Scrbbly - A* Grade Literature + Language Resources
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Scrbbly is an online English platform for KS3, GCSE, iGCSE, A Level + University students. Our resources are made by expert examiners, tutors, teachers, lecturers and professional writers (including a published poet!).
Scrbbly is an online English platform for KS3, GCSE, iGCSE, A Level + University students. Our resources are made by expert examiners, tutors, teachers, lecturers and professional writers (including a published poet!).
Here is an example answer written by a teacher, in timed conditions (hence being
slightly rushed at the end!). The answer would receive close to full marks, as it
contains a clear set of organised ideas, with advanced vocabulary and techniques - providing a dynamic and sustained personal voice and engaging style. Use it to compare and contrast with your own example answers.
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View our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here.
Or our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here.
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A mega bundle of 19 AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 resources, made by an AQA examiner and teacher. Suitable for teachers and students, available at a discount of 40%!
If you’re looking for the AQA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 bundle, click here.
This bundle covers everything you need to teach or learn the AQA Language Paper 2: Contains both example answers of varying levels by students, and full mark example answers by an examiner.
Try a resource for FREE to see whether this bundle is right for you: AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Practise Mock Exam / Specimen Paper
This bundle contains digital + printable pdf + PowerPoint resources that cover the following:
Paper 2 Overview + Introduction
How to Write and Analyse Great Speeches
How to Write and Analyse Great Opinion Articles
How to Write and Analyse Great Letters
How to Write and Analyse Great Diary / Journal Entries
SECTION A RESCOURCES:
Section A: Q1 + Q2 Breakdown + Example Answers
Section A: Q3 Breakdown + Model Answers L5-L9
Section A Q4: How to Write a Comparative Essay + Examples
Exam Preparation: AQA Language Paper 2 Section A
SECTION B RESOURCES:
Section B Q5 - Nonfiction Writing
Section B: Example A /L7 Article + Feedback
Section B: Example A*/L9 Article / Parents are Overprotective
Section B: Letter Writing Task + Full Mark / L9 Example Answer
Section B: Example A* / L9 Letter - Halloween
BONUS MATERIAL:
Practice Exam Paper 2: Travelling + Exploration
Paper 2 L6/ B grade Full Student Answer + Feedback
Ernest Shackleton’s Diary Entries
Paper 2: Understanding Perspectives - London Labour and the London Poor
Enjoy! If you need further help, please take a look at our English Language and Literature VIEW OUR SHOP HERE
Here’s a full analysis of the poem 'A Bird came down the Walk’ by Emily Dickinson, tailored towards A Level students but also suitable for those studying at any level.
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 it’s right for you!
This printable pdf + worksheet resource includes:
POEM
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Studying the full Cambridge collection? View our EMILY DICKINSON PART 1 BUNDLE here.
Or, click here for the EMILY DICKINSON PART 2 BUNDLE
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A complete set of 15 study guides and lesson resources for the Edexcel GCSE ‘Relationships’ Poetry Anthology (2023 onwards). Perfect for teaching or revision!
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy to see whether it’s suitable for you!
Each digital + printable pdf poem resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
ESSAY QUESTIONS
Poems covered:
‘1st Date - He & 1st Date - She’ - Wendy Cope
‘A Child to his Sick Grandfather’ - Joanna Baillie
‘A Complaint’ - William Wordsworth
‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ - John Keats
‘Love’s Dog’ - Jane Hadfield
‘My father would not show us’ - Ingrid de Kok
‘My Last Duchess’ - Robert Browning
‘Nettles’ - Vernon Scannell
‘Neutral Tones’ - Thomas Hardy
‘One Flesh’ - Elizabeth Jennings
‘She walks in beauty’ - Lord Byron
‘Sonnet 43’ - Elizabeth Barret Browning
‘The Manhunt’ - Simon Armitage
‘I wanna be yours’ - John Cooper Clarke
‘Valentine’ - Carol Ann Duffy
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Here’s a complete study guide for the poem ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke.
Suitable for GCSE, iGCSE + A Level students, including those taking the WJEC GCSE Poetry for 2023.
