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Writing an OMAM essay for Edexcel IGCSE – explore the character of…
In this ppt I am hoping to help my Y11 students approach the Prose section of the Edexcel IGCSE Literature paper - this one focuses on OMAM and the character of George. I try to make clear links between a …
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On race and the critical arguments about the ending of Huck….
This is a 45 minute class discussion of race and critics - based on the resource attached. It does start slowly -we are beset by illness at school... but warms up into an interesting discussion which could be used for …
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‘Characters in pursuit of money lie at the heart of much american Literature’…
Two sound files of essays presented in my y13 classes today. There is a genuine attempt to engage with a range of literature and the whole is quite elegantly written. As we discuss the essays, several strong threads are created …
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Remembrance Poem prize winner
Each year we run a competition in Year 9 to write a Remembrance Poem. The boys are reading WW1 literature -a range of poems and Journey's End as stimulus. The idea is that they write their poems without seeking help …
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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