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 …
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American Literature Unseen for OCR A level.
This is a passage from Upton Sinclair: The Jungle which was used as a handout in a training session at the English and Media Centre today. I thought I would write an unseen response -45 minutes - in the same …
Quick intro the OCR American Literature unseens
A powerpoint to give the outline of the SCASI approach to unseens. A level unseen intro Read More "Quick intro the OCR American Literature unseens"
American Literature: starting to research…
Following an overnight Tweet, I have found the blog of Mrs Livaudais, teaching over the Atlantic and the fourth teacher from America/Canada to get in touch in the past few weeks. The American Literature course is provoking interest. She has much …
More musical contexts for American Lit (OCR).
I recently published a post in which I listed a Spotify playlist to link to my American Literature teaching ideas. Here I link to a playlist for the American Song Book - these songs written largely between 1910 and 1940 …
American Literature 1880-1940: unseen extracts
A booklet of extracts to help teaching unseens for OCR A level jwp unseen extracts Read More "American Literature 1880-1940: unseen extracts"
The Great Gatsby: complete notes and timeline.
No matter how often I teach Gatsby I find it hard. Each time, the ambiguity of the central character and the lack of sympathy I have for anyone in the text get in my way. As I prepare to work …
Notes on Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby
Chapter 9 In the final chapter, the last rites are read over the fantastic life of Jay Gatsby – artificial, noble and a perpetual outsider. Nick tells the story from the perspective of 1924, the time of writing and two …
Notes on Chapter 8 of the Great Gatsby.
Chapter 8: Tom, Daisy and Jordan have no further role in the narrative beyond that required to tie up loose ends. The novel now focuses on Gatsby as seen through the eyes of Nick. The glamour and overt drama is …
Notes on Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby
Chapter 7: The crunch! The longest chapter covering the disintegration of the dream and the betrayal of love and acceptance of material, rather than emotional wealth. Setting: There are several settings in this chapter – the empty Gatsby mansion, …
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