I have taught this text for so long and seem to have overlooked posting resources to the blog... odd... I am not the author of all of these, but I have used them from time to time. I am largely …
Category: Edexcel IGCSE from 2016
Screencast to introduce Of Mice and Men
A 20 minute screencast to introduce Steinbeck's novella: Intro screencast Read More "Screencast to introduce Of Mice and Men"
Bright Lights of Sarajevo: discussion and resources
A class in which y9 (!) discuss this poem. Now part of the IGCSE materials for study, they worked so well - the video is testament to their attitude. sarajevo sheets A movie of the lesson can be found here on …
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Night: Alice Munro, for Edexcel IGCSE.
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 …
Edexcel IGCSE approaching an unseen poem: Stopping by woods…
A resource for unseen poems based on Robert Frost... jwp unseen poetry Read More "Edexcel IGCSE approaching an unseen poem: Stopping by woods…"
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‘Still I rise’ Q&A
In response to Year 10 who are studying this for EDEXCEL IGCSE. It was intended to be a short question and response activity - not a long essay... Still I rise: Maya Angelou. You may write me down in history …
A passage to Africa: notes on Explain Everything
Recently we got new laptops at work... woop! I have been experimenting with Explain Everything - a piece of software which I had previously only encountered in an iPad form. It's great and allows you to annotate and record a …
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