Please find this loom video to act as a commentary to the slide deck at Jekyll and Hyde: Contexts https://www.loom.com/share/243997508743484abdb5b2ebe25af32e https://www.loom.com/share/243997508743484abdb5b2ebe25af32e?sharedAppSource=personal_library Read More "Contexts in Jekyll and Hyde: Video"
Jekyll and Hyde: Contexts
This slide deck is to engage students in approaching AO3 - the context of creation in their writing about Jekyll and Hyde. In short, I am trying to get them to link contexts to the theme/character at the centre of …
Names as context in Jekyll and Hyde
I always try to get students to look closely at names in any text we read. Names are chosen by authors and are not simply random ideas. That said, it is not the case that every name in every text …
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: …
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 …
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