Work in progress: a slide-deck to deliver Blake's London for AQA P&C. londonDownload Read More "Blake : London (teaching notes)"
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Tyger and Blessing : comparative poetry analysis
A short section of a lesson looking at planning for an essay: 'Compare the presentation of religion in the poems Blessing and Tyger'. Link to one note as usual, if this cannot be accessed, please find the audio file here: …
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On Eco-Crit and A-Level texts 1. Initial thoughts.
For some time I have taught with an Ecocritical approach without knowing it. It took a recent TEDx talk by my colleague Maria Trafford (https://youtu.be/TFfK_yas8F8 ) to make me consider it as a concrete and explicit line to be developed in …
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Visualiser annotation
In John Tomsett's new book This much I know... there is a lovely example of modelling annotation for a class, using a visualiser. I ran this today with my Year 10 class - a set who do not find poetry analysis or …
Working with Blake in KS3
I have found time recently to introduce William Blake into Year 8 or 9. My students sit an exam in the summer which has focused in part on an appreciation of “London”, as an unseen poem. The question has followed …
Approaching the Gothic and Macbeth
Intended as an overview of Gothic strands to be gathered together prior to beginning AQA LitB unit 3.Approaching the Gothic - and Macbeth. Read More "Approaching the Gothic and Macbeth"
BLAKE AND HARDY resources
My resource notes for Hardy poems and an introduction to Blake via the Songs of Innocence and experience can be found on the English Edu site at the following addresses. Enjoy them! http://english.edusites.co.uk/article/a-guide-to-thomas-hardys-poems-aspects-of-narrative/ http://english.edusites.co.uk/article/a-guide-to-william-blakes-songs-of-innocence-and-experience/ Read More "BLAKE AND HARDY resources"