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OCR English Language and Literature A Level resources for 1 hour and 30 minutes of teaching Roxane Gay’s speech from the Non-Fiction Anthology. Suggested answers and paired texts included. A range of activities for Roxane Gay speech which will be examined from the Summer 2026 OCR English Language and Literature A-Level. The pack includes: • A two page student worksheet with a selection of activities and questions. • A teacher’s suggested answers version of the worksheet. • A 26 slide activity PowerPoint reflecting all activities on the worksheet. Includes activities for the paired text. • A paired text that can used as a comparative activity or timed writing or homework to be used with Roxane Gay’s speech. • A ten question PowerPoint comprehension quiz that can be shown via a whiteboard projector and students can mark their own answers. • A lesson plan guide with the task split into three 30 minute sections. Work can, of course, be extended for longer sessions or 30 minute sessions can be put together for an hour lesson. Please note: The starter activity involves two questions about voice and trauma. Have a look at the questions before you deliver the material to ensure it is appropriate in relation to your students. If you feel that the starter question on trauma might be too much for some of your students, you can easily delete the question from the worksheet as it is a Word document and the PowerPoint. The first question about finding your voice can be used alone. This resource encourages close reading, critical writing, discussion and retention of important ideas and quotations from Roxane Gay’s speech which is a compulsory text for OCR’s EMC English Language and Literature A Level. Students can be set the work independently or the work can be presented in a more collaborative class atmosphere. The text is available in the OCR English Language and Literature Non-Fiction Anthology. Digital and print copies are provided by the OCR examining board for the teaching of this resource on the English Language and Literature A-Level. All the images and texts used in the pack are available for commercial use. Please note, this resource does not reproduce the OCR examination questions as examination questions are the copyright of OCR. Other OCR Anthology Worksheet and PowerPoint Resources Available: Luke Healy Americana Graphic Non-Fiction Off Menu Podcast with Motsi Mabuse John Locke Essay on Education Feel Good Review Lady Ann Fanshawe Anthology Bundle (Feel Good, Luke Healy, John Locke and Podcast)