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Complete Units for Cambridge IGCSE English
Full teaching units for the 2027–2029 specification. Every lesson is planned, every task has a matching page in the student workbook, and the model answers show students exactly what makes a strong answer stronger.
- Editable PowerPoint and Word
- Matching student workbook
- Annotated model answers
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Directed Writing Exam Practice: Six Full Papers — Paper 2 Section A — IGCSE First Language English
Six original Section A papers in the 2027 Cambridge format, each with a detailed teacher mark scheme and a student-friendly debrief with model answers. Includes a £5-off code for the full Directed Writing unit.
6 full papers122 pages6 mark schemes12 model answers
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Directed Writing: Full Unit — Paper 2 Section A — IGCSE First Language English
Take students from “What is this question even asking?” to a confident 1(a) and a well-argued 1(b): fourteen lessons with one clear method for each question.
14 lessons335 slides118-page booklet2 practice papers
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Extended Reading 2027: Full Unit — Paper 1 Question 4 — IGCSE First Language English
Every text type Question 4 can ask for, taught with one method students can use on any task: the talk, letter, interview, journal, report and article.
8 lessons452 slides145-page workbook6 text types
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The Vanishing Broadcast: Narrative Writing Full Unit — Paper 2 — IGCSE First Language English
Take students from a blank page to a Level 6 story: an introduction and nine lessons built around one original model story, The Vanishing Broadcast.
Intro + 9 lessons279 slidesStudent workbookModel story
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Painting with Words: Descriptive Writing Full Unit — Paper 2 — IGCSE First Language English
Teach students to choose one feeling, select the details that create it and hold it with one powerful image: an introduction and seven photo-led lessons.
Intro + 7 lessons196 slides45-page workbook3 model descriptions
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Writer’s Effect, Mastered: Full Unit — Paper 1 Question 3(d) — IGCSE First Language English
Turn every quotation into Level 5 analysis with the S.H.I.N.E. method: three lessons, a workbook and teacher and student mark schemes.
3 lessons95 slides39-page workbook2 mark schemes
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One clear method
Students learn one approach they can use on any task, so they always know where to start.
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Workbook that matches
Every slide task has its own page in the student workbook, with source texts, writing frames and space to write.
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Annotated model answers
Model answers are annotated and compared side by side, so students can see exactly what lifts a response to the top band.
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Core, optional and support
Tasks are clearly labelled, so you can stretch confident students and support those who need it.
Try a lesson first
Not sure yet? Download “The Price of a Grade”, a complete Directed Writing lesson, for free: slides with full speaker notes, a student workbook and an answer key. See the style before you buy.
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More complete units for the 2027–2029 specification are in development.
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Who are the packs for?
Teachers and tutors who want a complete, ready-to-teach unit, and students who want to work through a topic independently with the workbook and model answers.
Can I edit the files?
Yes. The slides are a PowerPoint (.pptx) file and the workbook is a Word (.docx) file, so you can adapt them for your class.
How do I get my files?
After checkout you’ll receive your download links by email. You can also find them at any time under My Account → Downloads.
Which specification do they cover?
Cambridge IGCSE First Language English (0500 / 0990), written for exams from 2027 to 2029.
I have another question.
Email jacqueline@thorogoodenglish.com and Jacqueline will get back to you.