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!).
A complete study guide for the poem ‘Growing Old’ by Mathew Arnold. 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 + printable pdf resource includes:
VOCABULARY
STORY / SUMMARY
SPEAKER / VOICE
ATTITUDES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
STRUCTURE / FORM
CONTEXT
THEMES
TASKS + EXERCISES
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!
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Our complete CAMBRIDGE IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE
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A complete study guide for the poem From the ‘Complaints of Poverty’ by Nicholas James. 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.
VIEW OUR SHOP for other literature and language resources.
A complete study guide for the poem ‘The Lost Woman’ by Patricia Beer. 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.
VIEW OUR SHOP for other literature and language resources.
A complete study guide for the poem ‘The Clod and the Pebble’ by William Blake. 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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A full study guide for the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W.H. Auden - perfect for teaching and revision!
Suitable for students of all levels, including those studying the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4).
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
Take a look at this FREE study guide of the poem ‘From Long Distance II’ to see whether it’s suitable for you!
Teaching or studying the whole collection? Take a look at our complete CAMBRIDGE IGCSE POETRY BUNDLE here!
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Here’s a full study guide for the poem ‘Afternoons’ by Philip Larkin. Everything you need to know about the poem, plus tasks, essay questions + more!
Suitable for GCSE, iGCSE + A Level students, including those studying the WJEC GCSE Poetry Anthology.
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 collection? Have a resource on us! Download Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ for free here
View our full WJEC GCSE Poetry bundle here.
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To Kill A Mockingbird Revision Bundle
An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
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Studying John Keats?
He’s a brilliant genius, but he’s also pretty tricky to understand!
In this resource, you’ll find some of the critical interpretations and tragic elements from the poem ‘Lamia’.
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Studying John Keats?
He’s a brilliant genius, but he’s also pretty tricky to understand!
In this resource, you’ll find analysis of the context, themes and attitudes from the poem ‘Lamia’.
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Studying John Keats?
He’s a brilliant genius, but he’s also pretty tricky to understand! In this resource, you’ll find analysis of a language, structure and form of the poem ‘Lamia’.
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Studying John Keats?
He’s a brilliant genius, but he’s also pretty tricky to understand!
In this resource, you’ll find analysis of the language and structure in the poem ‘Eve of St Agnes’.
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A full breakdown of staging, performances and setting in An Inspector Calls, with a set of tasks tailored towards helping students to understand and analyse them more deeply.
This 4-page digital + printable pdf resource includes:
LOCATION: A SUBURBAN MIDDLE-CLASS HOUSE
TIME PERIOD: 1912 (Edwardian Era)
STAGING + PERFORMANCE
Lighting
Irony
Costume
BONUS MATERIAL
varied tasks and exercises on each aspect of setting and performance
Teaching or studying the play? View our full AN INSPECTOR CALLS BUNDLE here!
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Our COMPLETE AQA Language Paper 1 BUNDLE .
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A full mark / A* grade A Level example answer written in response to an AQA English Literature ‘Modern Times’ past paper question. This is the type of essay that you’ll find at college or university level, as well as in A Level exams such as OCR American Literature ‘Comparative and Contextual Study’, WJEC’S Unseen Component 3 and more.
THE QUESTION:
Explore the significance of the emptiness of modern life in this extract. Remember to include in your answer relevant detailed analysis of the ways that Yates shapes meanings.
This 7-page digital + printable pdf resource includes:
The exam question (AQA Modern Times past paper, contextual study)
The extract
The A* grade model essay answer
A series of tasks and exercises helping students to reflect on the model answer and develop their own response
Teaching or studying a full unseen module? Click here to view our Complete Unseen Poetry + Prose Study Pack
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!
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An Inspector Calls Revision Bundle
Macbeth Revision Bundle
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Here’s a comprehensive study guide for the story ‘The Doll’s House’ by Katherine Mansfield; 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’s a comprehensive study guide for the story ‘Games at Twilight’ by Anita Desai; 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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This resource provides passage-based questions, as well as general essay questions. It is made for students to practice their essay writing style, and exam technique.
Here are a range of GCSE and iGCSE essay answers, written by students - with detailed teacher feedback - includes a full mark A* / L9 Grade essay.
Reasons to love this resource:
Example essay paragraphs + full essays
Ranging from Grades 5-9 (C-A*) - including a full mark essay!
Perfect for teaching essay and exam structuring!
Great for understanding how to achieve the higher grades
SSuitable for students of all levels
Detailed feedback and guidance from teachers on each one
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Introduction to Macbeth
Macbeth Character Analysis
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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 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.
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:
‘The Castaway’
‘The Walk’
‘Sabbaths, WI’
‘The Almond Trees’
‘The Flock’
‘The Wind in the Dooryard’
‘To Return To The Trees’
‘Veranda’
‘The Schooner Flight, Chapter 11: After The Storm’
Context Points
Example A-grade A-level Essay
Each poem analysis includes the following:
Vocabulary
Story/Summary
Speaker/Voice
Form/Structure
Language
Context
Themes/Ideas
Possible Essay Questions
A full breakdown of Act 1, Scene 6 in Macbeth, including comprehension questions and wider expansion tasks - 5 pages in total. This resource can be used as a full lesson, or for revision and deeper analysis.
This digital + printable pdf document contains:
An overview of Act 1.6
Key vocabulary
The Scene
Comprehension Questions
Context: High Treason
Form, Structure + Language Analysis
Reasons to love this resource:
Encourages students to read and understand Shakespearean language
A range of tasks focused on characterisation
A deeper look into language techniques and dramatic devices
Application of context for further analysis
Need more Macbeth help? Grab our free resources here:
Introduction to Macbeth
Macbeth Character Analysis
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