This is a lecture sound file. The talk was given to Y11 during some teacher absence. The website referred to at the start is this one, where you will find thew map of USA Lynchings between the mid 19th and mid …
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OMAM: some TOP TRUMP revision cards
Some of the cue cards my Y11 have made for OMAM... Dig in. I will post more as they arrive. ismailTopp Trumpsjack Presentation1Of Mice and Men PowerpointOMAM Cards Read More "OMAM: some TOP TRUMP revision cards"
Lower 6th: Notes on themes in Jerusalem
My L6 class is working on teasing out thematic ideas for NEA task 2. Here is the braindump from the lesson this morning. Read More "Lower 6th: Notes on themes in Jerusalem"
Music in Jerusalem (2019)
As a follow on to the post on Jerusalem and the specifc music choices made by Jez Butterworth, I have made a Spotify playlist of the music itself in case you wish to use it in your teaching. Jerusalem music As …
Compare the presentation of love in the poems Do Not Go Gentle and Poem at 39.
My class wrote a timed response to this title today for IGCSE Eng Lit (Edexcel) practice. I attach mine below and also a sound file of the essay which could be used for discussion. I am not claiming it as …
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Heaney and the Famine: At a potato Digging and For the Commander of the Eliza
Continuing my preparation for teaching Death of a Naturalist, these two poems sit at the centre of the collection and lie at the heart of any discussion of Heritage and of the meaning of Irishness explored in the poems. We …
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Huckleberry Finn meets Bruce Springsteen
Whither Huck? He’s alive and well in Western Stars… It must be the summer. This post looks at the links between Huckleberry Finn and the many first person narrators in Bruce Springsteen’s new album: Western Stars. It is intended seriously, …