This 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 full WJEC GCSE Poetry bundle here.
You may also be interested in:
To Kill A Mockingbird Revision Bundle
An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
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Here’s an L7/A Grade Essay Example on Ted Hughes’ poems ‘Football at Slack’. Great for teaching, or for students who are revising and want to take their essays to the next level!
This digital + printable pdf document includes:
Example Plan
The Essay Question
The Full L7 / A Grade Essay The Essay Question
Feedback
Teaching or studying the full collection? Take a look at our COMPLETE TED HUGHES IGCSE BUNDLE
This bundle contains:
A summary of all the poems
Thematic and contextual analysis of all poems
Form, structure + language analysis for all poems
Comprehension tasks + exercises for all poems
Practice questions
Hughes - biography + context
L9 / A* Grade two-poem essay example
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A bumper study pack, containing everything students need to know to get top grades in unseen exams. Often, unseen exams can be the scariest or most confusing module on any literature course - so this bundle is aimed at demystifying the exam, plus providing a clear 7-step process for tackling ANY unseen question.
Poetry, prose, close reading + wider reading - we’ve got you covered! Tons of high grade example answers and practise questions are also provided.
Have a resource on us! Download our ‘What is an Unseen Question’ document for FREE to see whether the full course is right for you!
This bundle includes the following digital + printable pdf documents:
What is Unseen Poetry?
What is an Unseen Question?
A 7-step process for Unseen Poetry + Prose Questions
Understanding an Unseen Mark Scheme
Unseen Prose Analysis: Huckleberry Finn
Unseen Prose Practise Question: Araby
Unseen Prose Practise Question: The Yellow Wallpaper
Unseen Poetry Practise Question: The Road Not Taken
Unseen Poetry Practise GCSE / IGCSE Exam Question: Horses
BONUS MATERIAL
A* Grade AS + A Level Unseen Prose Answer (Timed Conditions)
A-Grade Model Essay: Unseen Poetry
A-Grade Example Answer: Unseen Prose
Reasons to love this resource:
Everything you (or your students) need to know about unseen exams
A broad range of prose texts and poems covered, from different genres and time periods
Tons of model essays
A range of tasks and exercises that break down the unseen process
An equal focus on poetry and prose - adaptable to different exam formats
Higher grade examples of context-based wider reading unseen exams, such as AQA Modern Times
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the story ‘Stability’ by Philip K Dick; perfect for teaching or revision!
Suitable for those studying Stories of Ourselves, Cambridge AS + A Level Literature, Volume 2 (2021-23)
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ so you can see whether the complete collection is right for you!
This digital pdf, printable pdf, PowerPoint (ppt) + worksheet resource includes:
THE STORY (copyright permitting)
VOCABULARY
BREAKDOWN OF CHARACTERS
SETTING
PLOT SUMMARY
NARRATIVE VOICE
QUOTATIONS
GENRE
CONTEXT
ATTITUDES
THEMES
EXTRA TASKS
COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the full Stories of Ourselves Anthology? Take a look at our STORIES OF OURSELVES ANTHOLOGY BUNDLE here!
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Here is a Ted Hughes’ Argumentative A* / L9 Essay Example written in timed conditions.
Have a resource on us! Download ‘Football at Slack’ for FREE so you can see whether the complete collection is right for you!
Teaching or studying the full Ted Hughes Poetry Anthology? Take a look at our TED HUGHES POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 1
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An introduction to Unseen Poetry and Prose questions - including a breakdown of the key concepts needed to analyse these in detail. **This resource is completely FREE! **
This digital + printable pdf resource includes:
A breakdown of the term ‘unseen exam question’
How to prepare for an unseen exam
A breakdown of different types of unseen question
A range of unseen example questions
How to plan the answer
Example plan structure
Advice on mark schemes
Reasons to love this resource:
Great for students who are starting out with unseen poetry concepts
A good document to use first, before practicing any real unseen poetry questions
Demystifies mark schemes and essay structures
Teaching or studying a full unseen module? Click here to view our Complete Unseen Poetry + Prose Study Pack
You may also be interested in:
An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
Macbeth Revision Bundle
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Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Caged Bird’ by Maya Angelou, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying Angelou at a higher level.
