teacher: 11-18. English
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Mother, any distance: Armitage
Mother, any distance greater than a single spanrequires a second pair of hands.You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors,the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recordinglength, …
Huck and the Picaresque tales
This is my thinking of how to use the central sections of the book within the constraints of the OCR A level Elit exam. First Picaresque - the use of a central character -often an urchin or other disreputable but …
What, How, Why…. Janus (OMAM)
A short powerpoint to introduce basic essay structure for exam essays in the Edexcel ELit IGCSE prose question. Since AO2 is not rewarded I'd like to see students move away from clumsy analysis of word classes, to a more homogenous …
OMAM essay planning 2 – whiteboard planning
With some members of my Yr 11 class isolating, this lesson was recorded in order to help them access work from home.... we consider Dreams and Candy. The MS Whiteboard https://videopress.com/v/6olsVbC7?preloadContent=metadata Read More "OMAM essay planning 2 – whiteboard planning"
OMAM section 5 part 2…
Another visualiser lesson supporting distance learning. This one looks at the second half of part 2 - the way in which sympathy is generated for CW and the human response to the tragedy. https://videopress.com/v/eUHSqlcR?preloadContent=metadata Read More "OMAM section 5 part 2…"
OMAM section 5 – visualiser lesson covering death of CW
This is here to help my remote y11s to access the lesson. All can use it, but remember it is a live lesson with real students involved... https://videopress.com/v/ssLKK8Yn?preloadContent=metadata Read More "OMAM section 5 – visualiser lesson covering death of CW"
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Introduction to Out, out – (Frost) for Edexcel IGCSE
A short visualiser introduction for Frost's poem which is in the second section of the Edexcel Anthology for IGCSE. It is part of the material for Language Paper 2. https://videopress.com/v/u90ALlb5?preloadContent=metadata Read More "Introduction to Out, out – (Frost) for Edexcel IGCSE"
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Model response to The Promise: Kate Hirshfield for IGCSE ELIT
This is a model response for Edexcel IGCSE Elit paper 1 - the unseen poem. Whilst it is designed for my students in Harrow, the writing is not board specific and I would suggest that all might use it to …
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Essay planning for character: what is the significance of…?
A short video focused on techniques in writing an Elit essay around character. I am using Curley in OMAM here. https://videopress.com/v/hB7Ex8rA?preloadContent=metadata Read More "Essay planning for character: what is the significance of…?"
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Disabled: Owen. Introduction
A short screencast to introduce Owen's poem at IGCSE English. Ideas are appropriate for all boards and all levels of study. https://videopress.com/v/IdDg8qNP?preloadContent=metadata Read More "Disabled: Owen. Introduction"
