A talk given this morning to a group of boys working on an essay about the 'fiend like queen'. We were preparing Macbeth for IGCSE Literature (Edexcel), though the ideas can apply to examinations quite easily. I try to focus …
Category: EDEXCEL IGCSE
OMAM: A lecture about contexts
This is a lecture sound file. The talk was given to Y11 during some teacher absence. The website referred to at the start is this one, where you will find thew map of USA Lynchings between the mid 19th and mid …
OMAM: some TOP TRUMP revision cards
Some of the cue cards my Y11 have made for OMAM... Dig in. I will post more as they arrive. ismailTopp Trumpsjack Presentation1Of Mice and Men PowerpointOMAM Cards Read More "OMAM: some TOP TRUMP revision cards"
Compare the presentation of love in the poems Do Not Go Gentle and Poem at 39.
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 …
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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 …
