Overview
Inspire students to enjoy literature while helping them to prepare effectively for the CSEC® examination; ensure coverage of all prescribed poems for the revised CSEC® English A and English B syllabuses with an anthology that has been compiled with the approval of the Caribbean Examinations Council by Editors who have served as CSEC® English panel members.
- Stimulate an interest in and enjoyment of literature with a wide range of themes and subjects, a balance of well-known texts from the past and more recent works, as well as stories from the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
- Support understanding with notes on each text and questions to provoke discussion, and a useful checklist to help with literary analysis.
- Consolidate learning with practical guidance on how to tackle examination questions including examples of model answers for reference.
Raymond’s Run Toni Cade Bambara
Blackout Roger Mais
Shabine Hazel Simmons-McDonald
Blood Brothers John Wickham
Buried with Science John T. Gilmore
Emma Carolyn Cole
Two Boys Named Basil Mark McWatt8
Victory and the Blight Earl Lovelace
Child of Darkening Humour Noel D. Williams
The Man of the House Frank O’Connor
The Day the World Almost Came to an End Pearl Crayton
It’s Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Barbara Jenkins
The Boy Who Loved Ice Cream Olive Senior
Uncle Umberto’s Slippers Mark McWatt
The Creek Subraj Singh
Georgia and Them There United States Velma Pollard
Shoes for the Dead Kei Miller
The Girl Who Can Ama Ata Aidoo
The Pain Tree Olive Senior
Mint Tea Christine Craig
To Da-Duh, in Memoriam Paule Marshall
Savi’s Trial Hazel Simmons-McDonald
Mom Luby and the Social Worker Kristin Hunter
Berry Langston Hughes
The Two Grandmothers Olive Senior
What is a short story?
Notes and questions
Glossary of terms
Acknowledgements