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Steinbeck’s Letter to Miss Luce
A short post based on Steinbeck's letter to the actress portraying Curley's Wife in a stage production of OMAM. This should be taken alongside my lecture on the topic of CW. Steinbeck’s Letter To Claire LuceLos Gatos [1938]Dear Miss Luce:Annie …
Heaney: Blackberry Picking
This video is a short catch up session delivered for two boys in my U6th class as they prepare their NEA close analysis passage. https://videopress.com/v/9ljCu24B?preloadContent=metadata Read More "Heaney: Blackberry Picking"
Personal: on Art and my father
Every now and then I write a personal blog post. All are welcome to read it, but it will contain nothing which will aid the attainment of a certain grade in any upcoming examinations. It is simply a chance for …
SCASI: An acronym which works.
I made a second video with #TENCOnline in mind - there's no harm in sharing it, although it did not end up in the conference set. I have long maintained that SCASI is a framework to aid students when writing …
EcoCrit and A level teaching #TENCOnline
I attach the video I made for #TENCOnline, the English Teachers' conference run by and for English Teachers. This year the event went online due to COVID which resulted in a staggering number of participants from over 50 countries looking …
Storm on the Island: reflection
I realise that in my pieces on Heaney's Death of a Naturalist, I have not written an exploration of the poem Storm on the Island. Storm On The Island We are prepared: we build our houses squat, Sink walls …
On Race, BLM and the curriculum
Now I am no longer a HOD of English I can explore ideas freely and not necessarily worry if they would form a teachable programme. I can indulge my thoughts. A Level We work with the OCR A level which …
On Curley’s Wife
A video presentation on LOOM which covers much ground that I have covered before in these pages: 'to know Curley's Wife is to love her.' On Loom Read More "On Curley’s Wife"
Crooks: it’s complicated.
One of the many joys of teaching Of Mice and Men is being able to engage in discussion all around characters due to Steinbeck's masterly 360 degree characterisations. Curley's Wife is a victim of gender oppression, and yet she is …
On writing an unseen for OCR A level
This video captures a short session delivered as part of a revision class for my Lower 6th. We study US Literature in the OCR A level and the session is thus centered on this area. Read More "On writing an …
