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A give back: Marking US lit A levels
I recently set this essay for my Upper 6th. The results were variable. For many the essay swiftly became an exercise in listing isolated characters or situations and the Assessment Objectives became lost. The driving AO is AO3 in …
Unseen give back
The unseen from Wright's 'Man who was almost a man' with discussion of unseen technique and direct reference to a student unseen, attached below. https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/190212_001.mp3 Doc3 Read More "Unseen give back"
USA Lit unseen: Richard Wright
This week the unseen is from Richard Wright's The Man Who Was Almost A Man. Whilst the book was published in the 1960s, the content and style make it eminently suitable for unseen practice. Richard Wright's short story entitled The …
Gatsby essay planning idea
Today my Upper 6th class were recovering from a late night: a trip to an Immersive Gatsby performance. We were looking at planning essays - specifically finding good links between the ideas which make up an essay. Rather than a …
USA Lit contexts booklet (OCR)
My Upper 6th are preparing contexts booklets to help them prepare for the OCR A level AO3 strand. I am placing them here to help them to find them swiftly when not in school. Please feel free to browse and …
Planning with SCASI: La Belle Dame
My teaching for Y10 today - I want the boys to find this PPt.... Keats: La Belle Dame Sans Merci given the SCASI method on the tables. planning; scasi approach Read More "Planning with SCASI: La Belle Dame"
Sample American Literature unseens
3 groups of texts for students to practice their unseens: american-literature-extracts-1880-1900 american-literature-extracts-1901-1920 american-literature-extracts-1921-1940 Read More "Sample American Literature unseens"
