I am putting together a Spotify playlist for added context when delivering WW1 material: https://open.spotify.com/user/1134431686/playlist/3uzKlzDnL2OXI4XRSXl4J3 Irritatingly there is no Oh! What a lovely war material on the site.... oh what a lovely war - recruitng leapfrog - grave whiter than the …
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War Poetry with Year 9
I have put together a short anthology for teaching War Poetry with Yr 9. There are outline questions to be addressed after discussion of the poems in class. The idea is a taste of the development of War Poetry from …
Bright Lights of Sarajevo: discussion and resources
A class in which y9 (!) discuss this poem. Now part of the IGCSE materials for study, they worked so well - the video is testament to their attitude. sarajevo sheets A movie of the lesson can be found here on …
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Year 10 discuss: Robert Frost, Stopping by woods… as an unseen poem.
I am experimenting with ExplainEverything as a medium for supporting learning. This is a link to a lesson taught today with my Year 10 class and acting as support for the 6 or 7 boys who were sitting an art …
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Edexcel IGCSE approaching an unseen poem: Stopping by woods…
A resource for unseen poems based on Robert Frost... jwp unseen poetry Read More "Edexcel IGCSE approaching an unseen poem: Stopping by woods…"
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Edexcel IGCSE English Lit: Love group
Year 10 linking work for the poetry anthology. love group the pdf version Read More "Edexcel IGCSE English Lit: Love group"
Edexcel IGCSE poetry for Lit (Anthology C)
I am preparing Y10 for the Anthology C poems for Edexcel. This is a draft spreadsheet to try to organise their thinking in relation to the 16 poems.. I would welcome feedback and suggestions. poems reference grid Read More "Edexcel …
