As retirement looms again, I am sorting my old folders and have come across some ACC teaching materials which may be of use. I am uncertain of their provenance - certainly I wrote some but I suspect that my wonderful …
Tag: AQA English Literature
Macbeth Quotation video
With immense thanks to Matt Lynch, whose original sets of images can be found on Lit Drive https://litdrive.org.uk/resources/macbeth-dual-coded-retrieval-practice-key-quotes-mly-2 and are things of beauty, I have made a video for my students to help with retention of key quotations. Please feel …
Approaching an unseen poem for GCSE: video
Another post trying to help students to engage with unseen poetry. This is aimed predominantly at GCSE students but could be used in the L6th to begin to explore the use of SCASI before tackling longer prose extracts. https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 …
Macbeth character shift essay: brief give back
I recently set my Year 11s an essay using the passage from 5.5 printed below. MACBETH I have almost forgot the taste of fears;The time has been, my senses would have cool'dTo hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hairWould …
Unseen poetry boost: Spender, My Parents
My Parents BY STEPHEN SPENDER My parents kept me from children who were rough Who threw words like stones and wore torn clothes Their thighs showed through rags they ran in the street And climbed cliffs and stripped by the country …
Lady Macbeth: reviewing the character arc.
A slide deck to help with revision and review of the development of Lady Macbeth: lady-mcbeth-recapDownload Read More "Lady Macbeth: reviewing the character arc."
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: …
Macbeth : model response
Beginning with this passage from Act 3.2, explore the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through the whole play. LADY MACBETH How now, my lord! why do you keep alone,Of sorriest fancies your companions making,Using those thoughts which should indeed …
On Macbeth: Link
I may be simply absurdly late to this party, but i found this today on twitter and can't recommend it enough. https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/daggerdrawn/2022/01/12/macbeth-in-terror-which-of-you-have-done-this-3-4-43-49-daggerdrawn-slowshakespeare/ I hope you find it useful. Read More "On Macbeth: Link"
Unlocking an unseen poem: Strategies at KS4
I have prepared a slide deck to help Yr 10 students who are finding approaching an unseen poem tricky. They write well, but find it hard to get a way into the poem in the first place. Two poems are …
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