Resources from a lesson in which y13 planned essays on Lear, The White Devil and Paradise Lost 9. TITLES: "A parent can support or damage a child" How and to what extent is this shown in the 3 texts... "It …
Category: AQA LitB
Cinderedmund and Corderella
-Forgive the bad puns. my students have been looking at an essay entitled "King Lear can be seen as beginning as a fairy tale, whilst ending as a nightmare". I wanted to make some points as stimulus for the writing …
Shakespeare and the Apocalypse: initial thoughts.
https://anchor.fm/jonathan-peel/episodes/King-Lear-and-the-Apocalypse-erav68 This post is available as a podcast here: https://anchor.fm/jonathan-peel/episodes/King-Lear-and-the-Apocalypse-erav68 I am interested in trying to engage students in the idea of Shakespeare presenting the Apocalyptic in his later plays and specifically in Lear, being studied in y13. Eschatology (the …
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Poems on Trial 2
Today Year 13 put poems on trial as part of the preparation for AQA LitB4. I blogged about the idea here: https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/putting-a-poem-on-trial-at-the-cenotaph-and-futility/ and thought a follow up would be interesting. Although very close to the end of the summer term …
POETRY and FROST: An introduction to Metre…
I thought I would try to introduce Year 12 to metre and other aspects of poetic form, using the Robert Frost selection from the AQA anthology for LIT B. Powerpoint: on Frost, poetics, AO2 and the Iamb... Screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFEaHkUm5rI&feature=youtu.be Enjoy! …
Robert Frost introduction
Here is the Powerpoint version of the introduction for the AS LitB1 course. ppt intro The screencast can be found at the school you tube site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYPIxsefY8&feature=youtu.be Enjoy the preparation! Read More "Robert Frost introduction"
Robert Frost, introductions and lectures.
I am preparing the Frost anthology for AQA AS Lit B1 at the moment. Please use these youtube links to someone far better qualified that I am! Both are from the Yale Open Lectures series. I will post my material …
AQA LitB 3 ideas and revision aids
I have already posted here an article concerning my experience as an examiner for LitB3 and I suggest you read it in conjunction with these materials. Follow the LitB3 Tab and you will find plenty on Macbeth and Pardoner, in …
The porter monologue – sound file version
This is a sound file generated by SoundGecko. It is based on the the poerter scene in Macbeth. The text for the sound file is also on the blog. It is an experiment, but I am interested to see whether …
Elements of the Gothic in the Pardoner’s Tale
A short screen cast can be found by following this link... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18050380/EE_Movie_281212-1103.mp4 It is intended as a stimulus for students studying the Pardoner for AQA LitB3. Read More "Elements of the Gothic in the Pardoner’s Tale"
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