Another post trying to help students to engage with unseen poetry. This is aimed predominantly at GCSE students but could be used in the L6th to begin to explore the use of SCASI before tackling longer prose extracts. https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 …
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A level Unseen give back
A short video lesson explaining how I might approach planning for an A level unseen. https://videopress.com/v/Mn1NRmhT?preloadContent=metadata Read More "A level Unseen give back"
SCASI: An acronym which works.
I made a second video with #TENCOnline in mind - there's no harm in sharing it, although it did not end up in the conference set. I have long maintained that SCASI is a framework to aid students when writing …
Introducing and Explaining the SCASI method.
I am a believer in this method for approaching A level unseens. I am not a knee jerk mnemonic lover, but this one works. Here I use a very short passage from Kate Chopin, The Awakening to introduce the concept. …
An introduction to Mid Term Break
I love Heaney and am preparing some material to support teaching and learning of his poems. My issue is: where to start? The introduction screencast is based on SCASI and ensuring that students are happy with the idea of connotation. …
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