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Lit Poetry Guides »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

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Guides to poetry by Duffy, Armitage and Pre-1914 Poets

Task: You will work in pairs to produce a revision guide to one of the following poems (I will tell you which one). It must be suitable for use by other Year 11s. The aim of this is both to help you to revise the poems for your English Literature examination, and for you, as a class, to produce a pack of revision guides. This task must be complete by the end of today’s lesson.

Poems to cover:

Duffy
Anne Hathaway
Before You Were Mine
Havisham
Stealing

Armitage
Mother, any distance
...

[ read full article ] »

A Modest Proposal AQA A GCSE Pre-1914 Prose Coursework »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday October 07, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Prose, A Modest Proposal, Writing, Productive, Creative or Original Writing, Prose Analysis

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This teaching guide for students of higher ability is designed as a self-contained unit which can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Pre-1914 Prose coursework. It can also be used as a springboard for Original Writing.

A Modest Proposal is an excellent alternative for the more able students to the rather well-worn (though useful) Pre-1914 Prose path of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice. Its blistering satire allows students to produce some quite subtle and impressive analyses.

  • The AQA A Pre-1914 coursework...
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A Teaching Guide for Poetry from Different Cultures GCSE English Paper 2 »

Steph Jackson | Tuesday September 29, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Poetry from Different Cultures

This teaching guide for high-ability students is designed as a self-contained unit which can be used to prepare for the AQA A Paper 2 Section A question on the poetry from different cultures in the Anthology.

Let us remind ourselves of the assessment objectives addressed by this section. Candidates are required to demonstrate their ability to:

(i) read, with insight and engagement, making appropriate references to texts and developing and sustaining interpretations of them;

(iv) select material appropriate to...

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GCSE English Paper 2 – Poems from Different Cultures Is this an A* Essay? Why? »

Steph Jackson | Monday September 28, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Poetry, Students' Work, Students' Essays, Writing, Essays, Poetry Analysis, Exemplar Materials

Compare the ways an event is described in ‘Blessing’ with the ways an event is described in ‘Island Man’.

Imtiaz Dharker and Grace Nichols are both clearly concerned with issues of identity and clashing cultures when exploring the main events in their poems ‘Blessing’ and ‘Island Man’. Despite the fact that Dharker originates from Pakistan, and Nichols from Guyana, each seems able to use similar poetic techniques to get to grips with wider issues beyond the apparently mundane occurrences in their poetry.

The concept of identity is...

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A Teaching Guide to Titus Andronicus GCSE Shakespeare Coursework (Written or Oral Response) »

Steph Jackson | Monday September 28, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Speaking & Listening, Individual, Group, Drama-Focused, Writing, Drama Analysis

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Titus Andronicus

This teaching guide for higher ability students is designed as a self-contained unit which can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Shakespeare coursework.

  • The unit uses one of the lesser-known and less critically-acclaimed Shakespeare plays in order to encourage a high-quality and truly original response.
  • The AQA A Shakespeare coursework is what is termed as a ‘cross-over’ piece; therefore, if you are using it for assessment for both English and English Literature GCSEs (the most common approach), you need to be able...
[ read full article ] »

Romeo and Juliet | The Charge of the Light Brigade »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday April 18, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis

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Guide Navigation

Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress
Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility
Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Alfred Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Overview and Context

Written following the disastrous 1854 Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, this poem can be read as both jingoistic and as highlighting the horrors of war. Whilst Tennyson was Poet Laureate at the time and might have been expected to produce patriotic poetry, there is a...

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Romeo and Juliet | Futility »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday April 18, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Owen, Futility, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis

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Guide Navigation

Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress
Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility
Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Wilfred Owen’s Futility

Overview and Context

Futility is one of the 5 poems that WW1 poet Owen had published during his lifetime. Composed most likely in Ripon – though perhaps in Scarborough – this lyric is set against the First World War, a kind of macrocosm when placed against the feud in Verona in Romeo and Juliet. It explores the...

