I love it when Year 7 are working on Sonnets. I get lots of pictures. Read More "Year 7 turn metaphor into art"
Category: Shakespeare
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 …
Knowledge Organiser MAAN for KS4
After the brilliant blog post by James Theobald here, I am sharing my Knowledge organisers as I make them... I will not share his - follow the link for many, many more, and I will add mine to his collection. Here …
Macbeth coursework support
My support for students writing a coursework essay about Lady Macbeth for Edexcel IGCSE Literature. NOTE to students: this blog is in the public domain. If you cut and paste my writing it is plagiarism. Any teacher checking your work …
“O sweet and lovely wall…”
Year 11 created a spectacular learning wall for open day with ideas building for MAAN and TKAM... It will not be available in the classroom indefinitely, so here are the key elements in PDF... new-doc-50 Read More "“O sweet …
Lady Macbeth coursework idea
A powerpoint to support initial coursework thoughts for a class considering this question: How does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth as a “fiend-like Queen”? Consider the context of creation, language, form and structure in your response. The idea is to support not …
Out, damned Spot: Act 5.1
A short teaching presentation to help a discussion of the sleepwalking scene... I like discussing the links back to earlier scenes in her apparently mad ravings... LM spot Read More "Out, damned Spot: Act 5.1"
Act 4.3 A scene of Mirrors. Macbeth.
Act 4.3 is the longest scene in Macbeth and seems to abruptly halt the dramatic flow of the play. We have seen fast-paced murder and await revelation and retribution. It comes, but only after 150 lines of dialogue in which …
