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Surely we are all Arthur Birling? A discussion piece
OK, so maybe not, if only on gender terms, but my point is this: for Priestley's play to succeed in its aim of persuading the electorate to ditch the Conservative party which had led the war coalition, he needed to …
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Comparative give back Y11: P&C poetry
A slide deck for my current Y11 to use. Please feel free to look at it and adapt it for your own use, but this is aimed at a specific group of students. feedback-ozy-londonDownload Read More "Comparative give back Y11: …
Approaching the unseen poem: AQA GCSE
A slide deck to explore Robert Frost's Woods on a snowy evening for AQA GCSE ELit students and teachers. As ever, this is a work in progress, but please feel free to use it .... jwp-unseen-poetry1-frostDownload Read More "Approaching the …
AQA Language GCSE: P1 Q3: an approach
I am writing a slide deck to allow me to explore approaches to this question for my year 10 classes. It is, as ever, a work in progress, but feel free to take a look. aqa-language-paper-1Download I hope it is …
Blake : London (teaching notes)
Work in progress: a slide-deck to deliver Blake's London for AQA P&C. londonDownload Read More "Blake : London (teaching notes)"
Drop into Macbeth 5.7-5.9
The final talk in the series sees Macbeth discover the truth of the witches equivocation and Malcolm rightfully restored to his throne. I have written on the Dead Butcher and the Fiend Like Queen before: Macbeth the “dead butcher” The Fiend-Like …
Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6
An extended introduction to the scenes which act as prelude to war and cover the death of LM. https://www.loom.com/share/b2eec9d8ad494d468e0c6bdb37eb36e3 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6"
Drop into Macbeth 5.1
The sleepwalking scene - an extended introduction. Articles about LM: Finding the “fiend-like queen”. The Fiend-Like Queen and her descendants Discussing the ‘fiend like Queen’ -Voice and ppt https://www.loom.com/share/57df3a52965a492fb9b3db6bbc1983f8 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.1"
P&C Intro and Ozymandias
This is my intro to p&C poetry together with an exploration of Ozymandias. I have placed it here more for the use of my current students who have been taught with these slides in mind. See also: Ozymandias: An introduction …
Drop into Macbeth 4.3
The long dialogue between Malcom and Macduff is unexpected and this whole scene rather slows the progress of the play. A teaching slide-deck can be found here: Act 4.3 A scene of Mirrors. Macbeth. https://www.loom.com/share/1c22f822d44f4134a442f0a65f06e036 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 4.3"
