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’s a comprehensive study guide for the poem ‘Blues’ by Jackie Kay - perfect for teaching or revision, but also suitable for GCSE, iGCSE, A Level + University students.
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘Life Mask’ so you can see whether the complete collection is right for you!
This digital pdf, printable pdf, PowerPoint (ppt) + worksheet resource includes:
THE POEM (copyright permitting)
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM ANALYSIS
CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the full Jackie Kay Poetry Anthology? Take a look at our JACKIE KAY POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
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TED HUGHES POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 1
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the poem ‘Away from You’ by Jackie Kay - perfect for teaching or revision, but also suitable for GCSE, iGCSE, A Level + University students.
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘Life Mask’ so you can see whether the complete collection is right for you!
This digital pdf, printable pdf, PowerPoint (ppt) + worksheet resource includes:
THE POEM (copyright permitting)
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM ANALYSIS
CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the full Jackie Kay Poetry Anthology? Take a look at our JACKIE KAY POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
TED HUGHES POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 1
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the poem ‘Teeth’ by Jackie Kay - perfect for teaching or revision, but also suitable for GCSE, iGCSE, A Level + University students.
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘Life Mask’ so you can see whether the complete collection is right for you!
This digital pdf, printable pdf, PowerPoint (ppt) + worksheet resource includes:
THE POEM (copyright permitting)
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM ANALYSIS
CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
Teaching or studying the full Jackie Kay Poetry Anthology? Take a look at our JACKIE KAY POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
You may also be interested in:
You may also be interested in:
TED HUGHES POETRY REVISION BUNDLE here!
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 1
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the story ‘Death in the Woods’ by Sherwood Anderson; 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
CHARACTER LIST AND A 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’s a comprehensive study guide for the story ‘Real-Time’ by Amit Chaudhuri; perfect for teaching or revision!
Suitable for those studying Stories of Ourselves, Cambridge AS + A Level Literature, Volume 1 (2024-2026)
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘Of White Hairs and Crickets’ 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 AS + A Level Volume 2 Anthology? Take a look at our STORIES OF OURSELVES ANTHOLOGY BUNDLE here!
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Here’s a comprehensive Stories of Ourselves AS + A Level, Volume 1 (2024-2026) Bundle!
**the bundle is 50% off currently than buying each document individually!
Have a resource on us! Download for FREE ‘Of White Hairs and Crickets by Rohinton Mistry so you can see whether the complete bundle is suitable for you!
Each story analysis in the bundle 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
Stories included in the bundle:
‘Of White Hairs and Crickets’ - Rohinton Mistry
‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
‘The Son’s Veto’ - Thomas Hardy
‘The Door in the Wall’ - H G Wells
‘An Englishman’s Home’ - Evelyn Waugh
‘The Prison’ - Bernard Malamud
‘Billennium’ - J G Ballard
‘The People Before’ - Maurice Shadbolt
‘Five-Twenty’ - Patrick White
‘Report on the Threatened City’ - Doris Lessing
‘Games at Twilight’ - Anita Desai
‘My Greatest Ambition’ - Morris Lurie
‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’ - Paule Marshall
‘Tyres’ - Adam Thorpe
‘Real-Time’ - Amit Chaudhuri
You may also be interested in:
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 1
CAIE / Cambridge AS + A Level Poetry for 2023 - BUNDLE PART 2
Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome.
View our SHOP for other literature and language resources!
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Amends’, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying Rich at a higher level.
Includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
THEMES
CONTEXT
ESSAY QUESTIONS
A full analysis of Dennis Scott’s poem ‘Marrysong’, tailored towards IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes the following:
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
SPEAKER/VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE
FORM/STRUCTURE
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘The Wind in the Dooryard’; 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
CRITICS
Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘To Return To The Trees’; 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
ATTITUDES
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
THEMES
CONTEXT
GCSE / IGCSE English Model Answer for Narrative Writing + Practise Exam Questions
This is a Narrative Writing model answer that I wrote as an example top level creative writing piece for my GCSE and IGCSE English Language students (AQA / Edexcel / CIE / OCR / WJEC). It is based off the following prompt:
**Write a story about a time and place, real or imaginary, when you felt trapped. Concentrate on your surroundings and your feelings at the time.
**
The title of the piece is ‘Pyramids’, and it explores themes such as history, tourism, nature, maturity and consumerism / materialism.
At the end of the resource, there are also exam - style questions imitating the phrasing of the AQA syllabus. These could be used to further assist students in their exam preparations. Therefore, this resource can be used as an example model answer for Creative Writing questions, and / or as a comprehension ‘insert’ text when combined with the exam style questions. Though the questions are most closely linked to AQA, they would also suit the OCR and Edexcel syllabuses quite well.
For those wanting to use the resource as exam practise, the Paper 1 AQA GCSE English Mark Scheme would be suitable to mark answers on this paper.
CONTENTS:
Model Answer / Reading Comprehension Text
Exam-Style Questions
Here is a full analysis of the poem “Little Boy Crying” by Mervyn Morris, tailored towards GCSE / IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying Morris at a higher level.
Includes:
VIDEO LESSON / EXPLANATION
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a complete study guide for the poem ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, perfect for understanding the poem on a deeper level!
Suitable for GCSE, iGCSE and A Level students, including those studying the Edexcel GCSE ‘Relationships’ Poetry Anthology and WJEC GCSE Poetry Anthology for 2023.
This 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 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
We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome!
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Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Muliebrity’ by Sujata Bhatt, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Not Waving But Drowning’ by Stevie Smith, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
FORM / STRUCTURE
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘Rising Five’ by Norman Nicholson, 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 ‘The Three Fates’ by Rosemary Dobson, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
Here’s a full analysis of the poem ‘She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways’ by William Wordsworth, tailored towards GCSE/IGCSE students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Includes
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
FURTHER READING
THEMES
Here’s a detailed analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem ‘Parades, Parades’; 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
THEMES/IDEAS
FORM/STRUCTURE
LANGUAGE
CONTEXT
Note: click here to view our 2023-25 collection, as this bundle is for the 2022 exams
This revision pack contains detailed analyses of each poem in the CIE / Cambridge IGCSE Poetry Songs of Ourselves collection, including suggested themes that may form the basis of exam questions.
Contents:
‘Amends’ - Adrienne Rich
‘Caged Bird’ - Maya Angelou
‘Sonnet 43’ - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
‘Farmhand’ - James K. Baxter
‘Little Boy Crying’ - Mervyn Morris
‘Marrysong’ - Dennis Scott
‘Mid-Term Break’ - Seamus Heaney
‘Muliebrity’ - Sujata Bhatt
‘Not Waving But Drowning’ - Stevie Smith
‘Plenty’ - Isobel Dixon
‘Rising Five’ - Norman Nicholson
‘She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways’ - William Wordsworth
‘Sonnet 29’ - Edna St. Vincent Millay
‘The Three Fates’ - Rosemary Dobson
‘Those Winter Sundays’ Robert Hayden
Analysis for each poem includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY/SUMMARY
SPEAKER/VOICE
LANGUAGE
FORM/STRUCTURE
ATTITUDES
CONTEXT
THEMES
FREE BONUS MATERIAL:
How to Understand the Mark Scheme: CIE / Cambridge IGCSE Literature (0475 / 0992)
Assessment Objectives and What They Mean: CIE / Cambridge IGCSE Literature (0475 / 0992)
Essay Example on ‘Plenty’ by Isobel Dixon
‘The Three Fates’ B Grade Essay Example + Feedback
‘Little Boy Crying’ by Mervyn Morris - Essay Example
