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OCR A level Dystopia essay: ‘Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future.’
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Sample internal exam papers for Lwr 6th: OCR Elit A level.
Now that we no longer enter students for AS level, we are setting a strong internal exam in the Lower Sixth to aid our predictions for university entrance. Texts covered: Chaucer, Ibsen and Gatsby Here are my 4 papers. The …
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Exploring Shakespeare’s portrayal of Julius Caesar, and its accuracy.
This is one of the runner-up entries in the John Lyon Shakepseare essay prize. I hope you all enjoy it. I find it refreshing to see such cross-curricula endeavour in the Lower 6th this year. See this post also: The winning …
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How does Shakespeare use Plutarch as his source to discuss the nature of political power, both in his own age and in general, in Julius Caesar?
This year I have introduced a Shakespeare essay prize for my Lower 6th. The idea is that any topic is open to the students and that they are exploring well beyond their current studies as laid down by the syllabus. …
Skype lessons – to engage with other cultures and contexts
Earlier this week I took part in a skype lesson with the wonderful METU College...(the Turkish name is ‘Odtu Koleji’) in Ankara at the invitation of their inspirational Head of English - Canan Korkut (@KorkutCkorkut13). Our hope is that we will …
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Adichie: Single Story – interesting context
We get no marks for context in Edexcel IGCSE paper 1 (Language A), but this article, which my colleague Lucy Aitchison brought in today is a corker. Interviewer asks Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Enjoy the single story writ large. Read More …
Eric, rape and authorial intention.
For some years I have taught students An Inspector Calls and when we disucss Eric's behaviour in Act 3, I suggest that we can assume rape as a result of Priestley's description of his entry to Eva's rooms: 'I was …
