Tag: #revise2019Alevel

“Every silver lining has a cloud behind it”. (The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Twain). Explore the presentation of Urbanisation in your literature, based on the quotation above. In your writing you should focus on Great Gatsby and other sources you have read.

May 10, 2019

I have set this title to the U6 as they approach the end of their teaching. We have used all the possible past papers and several of my wider exploratory essay questions, many of which can be heard in discussion …

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On Modernism in US Lit….

May 7, 2019

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Unseen for OCR Elit: Bricks without Straw, Tourgee

May 3, 2019

We have a 'voluntary'mock A level today. Students choose their poison and are given a suitable question with mark scheme to use around 2 hours. They should write and review and assess... My students received this unseen, from Albion Tourgee's …

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Class notes discussion of family in US Lit

April 30, 2019

Based on essay 3 in the previous post, here is the copy of the notes promised to the Upper 6th. The ideas discussed in the lesson.... How is the 'family' presented in the literature which you have studied? Use Huck …

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Possible exam themes for OCR A level ELit: American Literature

April 30, 2019

  I have found this list of questions from the University of North Carolina. Whilst the University are asking very specific questions at times, the themes under consideration are useful and give students a good idea of the nature of …

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Tobacco Road: Unseen for US Lit (OCR)

April 1, 2019

This passage from Tobacco Road was given to my Upper 6th students today: Erskine Caldwell - Tobacco Road (1932)  Lov Bensey trudged homeward through the deep white sand of the gully-washed tobacco road with a sack of winter turnips on …

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American Literature task: Hope in Adversity.

March 29, 2019

An essay seminar: Jerry in Upper 6th presents with discussion. https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/190329_001.mp3   I hope this is useful. Read More "American Literature task: Hope in Adversity."

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‘Female characters are often depicted on the sidelines in American literature.’ Essay give back and presentation (OCR)

March 28, 2019

An essay presentation is attached below together with the class discussion of the same. https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/190328_001.mp3     Read More "‘Female characters are often depicted on the sidelines in American literature.’ Essay give back and presentation (OCR)"

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Thoughts on Class Tension in USA Literature

March 19, 2019

I try to get my students to plan a level essays for OCR by foregrounding the possible contextual (AO3) elements and only then to look at the specific ideas coming from the texts. With this in mind, here are my …

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USA Lit Unseen: Winesburg, Ohio: Sherwood Anderson

March 18, 2019

Another unseen for critique and comment. This one was examined in 2017. More information on this collection of short stories can be found here. The passage in question: winesburg   The passage is written in 1922 and set in the heart …

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