I gave this lecture again today for a new group of y11 students. Sadly my trusty MP3 recorder has died, so I post last year's sound file again for them to use. Feel free to dig in. The lecture is …
Tag: Of Mice and Men
OMAM: a lecture on contexts and other quite interesting things
One of my team was ill today, so with Art GCSE exams reducing the size of classes significantly I piled 2 together and gave a lecture... planning was minimal and the talk was designed to cover a wide remit - …
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Writing an OMAM essay for Edexcel IGCSE – explore the character of…
In this ppt I am hoping to help my Y11 students approach the Prose section of the Edexcel IGCSE Literature paper - this one focuses on OMAM and the character of George. I try to make clear links between a …
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OMAM: beginning Crooks’ journey in section 4.
My scruffy notes from the board show the beginning of work on the scene in Crooks' room. I love this scene: It is the only scene centered around Crooks and thus is vital for charting his character progression in 3 …
To know Curley’s wife lecture 2018.
A sound file of a lecture given at lunch time today. Based on Steinbeck's assertion that to 'know Curley's wife would be to love her' https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/omam-lecture.mp3 The PPt is already here, but this is a new version of …
Students discuss characters in OMAM
A lesson in which students discussed the 3 characters they found most memorable in OMAM -revising the text and becoming more used to discussing in full sentences as preparation for writing essays... Crooks, https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_002.mp3 Lennie https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_003.mp3 Curley's Wife https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/180118_004.mp3 …
‘The pervasive emotion experienced by all of the characters in Of Mice and Men is loneliness’ To what extent do you agree with this statement. Comment on the contexts of the novel. Edexcel IGCSE
The title of this blog was an essay question addressed to my Yr 11s this week. Having read their responses, I thought some feedback was in order. First, the assessment criteria: Edexcel is very clear that this essay hits AO1 …
