@MariaTrafford has collated the thoughts from the 2017 OCR examiner's report on the A level English Literature papers for our students... OCR Literature Report on the 2017 Exam Read More "Thoughts on Examiner report OCR A level 2017"
Category: OCR English Literature
More visual context for OCR A level English Lit: An Irritating Gentleman.
Another irritating Gentleman Painted in Germany in 1876 -contemporary with A Doll's House... A young widow can be seen as prey Read More "More visual context for OCR A level English Lit: An Irritating Gentleman."
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OCR A level Dystopia essay: ‘Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future.’
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Dystopia Unseen (OCR) based on the A level paper June 2017.
2017 summer examination OCR The passage, from Genevieve Valentine's text: Is this your day to join the revolution? (2009) is interesting because it shows OCR being perfectly happy to use material other than 'regular' novels/short stories as the source for …
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Jordan Baker: careless driver, cheat and … Gatsby’s source?
We were reading Chapter 3 today and an idea grew which is worth considering even if only to reject: Jordan is Gatsby's way in to regaining Daisy. how else would he know to invite Nick, let alone to 'recognise' him …
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American Literature Day 2018
It had to be so: Guest schools, prepared presentations and ... snow. The annual A level introduction to Literature, History and Politics took place today and was delivered to around 50 Year 11s. Sadly the guest schools were snowed …
Dystopian Literature timelines
These were put together by the Upper 6th Literature class and I find them a good starting point when we are considering wider reading and literary contexts. Please feel free touse them. Ideally I would like the socio-historical content to …