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Romeo and Juliet | Sonnet 43 »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday April 18, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Browning, Sonnet 43, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis

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Guide Navigation

Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress
Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility
Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43

Overview and Context

Browning wrote a 44 sonnet series about her love for her fiancé Robert Browning which was never intended for publication. It was entitled Sonnets from the Portuguese with the title stemming from the epithet ‘my little Portugee’ Browning used for her. Sonnet 43 is a Petrarchan sonnet...

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Romeo & Juliet | To His Coy Mistress »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday April 18, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Marvel, To His Coy Mistress, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis

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Guide Navigation

Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress
Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility
Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Andrew Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress

Overview and Context

The poem might be viewed as a literary exercise in logic as much as a ‘love’ poem’. Marvell’s speaker uses a tripartite structure to follow his argument to its conclusion, effectively forming a ‘syllogism’.

This poem is also a prime example of the ‘sex-death’ juxtaposition...

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A Guide to Romeo and Juliet »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday April 18, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Browning, Sonnet 43, Marvel, To His Coy Mistress, Owen, Futility, Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis

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Guide Navigation

Part 1 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet | Part 2 Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress
Part 3 Browning’s Sonnet 43 | Part 4 Owen’s Futility
Part 5 Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade

Love and Conflict

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare explores several themes but perhaps the twin themes of love and conflict were uppermost in his mind when he conceived and wrote the play. At GCSE, the play is often used as part of a controlled assessment task in which students explore the presentation of one of these themes and compare it with...

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Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE - Act 5 »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

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Guide Navigation

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Act 5

Act 5 scene 1

Brutus and Cassius make a military mistake.
Cassius regrets letting Antony live.
Octavius and Antony compete for control.

The final Act concerns the final conflict between the two sides and is compressed into 5 fairly short scenes.  Again Shakespeare compresses time for dramatic purposes.  There were actually 2 battles at Philippi and they were about 3 weeks apart.  Shakespeare merges these into one continuous battle and brings Antony and Octavius face to face with...

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Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE - Act 4 »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

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Guide Navigation

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Act 4

Act 4 scene 1

Antony and Octavius plan their revenge.

This scene contrasts with the previous one in that the result of Antony’s victory over Brutus at the funeral is shown as political – the deliberate, cold-bloodied drawing up of a list of conspirators who must die.  According to Plutarch the list ran to 300 names. 

Antony’s opening line is flat and unemotional in contrast to the grisly subject.  Octavius and Lepidus then try to bargain for the lives of various...

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Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE - Act 3 »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

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Guide Navigation

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Act 3

Act 3 scene 1

Caesar reaches the senate but is surrounded by the conspirators.
Caesar is stabbed by all the conspirators, finally by Brutus.
Antony meets the murderers and is given permission to speak at the funeral of Caesar.

This is the pivotal scene of the play.  The scenes in both previous Acts have been building to this moment and it provides the motives for the actions in the rest of the play.

Caesar is surrounded by the conspirators – Artemidorus and the soothsayer...

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Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE - Act 2 »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Contact Us, Advice, Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

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Guide Navigation

Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5

Act 2

Act 2 scene 1

Brutus considers the murder of Caesar.
Brutus reads one of the false letters and is visited by Cassius.
The decision is taken not to harm Antony or any of Caesar’s other followers.

The storm from the previous scene is continuing and Brutus refers to the darkness in the opening speech.  Darkness is symbolic in this scene – it represents the darkness and confusion in Brutus’ mind.  The conspirators arrive in darkness later in the scene which adds to the feeling...

