My teaching slides for y11 as we begin to ramp up the prep for GCSE... (includes a slide using a short film found on #LITDRIVE - brilliant but had to search for the clip because the youtube link had stopped …
Category: KS4
Disabled: teaching notes
For Year 10: Here s today's work on Disabled for those who were on the school trip... One note page, with sound audio of lesson: https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/190624_001.mp3 Read More "Disabled: teaching notes"
OMAM: a lecture on contexts and other quite interesting things
One of my team was ill today, so with Art GCSE exams reducing the size of classes significantly I piled 2 together and gave a lecture... planning was minimal and the talk was designed to cover a wide remit - …
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Poetic Form and how to use it: A guide for Edexcel IGCSE and all unseen poetry
Dr Ammara Ashraf, who joined my department last term has produced many little gems which glitter proudly in our shared resources area. She has allowed me to share further this PowerPoint on Form for exam students at IGCSE, GCSE and …
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Considering Gerald Croft… the original cad
Gerald: On the face of it the charming and elegant man about town who gives Eva sanctuary from the hellish pit of the Theatre Bar and who is upset at the story of her demise... or the calculating womaniser, using …
Year 10 discuss AIC
A group of short discussions on AIC. The class have read Acts 1&2 in detail at this stage.... 1: Why is it important to read this play in Year 10? https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180129_001.mp3 2: What does Arthur Birling represent? https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180129_002.mp3 3: Eva …
Students discuss characters in OMAM
A lesson in which students discussed the 3 characters they found most memorable in OMAM -revising the text and becoming more used to discussing in full sentences as preparation for writing essays... Crooks, https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_002.mp3 Lennie https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_003.mp3 Curley's Wife https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_004.mp3 …
On that BBC Inspector Calls
Disclaimer: I would watch and listen to Ken Stott and David Thewlis read a telephone directory to each other. This is not about them... Yesterday I watched the first 20 minutes or so with my Year 10s who have read …
Structure-strip: poetry comparison
Aimed at students using the Edexcel IGCSE anthology but applicable to all. I would welcome some feedback on my first attempt at producing a useful structure strip to help students structure a comparative essay. structure guide poetry comparison WordPress seems …
The Necklace: Structure
Year 10, find your work here.... The Year 10s who were in on Friday will be teaching this material to their colleagues. Here is their work on the structure of the short story which was completed in today's lesson. The …
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