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 …
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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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CIE English Lit: Passage Question, an approach.
This is a PowerPoint and timed response to a passage question based on the Summer 2014 examination. Feel free to use it as a marking exercise. I am not claiming A* quality - rather an attempt to hit the criteria …
Horses: Edwin Muir
A powerpoint to support the teaching of the poem Horses in the CIE English Literature collection for 2015. The You tube link is to the channel : Poetry Revision with Mr Brooker. My channel: John Lyon English Department subscribes to …
How does Hopkins reflect the idea of God The Creator in the poem Pied Beauty? Timed response
Written in response to Year 11 who wrote the same essay this afternoon. I will use this as a reference and get them to mark it. Feel free to use it in any way you wish. I do not claim it …
SPAG in a mess?
Thanks to the marvellous @jabellpepper I am putting these posters around the department. The QR codes link to his animated Tellegamis which briefly explain key points of grammar. Students sitting IGCSE this summer need to be aware that with around …
