For my Lower 6th who are looking into comparing Sillitoe and Butterworth for NEA, my Powerpoint on Carnival has new Goose Fair elements. Jerusalem 4 And the guide.... Read More "Jerusalem/Saturday Night…."
Category: OCR English Literature
Lower 6th: Notes on themes in Jerusalem
My L6 class is working on teasing out thematic ideas for NEA task 2. Here is the braindump from the lesson this morning. Read More "Lower 6th: Notes on themes in Jerusalem"
Jerusalem: a new study guide.
A few months ago I was approached by Neil,Bowen: the editor of the wonderful Peripeteia resources (The Art of Poetry, Drama and so forth). I have collaborated in producing a new study guide for Jerusalem (Butterworth) - a set …
Heaney and the Famine: At a potato Digging and For the Commander of the Eliza
Continuing my preparation for teaching Death of a Naturalist, these two poems sit at the centre of the collection and lie at the heart of any discussion of Heritage and of the meaning of Irishness explored in the poems. We …
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“Every silver lining has a cloud behind it”. (The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Twain). Explore the presentation of Urbanisation in your literature, based on the quotation above. In your writing you should focus on Great Gatsby and other sources you have read.
I have set this title to the U6 as they approach the end of their teaching. We have used all the possible past papers and several of my wider exploratory essay questions, many of which can be heard in discussion …
Possible exam themes for OCR A level ELit: American Literature
I have found this list of questions from the University of North Carolina. Whilst the University are asking very specific questions at times, the themes under consideration are useful and give students a good idea of the nature of …
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Unseen for US Literature (OCR): Howells – A hazard of new fortune
Taken form the 2018 summer examination paper, this passage was the basis for my current U6th mock examination ... howells unseen passage for consideration. From the outset the passage establishes contradictions between attitudes to the Sabbath; perspectives of the …
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