I thought I'd paste a little taste of Trump here for students to look over. we spend so many hours teaching students to write with clarity and to structure and organise... and then this: TRUMP: We stopped giving them because …
Category: AQA LitB 4
Ibsen: Doll’s House Introductory thoughts 2
In this powerpoint I try to outline further introductory thoughts for the Ibsen. Aimed at KS5 OCR new A level. The first posts and screencast is linked here: https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/introducing-ibsen-a-dolls-house/ ibsen dh 2 Read More "Ibsen: Doll’s House Introductory thoughts 2"
That’s how we speak: Jerusalem and Shakespeare. Language in drama and other musings.
Caution: Explicit text! MALVOLIO By my life, this is my lady's hand these be her very C's, her U's and her T's and thus makes she her great P's. or: HAMLET Lady, shall I lie in your lap? OPHELIA No, …
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Chaucer’s Verse: Structure and Form
A screencast and powerpoint to look at the structure and form in Chaucer's Merchant's Tale. This covers an introduction to the Iambic Pentameter and a look at the narrative form of the tale with some opportunities for students to work …
Introduction to narrative voice in Chaucer’s Merchant’s Tale.
This screencast and powerpoint continue my materials for use with OCR A level students meeting Chaucer for the first time. I intend it to begin discussions on the layering of narrative voice in Chaucer and to encourage students to reflect …
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Chaucer: An introduction to the Merchant’s Tale
This powerpoint and screencast link offer an introduction to Chaucer to provide context for reading The Merchant's Tale as part of the new OCR A level. chaucer intro The screencast is on the John Lyon English Department You Tube Channel:https://youtu.be/tq5Tdq-qnLA …
Frailty, thy name is … Eve? A passage in search of a discussion for Year 13.
It seems a little unfair to equate Eve with Gertrude who is so strongly told off and used as a synecdoche for the entire female gender by Hamlet in the quotation bastardised above, yet I want to explore the presentation …
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Women in Frankenstein: Cue card revision activity
This powerpoint is a starter for an activity designed to encourage students to seek out relevant quotations with regards to key themes or characters. In this case I have put 13 slides together to consider the presentation of the female …
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Frankenstein: planning a “3 narrators” question
This quick plan is in response to a question from 2012 - "The use of three narrators contributes significantly to the novel’s air of mystery”... It is aimed at OCR AS level students and any others reading the text. I …
Frankenstein: Seduction and promises
Frankenstein: Seduction and broken promises. This is a short stimulus piece designed to look at the pattern of seduction and broken promises that run through the novel. It is not an exemplar essay for examination. Seduction, it should be remembered …
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