This post has come about after marking a series of mock IGCSE English Literature papers. For many of the boys I teach and work with, there is a reluctance to really engage with the question and the writing is really …
Tag: To Kill a Mockingbird
Mockingbird Monologues
My colleague Sarah Capponi has made an excellent resource for revision and teaching To Kill a Mockingbird. As half term approaches, I have used it to revise Part 1. The students write a dramatic monologue to explore their character and …
Mockingbird contexts and wider reading
Year 10: you might find these links interesting as you prepare for next term: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/08/harper-lee-dispute-royalties An article about Lee and her resolute disappearance for public society, together with shenangigans relating to monies lost and involving the estate of John Steinbeck, …