My immediate response to this idea is surprise. I can identify some aspects of Love in the text, but for me the most consistent idea is the absence of love in almost every moment of the text. LOVE IS... Between …
Tag: Edexcel IGCSE
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 …
Leaflets for Edexcel (Draft)
I am offering this for colleagues to use as a starting point for exploring Leaflets with the 2022 cohort of IGCSE Language A students. A useful link: Leaflets for Edexcel IGCSE Languge A leaflet-draftDownload Read More "Leaflets for Edexcel (Draft)"
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: …
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"
Dramatic Irony and Birling: Character Building
When we think of dramatic irony, we tend to think of plays like Othello and focus on the idea of a response to the plot derived from the superior knowledge which the audience has over the characters involved. However, in …
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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