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
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 to …
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Comparative give back Y11: P&C poetry
A slide deck for my current Y11 to use. Please feel free to look at it and adapt it for your own use, but this is aimed at a specific group of students. feedback-ozy-londonDownload Read More "Comparative give back Y11: …
Approaching the unseen poem: AQA GCSE
A slide deck to explore Robert Frost's Woods on a snowy evening for AQA GCSE ELit students and teachers. As ever, this is a work in progress, but please feel free to use it .... jwp-unseen-poetry1-frostDownload Read More "Approaching the …
AQA Language GCSE: P1 Q3: an approach
I am writing a slide deck to allow me to explore approaches to this question for my year 10 classes. It is, as ever, a work in progress, but feel free to take a look. aqa-language-paper-1Download I hope it is …
Blake : London (teaching notes)
Work in progress: a slide-deck to deliver Blake's London for AQA P&C. londonDownload Read More "Blake : London (teaching notes)"
Drop into Macbeth 5.7-5.9
The final talk in the series sees Macbeth discover the truth of the witches equivocation and Malcolm rightfully restored to his throne. I have written on the Dead Butcher and the Fiend Like Queen before: Macbeth the “dead butcher” The Fiend-Like …
Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6
An extended introduction to the scenes which act as prelude to war and cover the death of LM. https://www.loom.com/share/b2eec9d8ad494d468e0c6bdb37eb36e3 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.2 – 5.6"
Drop into Macbeth 5.1
The sleepwalking scene - an extended introduction. Articles about LM: Finding the “fiend-like queen”. The Fiend-Like Queen and her descendants Discussing the ‘fiend like Queen’ -Voice and ppt https://www.loom.com/share/57df3a52965a492fb9b3db6bbc1983f8 Read More "Drop into Macbeth 5.1"
