim for our content to be highly detailed, visually engaging and suitable for different levels and abilities.
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A full lesson + study guide for the poem ‘Piano’ by DH Lawrence - perfect for classroom teaching or independent revision. Suitable for KS3, GCSE, iGCSE + beyond!
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Includes:
18-page digital pdf
6-page printable pdf
7-slide powerpoint
7-page worksheet
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CONTENTS:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course? Take a look at our EDEXCEL IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE here.
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Teaching or studying the Cambridge IGCSE Poetry (Vol. 1, Pt 4) collection? Have a FREE resource on us! Here’s a full study guide for the poem ‘from Long Distance II’ by Tony Harrison. Suitable for CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE students, among others.
This digital pdf, printable pdf, PowerPoint (ppt) + worksheet resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY + SUMMARY
SPEAKER + VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
ATTITUDES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
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An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the poem ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker - perfect for classroom teaching or revision. For a limited time, it’s completely free!
Suitable for students at higher levels (KS3 and beyond), including those studying Edexcel IGCSE Literature and CAIE / Cambridge A Level Literature syllabuses.
This digital pdf, printable pdf, powerpoint (ppt) + worksheet poem resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course? Take a look at our EDEXCEL IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE here.
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A detailed analysis of ‘Lampfall’ by Derek Walcott - perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students studying the CIE IGCSE syllabus but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Key vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Poems themes
Poems structure
Key quotes + language techniques
Context + critics
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Helps those new to the poem understand the context behind it
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
View our COMPLETE WALCOTT BUNDLES, both PART 1 and PART 2, here.
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A detailed analysis of ‘Caged Bird’ by Maya Angelou- perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students using the CIE / Cambridge IGCSE syllabus, but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Important vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Key quotes + language techniques
Poems structure
Pieces attitudes
Context
Themes
Essay questions
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
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A detailed analysis of ‘To Return To The Trees’ by Derek Walcott - perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students studying the CIE A level syllabus but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Key vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Attitudes
Poems structure
Key quotes + language techniques
Themes
Context
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Helps those new to the poem understand the context behind it
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
View our COMPLETE WALCOTT BUNDLES, both PART 1 and PART 2, here.
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A detailed analysis of ‘The Wind in the Dooryard’ by Derek Walcott - perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students studying the CIE A level syllabus but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Key vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Themes
Poems structure
Key quotes + language techniques used
Context + critics
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Helps those new to the poem understand the context behind it
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
View our COMPLETE WALCOTT BUNDLES, both PART 1 and PART 2, here.
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A detailed analysis of ‘Little Boy Crying’ by Mervyn Morris- perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards IGCSE students using the CIE / Cambridge A level syllabus, but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Important vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Key quotes + language techniques
Poems structure
Attitudes
Context
Themes
Essay questions
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
For an example of an essay involving this poem being analysed according to the CIE syllabus look at our ‘LITTLE BOY CRYING’ ESSAY EXAMPLE.
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A 12-page full study guide that breaks down Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ for students of all levels (GCSE, iGCSE + A Level). All aspects of the poem are thoroughly covered, and extra tasks, exercises and potential essay questions are also included.
This resource is provided as a digital + printable PDF, worksheet and PowerPoint for adaptable teaching and studying - perfect for classrooms, homework, homeschooling and independent study.
Contents:
VOCABULARY
STORY + SUMMARY
SPEAKER + VOICE
POETIC DEVICES
FORM + STRUCTURE
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES + MESSAGES
THEMES + DEEPER IDEAS
KEY QUOTATIONS
EXTRA TASKS
COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
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A detailed analysis of ‘The Flock’ by Derek Walcott - perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students studying the CIE IGCSE syllabus but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Key vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Key quotes + language techniques
Poems structure
Attitudes
Context
Poems themes
Essay questions
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Helps those new to the poem understand the context behind it
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
View our COMPLETE WALCOTT BUNDLES, both PART 1 and PART 2, here.
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This resource is an example of a Band 2 (20/25 80%) borderline A grade essay according to the CIE Cambridge mark scheme.
CONTENTS
Question
Essay
Grading
How to Improve
A comprehensive lesson + study guide for the poem ‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell - perfect for teaching or revision.
Suitable for students at higher levels (KS3 and beyond), including those studying Edexcel IGCSE Literature.
Includes:
digital pdf
printable pdf
powerpoint
worksheet
CONTENTS:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course? Take a look at our EDEXCEL IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE here.
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Download our Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Study Guidefor FREE here!
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A complete bundle of study guides, covering a range of Emily Dickinson’s works. Each guide offers a full breakdown of each poem, including detailed contextual and linguistic analysis, as well as themes that provide basis for exam-style questions. Perfect for teaching and revision! Tailored towards higher level students, including those studying Cambridge AS + A Level Literature.
Teaching or studying Dickinson collection? Have a resource on us! For a limited time ‘I felt a Funeral, in my Brain’ is completely FREE so you can check whether this bundle is right for you!
For PART 1 of this bundle, click here
These digital + printable + worksheet resources include:
POEM
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES
THEMES
TASKS AND EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
POEMS INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE:
‘My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun’
‘The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants’
‘The Wind - tapped like a tired Man’
‘There came a Wind like a Bugle’
‘There’s a certain Slant of light’
‘This World is not Conclusion’
'‘Twas the old-road - through pain’
‘I heard a Fly buzz, when I died’
‘I measure every Grief I meet’
‘I’m Nobody! Who are you?’
‘It was not Death, for I stood up’
‘One need not be a Chamber - to be Haunted’
‘The Brain - is wider than the Sky’
‘What mystery pervades a well!’
