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 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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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: …
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