The author is an IBDP Examiner and Team Leader. He is an experienced teacher of IBDP and IGCSE English A and TOK. He worked as an HoD of English at GIobal Indian International School Singapore. He is a Postgraduate in English Literature and a trained graduate teacher in English from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Level 4 Certificate in TESOL from Trinity College London; studied at St Giles International Central London. WhatsApp: +65 83852985.
The author is an IBDP Examiner and Team Leader. He is an experienced teacher of IBDP and IGCSE English A and TOK. He worked as an HoD of English at GIobal Indian International School Singapore. He is a Postgraduate in English Literature and a trained graduate teacher in English from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He also holds a Level 4 Certificate in TESOL from Trinity College London; studied at St Giles International Central London. WhatsApp: +65 83852985.
The Lost Woman... by Patricia Beer
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 1020 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use five carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Attack by Siegfried Sassoon
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (1003 Words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone and mood
ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH by Wilfred Owen
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
11 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (852 Words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the eleven carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
PRAISE SONG FOR MY MOTHER by Grace Nichols
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (826 Words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
She was a Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 921 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the seven carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Heart and Mind by Edith Sitwell
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
4 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 1015 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the four carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
SONG: TEARS, IDLE TEARS by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
THE TREES ARE DOWN by Charlotte Mew
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
8 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone and mood
MY PARENTS by Stephen Spender
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (878 words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
MEETING AT NIGHT by Robert Browning
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (818 words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
THE TREES by Philip Larkin
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
Cold In The Earth by Emily Brontë
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
7 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
LOVE(III) by George Herbert
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE) from
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
1 Model Response in 912 words
5 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the five carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Song by Lady Mary Wroth
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
from SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 837 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the five carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH by Emily Dickinson
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
4 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
Lovers' Infiniteness by John Donne
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 954 words
Examiner's Comments
Examiner's Grade
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the six carefully worded IGCSE style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
Father Returning Home by Dilip Chitre
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
8 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 1078 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the eight carefully worded IGCSE style exam questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what a good response looks like and how to present the thoughts for A* grade in IGCSE board examination.
• Ask your students to highlight the points of view and good parts in a paragraph and see if they have similar thoughts or ideas.
• Ask how they differ or how they find it similar.
• Ask what aspects of the model response they like and how they can try such a response in the exam.
• Discuss the strength of the essay's PETER/PEE/PQC structure.
• You will see your students get confident in an hour class with this but after understanding the poem taught by you.
This resource gives a table of literary devices for each line in the poem and 900 words model essay on Harrison’s poem From Long Distance for IGCSE Exam practice and peer assessment to understand the standards for a good grade.
Check this list of 60 film terminolgy/conventions that help analyse the film posters. Term-Definition-Effect on the audience-Example. Useful worksheet to use in the classroom to teach film analysis or film poster in a unit.