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: GCSE English Literature
Exam prep : AIC for AQA
A PowerPoint slide deck which will be used in the run up to the exams to reinforce techniques used in answering questions at GCSE. Work in progress, but feel free to use. aic-exam-prep-1Download Related articles: Considering Gerald Croft… the original cad …
A London thoroughfare. 2AM. Unseen poem
A model response to a poem which has been used by AQA as a GCSE unseen. Written under timed conditions. The question: How does the poet present the speaker's feelings about the city at night? This poem , written in …
J&H: a Marxist stimulus
A short PPt to explore ideas related to a Marxist reading of J&H. Work in progress. jand-h-contexts-1Download Read More "J&H: a Marxist stimulus"
Jekyll and Hyde: Contexts in pictures
A little slidedeck of images of London from 1880 to act as stimulus for discussion of AO3. jh-contexts-in-picturesDownload It is all too easy for students to imagine Jekyll's London much as today. Things to consider as they look at these: …
Jekyll and Hyde: how strange.
In a Queer Theory reading we should not be seeking to prove whether or not a character IS homosexual, but rather we should be looking for the coded signs which indicate the presence of homosexuality in the text. Just as …
Contexts in Jekyll and Hyde: Video
Please find this loom video to act as a commentary to the slide deck at Jekyll and Hyde: Contexts https://www.loom.com/share/243997508743484abdb5b2ebe25af32e https://www.loom.com/share/243997508743484abdb5b2ebe25af32e?sharedAppSource=personal_library Read More "Contexts in Jekyll and Hyde: Video"
Jekyll and Hyde: Contexts
This slide deck is to engage students in approaching AO3 - the context of creation in their writing about Jekyll and Hyde. In short, I am trying to get them to link contexts to the theme/character at the centre of …
Comparative give back Y11: P&C poetry
A slide deck for my current Y11 to use. Please feel free to look at it and adapt it for your own use, but this is aimed at a specific group of students. feedback-ozy-londonDownload Read More "Comparative give back Y11: …
unseen poetry at GCSE 2
Powerpoint and podcasts to accompany the final revision class for my year 11s... wjec unseen poetry 120510_001 120510_002 Read More "unseen poetry at GCSE 2"