Includes:
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘Ruins of a Great House’; 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
THEMES/IDEAS
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Sonnet 29’ by Edna St Vincent Millay, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’ by Robert Hayden, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
A full study guide for the poem ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning. Perfect for teaching and revision!
Suitable for students of all levels, including those studying the Edexcel GCSE ‘Relationships’ Poetry Collection.
This digital pdf, printable pdf, powerpoint (ppt) + worksheet poem resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY + SUMMARY
SPEAKER + VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
ATTITUDES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the whole collection? Take a look at our complete EDEXCEL GCSE POETRY BUNDLE here!
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“Lake Narcissus. Summer. I used to think it was the most incredible place on Earth; on days like this — when the angry winds that whipped through the valley were still — the clear blue sky rippled off the surface of the shimmering water: a giant, serene mirror…”
Here’s a story about death vs life, thoughts vs impulses and the restorative beauty of nature. I’ve been teaching a lot of creative writing recently and yesterday my student challenged me to sit and write a story with her: so here it is! It’s suitable for students studying Narrative writing at GCSE or IGCSE level (AQA, CIE / Cambridge, WJEC / Eduqas, CCEA, OCR, Edexcel and more).
** WARNING: The content may be upsetting for some readers as it explores mental health and depression**
This is an example response to a GCSE Narrative Writing - A* L9 Full Mark Example. Written by an AQA examiner.
Warning: It does contain references to depression and mental health issues, as part of the story. I’ve added the plan to the description below so you can check whether it’s right for you and/or your students.
This digital + printable pdf resource includes the following:
THE QUESTION
‘Write a story, set in a mountainous area, as suggested by the picture in the document’
THE PLAN
1- character views the mountain lake landscape
2 - feels sad and depressed, thinks about jumping in the lake
3 - a girl appears, starts running towards the water
4 - she jumps in, he is worried that she’ll drown and jumps in after her
5 - he saves her, they sit on the shore of the lake together
THE ANSWER
WRITING TASK
View our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here.
Or our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here.
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A list of 8 different GCSE style essay questions on Shakespeare’s Macbeth for students to practise their essay style and exam technique!
Hope you enjoy them; they’re particularly tailored towards AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC, CCEA, Eduqas and CIE (Cambridge) exam boards.
They all contain extracts, so they are ** close reading questions** - but students will also need to reference the text as a whole to create a fully rounded essay answer.
Please note: This document is for essay questions only; if you’re looking for example essays try the links below:
GCSE + iGCSE Essays
A Level Macbeth Essays
Need more Macbeth help? Grab our free resources here:
Introduction to Macbeth
Macbeth Character Analysis
Buy our COMPLETE MACBETH BUNDLE here!
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the poem ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy - perfect for teaching or revision.
Suitable for students at higher levels (KS3 and beyond), including those studying Edexcel IGCSE Literature, AQA GCSE Power and Conflict and WJEC GCSE 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 full Cambridge A Level Literature course? Take a look at our CAMBRIDGE A LEVEL POETRY BUNDLE here.
Teaching or studying the Edexcel IGCSE Literature course? Take a look at our EDEXCEL IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE here.
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Here’s a detailed analysis of Robert Frost’s poem ‘The Black Cottage’. It’s suitable for students of all levels!
Great for teaching, revision, missed lessons, boosting analytical / research skills and developing students’ confidence in Frost’s poetry at a higher level. Enjoy!
This digital + printable pdf resource includes:
POEM
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
SPEAKER/VOICE
LANGUAGE
FORM/STRUCTURE
ATTITUDES
CONTEXT
THEMES
For the Frost CCEA AS + A-Level poetry bundle click here!
For our full Frost poetry bundle, click here!
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Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘The Flock’; 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
LANGUAGE
FORM/STRUCTURE
ATTITUDES
CONTEXT
THEMES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS