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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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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.
OFFER: If you purchase one of our resources and leave an honest review, we'll give you a second resource completely FREE! Leave a review + drop us an email (admin@scrbbly.com) with your TES name and request.
All hail to thee! This bundle contains everything you need to teach or independently study Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the form of digital and printable PDF documents. It’s perfect for GCSE + iGCSE students, with extra documents that provide additional depth added for A Level.
Preview two of our documents for free, to check whether the whole bundle is right for you!
Macbeth Complete Character Analysis
Introduction to Macbeth - Comprehensive Study Guide
Watch Youtube videos of this bundle content here!
There are two levels to this bundle:
Core material for students aged 14-16 (GCSE and iGCSE)
Extension material for students aged 16-18 (AS, A Level + IB)
This is what you’ll get with this digital and printable resource:
THE COMPLETE MACBETH COURSE
Introduction to Macbeth - Comprehensive Study Guide
Macbeth - Plot Summary + Structural Breakdown
Setting in Macbeth
Macbeth - Character Study Guide
Macbeth - Key Quotations
Macbeth - Complete Context Revision
Macbeth Key Themes Study Guide
Macbeth and Tragedy
Macbeth - Critical Interpretations + Critics’ Quotations
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WORKSHEETS + LESSONS
Macbeth Text and Study Questions - ACT 1.1
Macbeth Text and Study Questions - ACT 1.6
Religion in Macbeth Study Guide
ESSAY WRITING, QUESTIONS + EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Macbeth - How to Write Higher Level Essays
Macbeth - How to Plan Essays
Macbeth - GCSE + iGCSE Essay Questions
Example A-Level Essays, A*-C Grades
Macbeth - GCSE + iGCSE Model Essays, A*-C Grades (L9-L5)
With this bundle, students will be able to:
Understand the structural elements and key moments of plot
Deepen their knowledge of characters, including understanding the deeper messages behind each one
Integrate the significance of the setting into their analyses and interpretations of the play as a whole
Gain confidence with understanding the dramatic form, with a focus on Shakespearean drama
Memorise a range of carefully chosen key quotations for use in essays and analysis
Develop their language, structure and form analysis skills, with guided support and examples
Identify and analyse the thematic and contextual details
Learn approaches to a range of essay question types: discursive, argumentative, close reading
Become confident with extract interpretation and analysis
Develop their knowledge of tragic conventions and apply them to the play
Expand their critical aptitude via exposure to key critical frameworks and critics’ quotations (for higher level students)
Write their own essays on Macbeth, after support with planning help and example A* / top grade model answers
Reasons to love this bundle:
Downloadable pdfs documents, graphically designed to a high level
Visual aids (photographs and drawings) to support learning
Clearly organised categories that simplify the text for students
Print and digital versions - perfect for any learning environment
The unit has everything you need to start teaching or learning - starting with the basic story summary, going right up to deep contextual and critical wider readings.
Lots of tasks and opportunities to practice literary analysis skills - students will be guided through writing a literary analysis response to the play.
**Ready to print and teach, or start studying straight away!
Looking for other AQA Literature bundles? Here are two more:
An Inspector Calls
AQA GCSE Power and Conflict Poetry
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AQA GCSE English Paper 1 Complete Bundle
Cambridge IGCSE Poetry Anthology 2023-2025, Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 4
Cambridge A Level Poetry for 2024
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A full lesson + study guide for the poem 'A Wife in London’ by Thomas Hardy. Suitable for students taking GCSE + iGCSE.
This digital + printable pdf resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY + SUMMARY
SPEAKER + VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURE ANALYSIS
FORM + STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES + MESSAGES
THEMES + DEEPER IDEAS
KEY QUOTATIONS
EXTRA TASKS
COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the whole WJEC collection? Have a resource on us! Download Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ for free here
View our COMPLETE WJEC GCSE POETRYhere.
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To Kill A Mockingbird Revision Bundle
An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
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This resource is for anyone who is aiming towards intermediate or advanced level writing. It covers a full breakdown of how to understand the features, as well as ways to create them and analyze them in your own writing.
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem “Forest of Europe”; 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
SPEAKER/VOICE
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
THEMES/IDEAS
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Here’s a full analysis of the poem “Sleep” by Kenneth Slessor, tailored towards A-Level students, but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes:
Poem
Vocabulary
Story/Summary
Speaker/Voice
Language features
Structure/Form
Context
Attitudes
Themes
Here’s a full analysis of the poem “The Pains of Sleep” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tailored towards A-Level students, but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes:
Poem
Vocabulary
Story/Summary
Speaker/Voice
Language features
Structure/Form
Context
Attitudes
Themes
Here’s a full analysis of the poem “Distant Fields / ANZAC Parade” by Rhian Gallagher, tailored towards A-Level students, but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes:
Poem
Vocabulary
Story/Summary
Speaker/Voice
Language features
Structure/Form
Context
Attitudes
Themes
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem “The Walk”; 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
SPEAKER/VOICE
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
THEMES/IDEAS
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem “The Castaway”; 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
SPEAKER/VOICE
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
THEMES/IDEAS
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poetry.
