A model response to a poem which has been used by AQA as a GCSE unseen. Written under timed conditions. The question: How does the poet present the speaker's feelings about the city at night? This poem , written in …
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Year 11 Loom links for storm day 18/02
11X4: Macbeth notes and audit: https://www.loom.com/share/196f302c502341678b5d0c864fb9447f 11Y4: Unseen intro and PPt task. https://www.loom.com/share/a7b0c8e0013347fea764a475be782e7c https://www.loom.com/share/8291379f80fd477c8d10f9c5d7f8cae0 Read More "Year 11 Loom links for storm day 18/02"
Newspaper article for GCSE: Task and Model.
The task is a standard AQA format task from Paper 2 Q 5. The medal is by no means perfect. I am using it alongside a lesson to familiarise students with the mark scheme. Students could be encouraged to apply …
Piano : DH Lawrence – feedback model response
This is a model response outline for a feedback class who read the poem as an unseen. How does the poet explore the speaker’s emotions in the poem Piano? In your introduction – answer the question at a basic level: …
On Iago as Director.
Iago as director. I have long wondered about the nature of Iago’s relationship with the other characters in the play and his consequent relationship with the audience. It seems odd that it not the title character who is allowed to …
On the Porter : Act 2.3
Aslide deck to explore the Porter and equivocation. I have included some context and the link to Ian McDiarmid's performance. See also The Porter provides humour but he is far from funny… On equivocation: Macbeth in context. porterDownload Read More "On the …
Island Man lesson for yr 10
A slide deck for my Y10 class - reading Island Man as an unseen... island-man-lessonDownload Read More "Island Man lesson for yr 10"
Before we begin: Macbeth dates and form. An introduction.
This is a re-working of earlier posts Introducing Form before reading Macbeth and Macbeth: a few points before we begin. It has added material about the dating of Macbeth and the versions of the play. I have also reviewed my comments on …
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Macbeth guide: link
I have long valued the Connell Guides series. This is a link the Connel eGuide to Macbeth. I have no idea of its provenance but thought it worth sharing with my students. http://lib.nobles.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-Connell-eGuide-to-Macbeth.pdf Read More "Macbeth guide: link"
Surely we are all Arthur Birling? A discussion piece
https://anchor.fm/jonathan-peel/episodes/Surely-we-are-all-Arthur-Birling--A-discussion-piece-e1aom3r OK, so maybe not, if only on gender terms, but my point is this: for Priestley's play to succeed in its aim of persuading the electorate to ditch the Conservative party which had led the war coalition, he needed …
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