‘Whose cheek is this?’
‘Wild nights! Wild nights!’
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A detailed analysis of ‘Eel Tail’ by Alice Oswald- perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards A level students using the CAIE / Cambridge A level syllabus, but will be helpful for anyone who’s trying to understand the poem at any level.
This digital + printable + PPT document includes the following:
Important vocabulary
A summary
Pieces voice
Attitudes
Key quotes + language techniques
Structure
Context
Themes linked
Tasks
Essay questions
Reasons to love this resource:
Perfect for providing a rapid understanding of the poem
Helps remind students that are revising the poem of the key themes
Is able to provide teachers with clear and succinct points that are relevant to the poem
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE Blessing by Imitiaz Dharker to see whether it’s suitable for you!
Need more CAIE? Have a look at both our bundles, PART 1 and PART 2.
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A complete study guide for the poem ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy. Perfect for teaching and revision!
Suitable for students studying the CAIE / Cambridge A Level Poetry Anthology.(Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, Paper 2, Section B Poetry)
This digital pdf, printable pdf, powerpoint (ppt) + worksheet poem resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the whole collection? Take a look at our CAMBRIDGE AS + A LEVEL BUNDLE PART 1 here!
For the CAMBRIDGE AS + A LEVEL BUNDLE PART 2, click here!
You may also be interested in:
Our complete CAMBRIDGE IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE
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Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘Sabbaths, WI’; it’s tailored towards students taking the CIE / Cambridge A Level syllabus but will be useful for anyone who’s working on understanding the poem at any level.
Great for revision, missed lessons, boosting analytical / research skills and developing students’ confidence in Walcott’s poetry at a higher level. Enjoy!
Includes analysis of the following:
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
VOICE
LANGUAGE
FORM / STRUCTURE
ATTITUDES
CONTEXT
THEMES
POSSIBLE EXAM QUESTIONS
This revision pack contains detailed analyses of each poem in the CIE A-Level Lit Songs of Ourselves collection, including suggested themes that may form the basis of exam questions.
Poems included:
‘A Wife in London’ - Thomas Hardy
‘A Complaint’ - William Wordsworth
‘A Song of Faith Forsworn’ - John Warren
‘Darkness’ - Lord Byron
‘Distant Fields / ANZAC Parade’ - Rhian Gallagher
‘Farewell, ungrateful traitor’ - John Dryden
‘First March’ - Ivor Gurney
‘Futility’ - Wilfred Owen
‘Homecoming’ - Lenrie Peters
‘I Years Had Been From Home’ - Emily Dickinson
Each resource includes a breakdown of the poem in the following way:
VOCABULARY
STORY + SUMMARY
SPEAKER + VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
ATTITUDES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
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This revision pack contains detailed analyses of each poem in the CIE A-Level Lit Songs of Ourselves collection, including suggested themes that may form the basis of exam questions.
Contents:
“If Thou Must Love Me” - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“On the Day of Judgement” - Jonathan Swift
“On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year” - Lord Byron
“Shirt” - Robert Pinsky
“Sleep” - Kenneth Slessor
“Sonnet 19” - William Shakespeare
“The Cry of the Children” - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The Death-Bed” - Siegfried Sassoon
“The Mountain” - Elizabeth Bishop
“The Pains of Sleep” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The Pride of Lions” - Joanna Preston
“The Song of the Shirt” - Thomas Hood
“The Wedding” - Moniza Alvi
“Waterfall” - Lauris Dorothy Edmond
“When We Two Parted” - Lord Byron
“When You Are Old” - W.B. Yeats
“Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening” - Charlotte Smith
Analysis for each poem includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
SPEAKER/VOICE
LANGUAGE
FORM/STRUCTURE
ATTITUDES
CONTEXT
THEMES
A complete bundle of study guides for a range of Emily Dickinson’s works. Each guide offers a full breakdown of each poem, including detailed contextual and linguistic analysis, as well as themes that provide basis for exam-style questions. Perfect for teaching and revision!
Tailored towards higher level students, including those studying the Cambridge AS + A Level Literature.
Teaching or studying Dickinson collection? Have a resource on us! For a limited time ‘I felt a Funeral, in my Brain’ is completely FREE so you can check whether this bundle is right for you!
For PART 2 of this bundle, click here
These digital + printable + worksheet resources include:
POEM
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES
THEMES
TASKS AND EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
POEMS INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE:
‘A Bird came down the Walk’
‘A Murmur in the Trees - to note -’
‘A narrow Fellow in the Grass’
‘A Still - Volcano - Life -’
‘After great pain, a formal feeling comes’
‘An awful Tempest mashed the air’
‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’
‘Because I could not stop for Death’
‘‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers’
‘I can wade Grief’
’ I cautious, scanned my little life -’
‘I did not reach Thee’
‘I dreaded that first Robin, so, -’
‘I felt a Funeral, in my Brain’
‘I have a Bird in spring’
‘I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’’
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A complete study guide for the poem ‘The Spring’ by Thomas Carew. Perfect for teaching and revision!
Suitable for students studying the CAIE / Cambridge A Level Poetry Anthology.(Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, Paper 2, Section B Poetry)
This digital pdf, printable pdf, powerpoint (ppt) + worksheet poem resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the whole collection? Take a look at our CAMBRIDGE AS + A LEVEL BUNDLE PART 1 here!
For the CAMBRIDGE AS + A LEVEL BUNDLE PART 2, click here!
You may also be interested in:
Our complete CAMBRIDGE IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE
Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome.
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