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Coursework checklist: IGCSE and beyond…
Coursework Submission Checklist. Tick each box to help yourself to submit coursework which hits the basic requirements of the task: Have you written the full title of the essay in the Header to appear on each page? Have …
Jez Butterworth and #metoo: Jerusalem context
Many thanks to Lucy Aitchison, a colleague teaching Jerusalem for the first time this year: I said in an earlier post that Butterworth's Jerusalem is a play creating its own context for the students. When I wrote that, my focus …
Owen: Disabled… Year 9 essay for Y11 critique and revision.
My year 9 are writing about war poetry again. I love this southey to sassoon module. We work on technical elements and are beginning to approach serious analysis of language, structure and form. In this essay, they were asked to write …
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Brief notes on Antholgy A (Edexcel IGCSE)
NON FICTION TEXTS BIBLE It's always embarrassing to have to ask a student for a link to your own work.... anyway this is my brief bullet notes for Anthology A for those revising Edexcel IGCSE Language A. Thanks Shivam. Read …
OMAM: beginning Crooks’ journey in section 4.
My scruffy notes from the board show the beginning of work on the scene in Crooks' room. I love this scene: It is the only scene centered around Crooks and thus is vital for charting his character progression in 3 …
Thoughts on Significant Cigarettes: Rose Tremain
A follow up to this post: Significant Cigarettes: Rose Tremain Just as the Pilgrim fathers travelled across the Atlantic in the hope of establishing a New World, full of a determined Pioneer spirit and buoyed by their unshakable faith, so Lev …
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EDEXCEL IGCSE CPD: Agenda
I am hosting a small CPD day on 09/11. Here is the agenda. IGCSE teachers’ CPD Day The John Lyon School 09/11/18 Agenda: 09.00-09.30 Arrival and coffee. Meeting is based in small conference room in the Red House. Parking …
