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. …
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Unseen for OCR Elit: Bricks without Straw, Tourgee
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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Tobacco Road: Unseen for US Lit (OCR)
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 …
USA Lit Unseen: Winesburg, Ohio: Sherwood Anderson
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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Unseen for US Literature (OCR): Howells – A hazard of new fortune
Taken form the 2018 summer examination paper, this passage was the basis for my current U6th mock examination ... howells unseen passage for consideration. From the outset the passage establishes contradictions between attitudes to the Sabbath; perspectives of the …
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US Lit Unseen: White Fang for OCR A level
Jack London's novel pitches man against nature in order to focus upon the 'indomitable' spirit of humanity when faced by the immense barrier of nature. This theme is explored in much literature reflecting the pioneer era - humans in …
Unseen give back
The unseen from Wright's 'Man who was almost a man' with discussion of unseen technique and direct reference to a student unseen, attached below. https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/190212_001.mp3 Doc3 Read More "Unseen give back"
USA Lit unseen: Richard Wright
This week the unseen is from Richard Wright's The Man Who Was Almost A Man. Whilst the book was published in the 1960s, the content and style make it eminently suitable for unseen practice. Richard Wright's short story entitled The …
Sample American Literature unseens
3 groups of texts for students to practice their unseens: american-literature-extracts-1880-1900 american-literature-extracts-1901-1920 american-literature-extracts-1921-1940 Read More "Sample American Literature unseens"
USA Literature unseen: Theodore Dreiser OCR
An unseen model response for OCR: This passage from Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy seems to establish a possible link to the title of the novel in the juxtaposition of a 'small band' of religious itinerants who are seeking …
