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. Teaching or studying AQA? Have a resource on us! View our FREE Descriptive Writing answer to see whether the complete bundle is right for you. View our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 BUNDLE here. Or our COMPLETE AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 BUNDLE here. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, 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 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 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 Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. Check our shop for other literature and language resources: ([https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ntabani])

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 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 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! 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 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 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!

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 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 more English literature and language resources.

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! 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.

“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. Please review our content! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. For more English literature and language resources, view OUR SHOP here!

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! Please review us! We always value feedback and are looking for ways to improve our resources, so all reviews are more than welcome. Check out our shop here.

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. 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 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! 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 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