My year 9 are writing about war poetry again. I love this southey to sassoon module. We work on technical elements and are beginning to approach serious analysis of language, structure and form. In this essay, they were asked to write …
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War Photographer, Duffy. An analysis
Carol Ann Duffy's War Photographer is found in the current Edexcel IGCSE Anthology and will be a possible pair for comparative analysis in English Literature Paper 1. This article is one attempt to unpick its secrets as my Year 11s …
The Bright Lights of Sarajevo – a SCASI reading
Many readers will by now be familiar with the SCASI mnemonic as an approach to writing about literature. If not, take a look here. I love Harrison's poem, placed in the Edexcel IGCSE Anthology last year for the first time. …
Structure-strip: poetry comparison
Aimed at students using the Edexcel IGCSE anthology but applicable to all. I would welcome some feedback on my first attempt at producing a useful structure strip to help students structure a comparative essay. structure guide poetry comparison WordPress seems …
War Poetry with Year 9
I have put together a short anthology for teaching War Poetry with Yr 9. There are outline questions to be addressed after discussion of the poems in class. The idea is a taste of the development of War Poetry from …
Bright Lights of Sarajevo: discussion and resources
A class in which y9 (!) discuss this poem. Now part of the IGCSE materials for study, they worked so well - the video is testament to their attitude. sarajevo sheets A movie of the lesson can be found here on …
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Edexcel IGCSE English Lit: Love group
Year 10 linking work for the poetry anthology. love group the pdf version Read More "Edexcel IGCSE English Lit: Love group"
