The following sound file is a "give back" for my year 11s based on a close study of the following passage from All MY Sons, Act 2: George: (To Ann) What more do you want! (There is a sound of …
Category: CIE IGCSE
Horses: Edwin Muir. A revision lesson (and other ideas for CIE)
I have adapted a resource pack that I have bought to make this Powerpoint to support Muir's Horses for CIE IGCSE. The zig zag education pack is full of good ideas! horses revision lesson Not really suitable for first teaching... …
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Continuum, Alan Curnow: Revision for CIE English Literature 2015
This powerpoint supports a revision session for Curnow's Continuum. I hope it is useful. The PowerPoint should be used after initial work using the resource in this earlier post : https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/cie-igcse-poetry-teaching-ideas/ continuum revision Read More "Continuum, Alan Curnow: Revision for CIE …
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I’m the king of the castle revision lecture
On Thursday I will give a lecture on Susan Hill's I'm the King of the Castle for my yr 11 as part of their revision programmme. I will publish the MP4 file here. In the meantime, here is the PowerPoint …
A Life Unloved: Thoughts on IKOTC for CIE lit.
Originally posted on Pursued By a Bear...: How the absence of love leads to tragedy in ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ J Sugden looks at how Mrs Kingshaw’s lack of love for her son overwhelmingly contributes to the novel’s…
Analysis: The Cockroach by Kevin Halligan
Originally posted on The IGCSE Blog: STRUCTURE: There is question whether the Cockroach is a sonnet: it has the correct number of lines. The poem’s structure could indicate a following of a 4,4,3,3 structure (number of lines per stanza). The…
All My Sons: Revision Resource
I found a resource online which addressed All My Sons. I have long lost the original and will be very happy to give credit where due, if the original writer contacts me. I have added comments about Tragedy and the American …
Exam Technique: a give back
Many thanks to Dr Michael Mellor, a colleague at JLS, for his initial powerpoint. I have simplified it slightly and added a voice over. The comments are based on a particular group of Year 11s who sat Mock IGCSE papers …
Mockingbird contexts and wider reading
Year 10: you might find these links interesting as you prepare for next term: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/08/harper-lee-dispute-royalties An article about Lee and her resolute disappearance for public society, together with shenangigans relating to monies lost and involving the estate of John Steinbeck, …
CIE English Lit: I’m the King of the Castle REVISION
Material to help with revision of Susan Hill's novel. Is there a more unsettling exploration of childish cruelty? I realise that my revision powerpoint does not focus on innocence and experience to any degree. This is an issue of time, …
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