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 …
Category: OCR English Literature
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 Ideally I would like the socio-historical content to …
‘You are a junior member of Stalin’s Education Department. Explore ADH and TMT to decide whether or not the texts can be seen to represent true Marxist texts’
A silly title, perhaps, but a serious purpose. I want the Upper Sixth to engage closely with the ideas of Marxist critique, so this essay, modelled on the old AQA LitB coursework seemed like a good idea. This is by …
Unseen for OCR A level: Oryx and Crake (Dystopia)
An unseen model, written during an U6th lesson: 55 minutes. The passage from Margaret Atwood's 2013 novel Oryx and Crake reflects the Dystopian trope of the eco- dystopia, or possibly, due to the 'scabs' all over the Snowman's body, …
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Dystopia: The controllers and the controlled. An essay lesson.
A presentation and discussion form the latest Upper 6th Essay seminar. Enjoy. https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/180202_001.mp3 Read More "Dystopia: The controllers and the controlled. An essay lesson."
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