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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 …
Explicit/Implicit: short section of lesson with Y9
A short video of a remote lesson with y9 looking at the idea of explicit and implicit writing. I use a passage from OMAM herer. Students will go on to work on the passage Explorers or boys messing about? from …
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On Sister Carrie
For my L6th group, this is the short discussion of Dreiser's Sister Carrie, led by one of the class... Read More "On Sister Carrie"
Danger of a single story (Adichie) -visualiser lesson y9
An introduction to Adichie's TED talk transcript in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology. Read More "Danger of a single story (Adichie) -visualiser lesson y9"
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A level essay tutorial: Gatsby and the Dream….
A class discussion of a student essay presented by the author: Amman in lower 6th. A range of interesting ideas emerge. At around 50 minutes, it might make an interesting discussion point for a virtual lesson. Read More "A level …
Gatsby and Butterfly: Intertextual musings.
In Gatsby, in chapter 3 Nick and Jordan explore the Gatsby mansion and meet owl eyes who exclaims : 'the fella's a regular Belasco'. The reference to Belasco is clear - a stage producer and designer and writer who allows …
