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.
NOTE-MAKING
IGCSE FLE PAPER 2 QUESTION 3 A ( Part of Summary Writing Question)
PROCESS OF SOLVING
This handout helps your students to know the process with steps solving question 3a in Paper 3 of FLE.
The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
3 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 831 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the three 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.
The aim of this activity/exercise was to help the student to learn to write varied expressions in the essays to replace the original words in the poems.
Teachers must notice that students tend to use the same words from the poems quite often in the essays; which is not a good sign but it can be overcome if they are given this kind of exercise. Definitely, students will understand the importance of using different expressions or synonyms in the essay to make it better for a higher credit from the examiners. Some words in the resource may not suit in the context of the poems but many are truly useful and effective. Consider that part ...
King Henry V by William Shakespeare
69 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
A Question Bank For IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE) Paper 2
CONTENTS
69 IGCSE Exam Style Questions
59 Passage Based Questions
10 Critical Essay Questions
26 Significant Moments/Passages identified and indicated
RESERVIST by Boey Kim Cheng
For IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 1
CONTENTS
9 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 1042 words
1WORKSHEET (6 pages)
1 Imaginative Writing Task
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
with themes, tone and mood
lion heart by Amanda Chong (IGCSE Style Exam Questions and Model Band 1 Response)
For IGCSE Literature 0486 (CIE) from SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 910 words
Band 1-A Grade Response
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.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare-50 IGCSE Exam Style Questions and 1 Model Response
Question Bank for Practice
For IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE) Paper 2
CONTENTS
50 IGCSE Exam Style Questions
39 Passage Based Questions
11 Critical Essay Questions
18 Significant Moments/Passages identified and indicated
1 Model Response for Critical Essay Question
ONE ART by Elizabeth Bishop
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (883 words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
13 short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone and mood
FRIEND by Hone Tuwhare
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response (1011 Words)
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
short critical questions for understanding
literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone and mood
ELEGY FOR MY FATHER’S FATHER by James K Baxter
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1
IGCSE Literature 0486/O-Level (CIE)
CONTENTS
6 IGCSE Exam-Style Questions for Practice
1 Worksheet (6 pages)
15 short critical questions for understanding
Literary terms identified
1 imaginative writing task
with themes, tone, and mood
For IGCSE Literature 0486 (CIE) Paper 1
CONTENTS
44 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use 44 carefully worded IGCSE exam style questions in your school exams to assess your students.
• Begin a discussion on what views they have of these moments in the novel.
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1 -Part 5
96 IGCSE and O level Exam-Style Questions for 2017-2019
A QUESTION BANK for Teachers and Students
SET POEMS:
Fleur Adcock, ‘For Heidi With Blue Hair’
James K Baxter, ‘Elegy For My Father’s Father’
Elizabeth Bishop, ‘One Art’
Boey Kim Cheng, ‘Reservist’
Emily Brontë, ‘Cold In The Earth’
Robert Browning, ‘Meeting At Night’
Emily Dickinson, ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’
Philip Larkin, ‘The Trees’
Charlotte Mew, ‘The Trees Are Down’
Grace Nichols, ‘Praise Song For My Mother’
Wilfred Owen, ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’
Siegfried Sassoon, ‘Attack’
Stephen Spender, ‘My Parents’
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Song: Tears, Idle Tears’
Hone Tuwhare, ‘Friend’
Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 : 77 IGCSE Exam Style Questions and 14 Model Responses: A Study Guide
(on 14 Set Poems for 2016-2018)
14 Model Responses and 77 IGCSE Exam Style Questions Inside
Volume: 72 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1522922780
This Study Guide caters to the students of IGCSE Literature (0486) preparing for Paper 1 (Poetry Component on Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 1)
There are two particular uses of this study guide.
First, this Study Guide aims to help the students and teachers to familiarise with possible IGCSE Exam Style Question Stems on 14 Set Poems. A total of 77 questions carefully phrased in this book help students to practise on possible question stems that may appear in IGCSE Board Examination. Teachers can use these questions in school examinations to familiarise the pupils with IGCSE exam wording and phrasing of the questions.
Second, the book provides 14 Model Responses; one response on each poem. Studying these 14 essays enables the students to learn the main ideas in each poem and certain stylistic techniques used by the poets. These essays are also written following PETER/PEEP/PQC structure that is practised and most suggested in schools. In fact, these essays can be considered as samples to develop students own style of essay writing skills; varying the ideas and views based on the question stems asked in IGCSE Board Examination.
Set Poems are:
William Blake, ‘Clod and Pebble’
Lady Mary Wroth, ‘Song’
Kathleen Raine, ‘Passion’
George Herbert, ‘Love’
John Donne, ‘Love’s Infiniteness’
William Wordsworth, ‘She was a Phantom of delight’
Emma Jones, ‘Tiger in the Menagerie’
Amanda Chong, ‘Lion Heart’
Edith Sitwell, ‘Heart and Mind’
Liz Lochhead, ‘For my Grandmother Knitting’
Dilip Chitre, ‘Father Returning Home’
Patricia Beer, ‘The Lost Woman’
Owen Sheers, ‘Coming Home’
Sam Hunt, ‘Stabat Mater’
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.
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.
Stabat Mater by Sam Hunt
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
5 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 920 words
LESSON PLAN and USAGE
• Use the five 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.
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.
Passion by Kathleen Raine
IGCSE Literature 0486(CIE)
SONGS OF OURSELVES Volume 2
CONTENTS
4 IGCSE Exam Style Questions for Practice
1 Model Response in 987 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.