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 …
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Lady Macbeth Fiend-Like Queen notes for y10.
This document is a collection of notes for Year 10 about to approach a long essay on Lady Macbeth. It will outline some strategies and thoughts about hitting the assessment objectives for such an essay in Edexcel IGCSE. Essay Plan …
Creative Writing short course: IGCSE/GCSE revision
I have written a PowerPoint - vastly long - as part of a drive to improve creative writing in IGCSE examinations. This is version 1 and I am indebted both the Maria Trafford, my colleague for help, inspiration and some …
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Eric, rape and authorial intention.
For some years I have taught students An Inspector Calls and when we disucss Eric's behaviour in Act 3, I suggest that we can assume rape as a result of Priestley's description of his entry to Eva's rooms: 'I was …
Lecture: exploring the unseen poem
This sound file is of a lecture given for Avanti House School in NW London. What a great group of enthusiastic and bright Year 11s. It lasts about an hour.... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/180315_001.mp3 jwp unseen poetry Read More "Lecture: exploring the unseen poem"
You are the examiner…
Always a good revision activity. This lesson is for students studying Edexcel IGCSE English Language A, but is easily adapted to suit your purpose. You are the examiner Read More "You are the examiner…"
An Inspector tweets 2
I have worked my way through the whole text, tweeting ideas and snippets of alleged wisdom to help anyone working on the text. Actually, as a way of refreshing my awareness of a text taught over many years, this was …
