A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.
Alice Munro’s semi-autobiographical short story is the longest of the stories in the anthology.
This PowerPoint uses material from the Edexcel text book to give a starting point for analysis. The story engages with her struggles as a teenager to cope with mental illness and also develops an interesting discussion about her evaluation of her father’s role in stabilizing her as she grows up….
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Words, words, words... well said Hamlet! A little blog to go off on tangents within the worlds of history and literature that interest me. From the Tudors to Tom Hardy's Tess, or from the Wars of the Roses to Wuthering Heights, feel free to browse through my musings to pick up extra ideas and points for discussion!
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I was wondering if you knew where I could find a pdf of the short story ‘Night’ because I’m about to start studying it as part of my GCSE language and although I have checked on the Pearson Edexcel website there is nothing I can find.
It is in the igcse anthology published by Pearson on the edexcel website
I was wondering if you knew where I could find a pdf of the short story ‘Night’ because I’m about to start studying it as part of my IGCSE language and although I have checked on the Pearson Edexcel website there is nothing I can find. My email address is correacaine@gmail.com
It is in the anthology for igcse which is on the edexcel website and also on one or two of my igcse posts- sorry I do not recall which. If you are really stuck, email me on jwp@johnlyon.org and I will email you a copy.