An unseen model response for OCR: This passage from Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy seems to establish a possible link to the title of the novel in the juxtaposition of a 'small band' of religious itinerants who are seeking …
OCR A level English Literature essay seminar: American Literature
A second sound file on the Jefferson quotation. Boys were missing from the lesson, this helps them to catch up.... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/190125_001.mp3 Read More "OCR A level English Literature essay seminar: American Literature"
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American Literature essay presentation: OCR A level
This is a soundfile of an essay requiring students to work with Jefferson's Independence declaration speech and to link it to the texts studied... The idea is to use it as a basis for discussion. The essay is printed below …
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Exploring grief in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology
Year 11: here are your table top notes.... dig in! Table tops PDF: table tops for grief Read More "Exploring grief in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology"
Tissue: Dharker, for GCSE…
My twitter timeline has pulsed with tearful teachers reaching for their tissues - and I don't blame them. This poem, a feature of the AQA anthology for GCSE is hard and seemingly impenetrable for many teachers, let alone students. In …
On bookcovers and Gatsby: setting expectations.
I have selected a few of the many bookcovers designed to help to sell Fitzgerald's novel. With a text such as this, students are in an odd position: many will know of the text and some will have seen the …
The Trick: Imtiaz Dharker for IGCSE unseen poetry.
I have just been hosting a support class for some of my students - not natural English students, for whom an unseen is a bit of a nightmare -a blank page, a barrage of words and no teacher to lead …
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