These links are to articles which I find relevant to an understanding of Butterworth's play and will serve as a starting point for next year's Year 12 teaching. Butterworth on Englishness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efbHIyk4Nx0 'ouses, 'ouses, 'ouses by Imagined Village: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR-Z1lg2Q_4 From Newcastle University, …
Category: OCR English Literature
The Forest: Butterworth’s setting for Jerusalem or “What the fuck do you think an English forest is for?”
The Forest: Butterworth’s setting for Jerusalem or “What the fuck do you think an English forest is for?” To Shakespeare, the forest is a place of opposites and a location for clandestine activities. In his plays Midsummer Night’s Dream and …
KING LEAR REVISION GAME
This powerpoint contains 25 slides, each with a quotation missing key words and the original quotation for confirmation. It is a game I play with Year 13 and that I wish them to make for themselves... Simple idea: Fill in …
King Lear resource for Wheel of Fortune
I am trying to develop a resource for revising the wheel of fortune idea in Lear. So far I have come up with these sheets... not over proud of them, but will tinker and post some of the results when …
Themes in King Lear
This will be added to over the coming weeks. I begin with Appearance and reality and Chaos and disintegration. The Powerpoints are to stimulate debate, but also carry useful key quotations for discussion. Lear 11 Lear 12 lear 13 : Cordelia …
Approaching a theme essay at IGCSE
This is a lesson borne out of a need to give back a mock exam essay to my Year 11 class. The focus is on trying to avoid students simply listing a series of events or characters who relate to …
Lear Act 3 teaching notes
These resources continue my planning for King Lear in Year 13. Here I tackle Act 3 in 3 powerpoints. Lear 8 Lear 9 Lear 10 I hope these are useful. Obviously they are in outline and form the basis for …
English Teaching Resources 