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An introduction: welcome to my blog.

jwpblog October 29, 2017

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Art as context in A level English Literature

jwpblog May 7, 2017

A while ago I wrote a brief post including 3 19th century depictions of women as stimuli for A Doll's House. In this post I revisit them and add material from Medieval England for my students reading The Merchant's Tale. …

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Jerusalem (Butterworth): feel the ‘beat’

jwpblog April 3, 2017

Following a comment by Martin Robinson in his excellent presentation at Research Ed: Language, I am going to engage students with some specific focus on the 'Beat' stage direction which appears throughout the text. Students can be confused by a …

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Chaucer’s Love Garden: A Merchant’s Tale

jwpblog March 13, 2017

Students are usually aware of the narrative form of the poem, one which blends the realistic with the fantastic and the symbolic, yet there is often room for discussion of the symbolic importance of the Love Garden which Januarie builds …

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“Jerusalem is the most Shakespearean of Butterworth’s plays”. Looking at the play, what are the features which reflect this cultural heritage.

jwpblog January 5, 2017

A series of student essays in response to the above. I like the discussion of double entendre and sexual allusion in this one It is said that Butterworth’s ‘Jerusalem’ has irrefutable references to Shakespeare and cultural literary heritage. Like Shakespeare, …

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Jerusalem (Butterworth): Term Paper collection

jwpblog December 6, 2016

I thought I would collect a few essays written this term about Jerusalem by my Lower 6th Boys.  I believe these to contain some excellent material, perhaps not in the form of model essays for examination, but in the form …

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“To know Curley’s Wife would be to love her…” A response

jwpblog April 2, 2014

Driven by a feeling that students tend to take Curley's Wife at facevalue, even when encouraged to think beyond the obvious, I recently set an essay based on this quotation by John Steinbeck. The PowerPoint attached seeks to address the …

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Eric, rape and authorial intention.

jwpblog April 23, 2018

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 …

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A few exercises to help with focus and concentration

jwpblog April 15, 2018

My contribution to INSET this term is a short blitz on concentration. The exerceise are attached. I've recently been chatting on Twitter about music and revision - I know itis a distraction, but I use it.... This PowerPoint gives an …

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Edexcel IGCSE Language A : revision pack

jwpblog April 15, 2018

This little gem arrived today from a colleague @KathrynNutbeem - yet another example of EduTwitter at its generous best. I copy it here with her permission, being useful for teachers and students alike, at this stage of the process! Year …

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On revision

jwpblog April 11, 2018

There has been a lot of discussion on edutwitter recently following this article by the former Headteacher of a school just up the hill from me: Barnaby Lennon report BBC 7 hours? 'No' - one student quoted elsewhere suggests: “It’s just nonsensical. …

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A short dystopian unseen passage

jwpblog April 6, 2018

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The Feargal Keane Letters: NON fiction unseen options

jwpblog April 5, 2018

Keane wrote these letters, published in the Independent on April 8th 1996 as reflections on his life as a journalist and on the world into which his son was born. One is written to his dead father, the other to …

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Jamie Zeppa: Beyond the sky and the Earth, for Edexcel IGCSE

jwpblog April 5, 2018

This brilliant PDF is by my colleage Gavin Iveson - it is a real gem. As long as the Adobe notes pop up.... ZeppaAnnotated1 Zeppa2 Zeppa3     Read More "Jamie Zeppa: Beyond the sky and the Earth, for Edexcel IGCSE"

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