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"
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Munro: Night: Overview visualiser lesson
Today I drew down the curtain on Night in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology with this remote learning overview of the short story. I hope this is useful. https://videopress.com/v/BllJkalm?preloadContent=metadata Read More "Munro: Night: Overview visualiser lesson"
Vendee Globe to compare with Boys Messing About… Edexcel Anthology
An article from the Guardian to use as compariosn with the passage Explorers or Boys Messing About from the Edexcel Anthology for IGCSE. The anthology is linked here: International_GCSE_Anthology_English_Language_A_and_English_LiteratureDownload 'Just terrifying': Vendée Globe sailor rescued after yacht breaks in half …
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Unseen for Edexcel IGCSE practice: Long Distance II. Tony Harrison.
As usual, an unseen response written in 30-35 minutes to the Edexcel format with focus on the 3 bullets for that exam - descriptive devices, language choice and structure. Long Distance IITony Harrison - 1937- Though my mother was already …
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Unseen Booster: My Parents. Stephen Spender
A 25 minute booster session as breakfast club on MS Teams for two of my Y11s. This considers an approach to Spender's poem for Edexcel IGCSE Elit - the unseen poem. I have left in the 10 minute silent prep …
IGCSE Unseen poem support: John Rice – ‘Careful with that…’
Careful With that…. An unseen poem response. Before I begin to write about the poem, this is taken from the Examiner’s Report for January 2020: All students need to look at this list and recognise the importance of hitting these …
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Still I rise: an introduction
An introduction to Angelou's poem, suitable for any students but aimed at my IGCSE students. My focus is on the poem as a musical work of art - I spend some time here on metre which I consider to be …
The Bright Lights Of Sarajevo. An introduction
A short introduction to Bright Lights of Sarajevo by Tony Harrison, aimed at Edexcel IGCSE students but relevant to all. Other posts on this poem: The Bright Lights of Sarajevo – a SCASI reading The Bright Lights of Sarajevo: Edexcel IGCSE https://videopress.com/v/1EzV8jnr?preloadContent=metadata …
Mother, any distance: Armitage
Mother, any distance greater than a single spanrequires a second pair of hands.You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors,the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recordinglength, …
What, How, Why…. Janus (OMAM)
A short powerpoint to introduce basic essay structure for exam essays in the Edexcel ELit IGCSE prose question. Since AO2 is not rewarded I'd like to see students move away from clumsy analysis of word classes, to a more homogenous …
