My presentation for #litdrivecpd can be found here: https://litdrive.org.uk/remotecpd/what-is-so-great-about-gatsby I hope it is useful. Read More "What is so great about Gatsby?"
Tag: american literature
American Lit unseen practice: Babbitt (1922)
My Upper VIth boys wrote an unseen on this passage earlier in the week as part of their A Level Mini Assessments. I wrote this after the event to aid my marking of their papers. The passage is found after …
Racism and Gatsby: context
This is a shocking picture of the reality of the racism treated as normal in large metropolitan centres of East Coast USA at the time of writing of Great Gatsby. The novel is set in part in 1922 and we …
An article on Gatsby…
This appeared on the BBC website today: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210209-the-worlds-most-misunderstood-novel . Plenty of food for thought for A Level students. Read More "An article on Gatsby…"
On Dreams in OMAM, for Edexcel IGCSE
Obviously anyone could use this slide deck, but it is structured to explore typical Edexcel IGCSE questions. A video of the lecture will follow. i-have-a-dreamDownload https://videopress.com/v/bzbaxSMK?preloadContent=metadata Read More "On Dreams in OMAM, for Edexcel IGCSE"
American Dream?
This is a 15 minute talk delivered online as part of the school's JLx initiative. Short talks by staff members exploring an aspect of their subject which interests them. They should challenge and intrigue and do not seek to offer …
The ending of Huckleberry Finn – Pioneer oppressor or lover of the land and freedom? – Huck: a Native American?
Teaching Huck is such a pleasure in so many ways. This year I am intrigued by the message of the ending to a degree further than often. My two stimuli are a new interest in Eco Criticism and an awakening …
Huck and the Picaresque tales
This is my thinking of how to use the central sections of the book within the constraints of the OCR A level Elit exam. First Picaresque - the use of a central character -often an urchin or other disreputable but …
EcoCrit and A level teaching #TENCOnline
I attach the video I made for #TENCOnline, the English Teachers' conference run by and for English Teachers. This year the event went online due to COVID which resulted in a staggering number of participants from over 50 countries looking …
On writing an unseen for OCR A level
This video captures a short session delivered as part of a revision class for my Lower 6th. We study US Literature in the OCR A level and the session is thus centered on this area. Read More "On writing an …
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