My class wrote a timed response to this title today for IGCSE Eng Lit (Edexcel) practice. I attach mine below and also a sound file of the essay which could be used for discussion. I am not claiming it as …
Category: EDEXCEL IGCSE
To know Curley’s wife 2019
I gave this lecture again today for a new group of y11 students. Sadly my trusty MP3 recorder has died, so I post last year's sound file again for them to use. Feel free to dig in. The lecture is …
Chris Froome on Africa: non fiction comparison
This passage works as a comparison to George Alagiah's Passage to Africa or Jamie Zeppa's Bhutan passage, found in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology. I have scanned the opening of Froome's book as he looks back at his youth in Africa, …
Tissue: Dharker, for GCSE…
My twitter timeline has pulsed with tearful teachers reaching for their tissues - and I don't blame them. This poem, a feature of the AQA anthology for GCSE is hard and seemingly impenetrable for many teachers, let alone students. In …
The Trick: Imtiaz Dharker for IGCSE unseen poetry.
I have just been hosting a support class for some of my students - not natural English students, for whom an unseen is a bit of a nightmare -a blank page, a barrage of words and no teacher to lead …
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Writing an OMAM essay for Edexcel IGCSE – explore the character of…
In this ppt I am hoping to help my Y11 students approach the Prose section of the Edexcel IGCSE Literature paper - this one focuses on OMAM and the character of George. I try to make clear links between a …
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Coursework checklist: IGCSE and beyond…
Coursework Submission Checklist. Tick each box to help yourself to submit coursework which hits the basic requirements of the task: Have you written the full title of the essay in the Header to appear on each page? Have …
