Sheets created in class in 25 minutes in order to focus on aspects of context, language and plot devices in TKAM. passages-pdf Read More "Year 11: exploring key passages in TKAM"
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feedback: Who is the most memorable character…
... in TKAM? When answering this type of question, popular in the Edexcel IGCSE students might want to use these steps as a guide: 1: There is no right answer, but you must have enough material in your chosen character …
Suffering: a theme in TKAM
A response to the 2016 January Edexcel IGCSE exam. NOT a model essay: Find your own quotations - I have tried to point out the way! Suffering covers a wide range of ideas and I would begin here by identifying …
Thoughts: Hey, Boo!
A few thoughts about the presentation of Boo Radley as a result of an email from an absent student.... How is Boo Radley presented? 1: Establish appearance and reality. IN a novel where so much is recounted through the eyes …
TKAM: some student revision materials
My Year 10s were charged with making revision materials for Mockingbird over Easter... Theme Of Education TKAM (EDITED)-2 Discrimination The mother figures of TKAM Justice in TKAM tkam finished Jem and Scout - revision guide Read More "TKAM: some student …
Thoughts on Justice and the trial in TKAM
I thought I had written this post long ago! Some thinking points for my current year 11 and 10 studying TKAM for IGCSE... (no quotations -they are your responsibility). The nature of Justice itself: consider the difference between natural and …
Considering Poverty in TKAM
A lesson which looked at Poverty in Lee's novel as part of the Y11 revision process. If you wish to use and /or adapt the powerpoint please fell free to do so. jwp poverty Read More "Considering Poverty in TKAM"
Mockingbird circle chats
Yr 10 are preparing TKAM for IGCSE examination next year. In this post there are 4 discussions of chapters 9&10 in the form of Socratic Circles (loosely). They have not worked like this before with me and there are some …
TKAM : significance of Calpurnia in early chapters
A short give back resource. Year 10 wrote this essay in class and I returned their essay today - encouraging from many. This powerpoint summarises the key elements of our conversation. tkam cal sig Read More "TKAM : significance of …
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Mockingbird: opening thoughts
Mockingbird Chapter 1,2,&,3 Ask any student what the first chapter of a novel is “for” and soon enough someone will pipe up with something about “wanting to make the reader read on”. Once the dust has settled and you have …
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