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 …
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American Literature essay presentation: OCR A level
This is a soundfile of an essay requiring students to work with Jefferson's Independence declaration speech and to link it to the texts studied... The idea is to use it as a basis for discussion. The essay is printed below …
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Mockingbird table top plans
Year 10 worked to create plans for two questions: "Explore the significance of Heritage in the novel" '"The summer is going to be a hot one" - explore this quotation with particular focus on ch 12-15" Their work is on …
Putting together a book…
I am aware that the content of this blog is growing to alarming proportions. With this in mind, I have published some of the stimulus essays in a KINDLE edition book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AO3-alternative-critical-challenge-GCSE-Students-ebook/dp/B00K0O76ZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398875222&sr=8-1&keywords=ao3+essays My intention is that, for the cost of …
Is the Pardoner likeable?
A short stimulus essay for Year 13. This is , as usual, not comprehensive and deliberately short on close analysis - that s the students' task! Hopefully this is interesting and useful, nonetheless. The Pardoner is not a likeable character …
Finding the “fiend-like queen”.
As a response to an AQA Lit B A2 essay, here are some musings in the form of a give back discussion. These are not the last word, but, as with all I post, be seen as a stimulus for …
Women are the central focus of The Great Gatsby, and they aren’t pretty: A stimulus document.
A basis for AQA B Coursework – to be responded to, not necessarily agreed with! Whilst Gatsby should be read as an attack on the consumer heaven of pre-crash America, it can also be read as a savage attack on …
How does the way of life led by the characters affect their behaviour in Of Mice and Men – stimulus paper.
How does the characters’ way of life affect their behaviour in the novel? Ideas on an essay title – you need to find the appropriate quotations and to develop my stimuli. This essay has caused some problems, not because of …
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