It is tailored towards students taking the CIE / Cambridge A-Level syllabus but will be useful for anyone who’s working on understanding the poems 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!
Poems included in the bundle:
‘A Careful Passion’
‘Adam’s Song’
‘Ebb’
‘Forest of Europe’
‘Homecoming: Anse La Raye’
‘Lampfall’
‘Landfall, Grenada’
‘Mass Man’
‘Nearing Forty’
‘Oddjob, a Bull Terrier’
‘Parades, Parades’
‘Ruins of a Great House’
Each poem analysis includes the following:
Vocabulary
Story/Summary
Speaker/Voice
Form/Structure
Language
Context
Themes/Ideas
Possible Essay Questions
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem “Adam’s Song”; 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
SPEAKER/VOICE
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
THEMES/IDEAS
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Here is a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem “Oddjob, A Bull Terrier”; 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
SPEAKER/VOICE
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
THEMES/IDEAS
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
A 12-page full study guide that breaks down Tennyson’s ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ 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 included at the end.
This resource is provided as a digital + printable PDF 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
Teaching or studying AQA Power + Conflict Poetry? Have a resource on us!
Download our Ozymandias Study Guide here!
View our full AQA POWER + CONFLICT POETRY BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
The COMPLETE JEKYLL + HYDE BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 1 BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 2 BUNDLE
The COMPLETE MACBETH BUNDLE
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Here is an essay that I wrote in (roughly!) timed conditions.
The topic was an Unseen Essay Question for a contextual literature paper — where you’re given an extract from a novel that you’ve never seen before, and you have to read and write about it using your knowledge of that time period — in this case, it was the 1950s and 1960s American US culture.
This is the type of essay that you’ll find at the college or university level, as well as in A-Level exams such as AQA English Literature ‘Modern Times’, OCR
American Literature ‘Comparative and Contextual Study’, WJEC’S Unseen
Component 3 and more.
It is suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel, and WJEC Literature A-Level.
A 16-page full study guide that breaks down Heaney’s ‘Storm on the Island’ 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
Want to preview our study guides? Download our our Ozymandias Study Guide for FREE here!
“If you buy this resource and find it useful, we’d be very grateful if you could leave an honest review - to say thank you, we’re happy to give you a second resource completely free of charge. Just drop us an email at admin@scrbbly.com with your TES name, the name of the resource you reviewed, and which one you’d like for free. We’ll email it over to you within 24-48 hours.”
View our full AQA POWER + CONFLICT POETRY BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
The COMPLETE JEKYLL + HYDE BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 1 BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 2 BUNDLE
The COMPLETE MACBETH BUNDLE
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An 18-page full lesson + study guide that breaks down William Blake’s poem ‘London’ 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 included at the end.
This resource is provided as a digital + printable PDF 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
Want to preview our study guides? Download our our Ozymandias Study Guide for FREE here!
“If you buy this resource and find it useful, we’d be very grateful if you could leave an honest review - to say thank you, we’re happy to give you a second resource completely free of charge. Just drop us an email at admin@scrbbly.com with your TES name, the name of the resource you reviewed, and which one you’d like for free. We’ll email it over to you within 24-48 hours.”
View our full AQA POWER + CONFLICT POETRY BUNDLE here!
and our WJEC POETRY BUNDLE here
You may also be interested in:
The COMPLETE JEKYLL + HYDE BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 1 BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 2 BUNDLE
The COMPLETE MACBETH BUNDLE
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This is an essay completed by an IGCSE student, though in non-timed conditions. It received a B grade overall (borderline A), although some of the ideas and interpretations demonstrate a higher level and the issues with it are mostly structural.
Suitable for CIE/Cambridge and IGCSE students, but also for those at a higher level.
It includes:
The Essay Question
The Essay
Mark Scheme
Examiner Notes/Comments
Here’s an essay example of the poem ‘Little Boy Crying’ by Mervin Morris.
It includes the essay question and the essay - suitable for CIE/Cambridge and IGCSE students, but also for those at a higher level.
A 16-page full study guide that breaks down William Wordsworth’s ‘Extract from the Prelude’ 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
Want to preview our study guides? Download our our Ozymandias Study Guide for FREE here!
“If you buy this resource and find it useful, we’d be very grateful if you could leave an honest review - to say thank you, we’re happy to give you a second resource completely free of charge. Just drop us an email at admin@scrbbly.com with your TES name, the name of the resource you reviewed, and which one you’d like for free. We’ll email it over to you within 24-48 hours.”
View our full AQA POWER + CONFLICT POETRY BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
The COMPLETE JEKYLL + HYDE BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 1 BUNDLE
Our COMPLETE AQA LANGUAGE PAPER 2 BUNDLE
The COMPLETE MACBETH BUNDLE
View our SHOP for other literature and language resources!
The notes below are taken from individual analyses of Walcott poems, but they also pertain to the context of Walcott and his poetry in general.
This is a revision sheet which will help you to connect the dots between the different poems and understand the deeper idea that underpin his writing.
Note that some context points are more specific to the particular poem, whereas others are about Walcott’s own ideas and beliefs in general, so be careful with which ones you choose to use in your own essay writing.