With immense thanks to Matt Lynch, whose original sets of images can be found on Lit Drive https://litdrive.org.uk/resources/macbeth-dual-coded-retrieval-practice-key-quotes-mly-2 and are things of beauty, I have made a video for my students to help with retention of key quotations. Please feel …
Category: Shakespeare
Macbeth character shift essay: brief give back
I recently set my Year 11s an essay using the passage from 5.5 printed below. MACBETH I have almost forgot the taste of fears;The time has been, my senses would have cool'dTo hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hairWould …
Macbeth Act 5.4 to the end
A work in progress for my current Y11s at WSE Laverstock. I will be using this and adjusting as required as we go along. macbeth-act-5Download Read More "Macbeth Act 5.4 to the end"
Lady Macbeth: reviewing the character arc.
A slide deck to help with revision and review of the development of Lady Macbeth: lady-mcbeth-recapDownload Read More "Lady Macbeth: reviewing the character arc."
Feedback session y11
Feedback on a passage from 1.5 of Macbeth set as a typical exam question: feedback-pro-formaDownload Read More "Feedback session y11"
Othello and Iago: a comparison of speech in 1.3
A very old post which I have found on an old hardrive. I hope it is useful. Comparison of Othello and Iago Language in Act 1.3. In Othello, both Othello and Iago use different ways of talking, shown through …
Year 7 turn metaphor into art
I love it when Year 7 are working on Sonnets. I get lots of pictures. Read More "Year 7 turn metaphor into art"
Much Ado: Comedy and Marxism
I gave a short lecture as an extension exercise for y11... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/170224_001.mp3 maan-comedy-and-marxism Read More "Much Ado: Comedy and Marxism"
“Jerusalem is the most Shakespearean of Butterworth’s plays”. Looking at the play, what are the features which reflect this cultural heritage.
A series of student essays in response to the above. I like the discussion of double entendre and sexual allusion in this one It is said that Butterworth’s ‘Jerusalem’ has irrefutable references to Shakespeare and cultural literary heritage. Like Shakespeare, …
MAAN: on Comedy and Marxism
I am due to give a talk for Year 11 next term. It is a MAAN lecture and I want to move beyond the basic plot retrieval and character sketch mode... maan-comedy-and-marxism There is a screencast and I have covered …
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