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A Guide to Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, Julius Caesar, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays

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This guide has been written to help teachers in their reading, preparation and teaching of the play. Julius Caesar can be taught as a part of several exam board English Literature units:

  • AQA GCSE English Literature 4710 | Unit 4: Approaching Shakespeare & the English Literary Heritage
  • AQA GCSE English 4700 | Unit 3 Understanding and producing creative texts
  • OCR GCSE English Literature | 2.1 Unit A661: Literary Heritage Linked Texts
  • OCR GCSE English | Unit A641 Reading literary texts
  • Edexcel GCSE English Literature | Unit 3: Shakespeare and...
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AQA GCSE Spoken English Scheme + Supporting Resources »

Aimee Williams | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English

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The Language of Radio DJs

  • AQA GCSE Spoken English CA SOW 2013.zip

This AQA GCSE Spoken English Scheme on The Language of Radio DJs contains the following resources:

Week 1

  • EnglishEdu - AQA Unit 3c Spoken Language Study SOW Week 1.doc
  • Introduction to Unit.doc
  • Studying Spoken Language Intro.ppt
  • A Glossary of Spoken Language Features - Teacher Copy.doc
  • A Glossary of Spoken Language Features - Student Copy.doc
  • Conventions.ppt
  • Info on DJs.doc
  • Key.doc
  • Medium.ppt
  • Radio Stations.doc
  • Spoken vs Written Cards.doc
  • Terminology.ppt
  • Thought Bubble.doc
...[ read full article ] »

AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Relationship PPTs »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry

This anthology is used for the following courses:

GCSE English Spec Code 4700
GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705
GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710

The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following:

GCSE English Literature Unit 5: Exploring poetry
GCSE English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
GCSE English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and written texts and writing creatively

Associated Resources

  • Moon on the Tides: Character & Voice PPTs
  • Moon on the Tides: Place PPTs
  • Moon on the...
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An Inspector Calls PPT by Steve Campsall »

Steve Campsall | Monday July 18, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, An Inspector Calls , Hot Entries, Writing, Drama Analysis

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Click on one of the links below to download Steve Campsall’s PowerPoint on An Inspector Calls.

  • An Inspector Calls.ppt
  • An Inspector Calls.pptx

 




A Guide to Much Ado About Nothing »

Steph Jackson | Monday June 20, 2011

Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, AQA A Level English Literature A, AQA A Level English Literature B, EDEXCEL A Level, EDEXCEL A Level English Language & Literature, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, OCR A Level, OCR A Level English Language & Literature, OCR A Level English Literature, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, WJEC A Level English Literature, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Much Ado About Nothing, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

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Associated Resources

  • A Student’s Guide to ’Much Ado About Nothing’ by Mandy Lloyd
  • Much Ado Guide.doc

‘Much Ado about Nothing’ in context: ‘Comedy’ vs. ‘Tragedy’

Much Ado About Nothing is technically considered to be a Shakespearean ‘comedy’ of the classical kind; indeed, it’s even frequently taught at KS3 owing to its frequent comic tone. The witty and entertaining exchanges between the main protagonists Beatrice and Benedick have been the subject of much literary criticism and are often considered to be the most...

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AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Conflict PPTs »

Jo Winwood | Monday June 13, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry

This anthology is used for the following courses:

GCSE English Spec Code 4700
GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705
GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710

The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following:

GCSE English Literature Unit 5: Exploring poetry
GCSE English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
GCSE English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and written texts and writing creatively

Associated Resources

  • Moon on the Tides: Character & Voice PPTs
  • Moon on the Tides: Place PPTs
  • Moon on the...
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A Student’s Guide to ’Much Ado About Nothing’ »

Mandy Lloyd | Monday June 06, 2011

Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, AQA A Level English Literature A, AQA A Level English Literature B, EDEXCEL A Level, EDEXCEL A Level English Language & Literature, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, OCR A Level, OCR A Level English Language & Literature, OCR A Level English Literature, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, WJEC A Level English Literature, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Much Ado About Nothing, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

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Associated Resources

  • A Guide to Much Ado About Nothing by Steph Jackson
  • Much Ado About Nothing - Student’s Guide.doc

This brief study guide focuses on the themes, language and issues of the play relevant to the current A-Level Literature specification AO2 requirement of form, structure and language: ‘demonstrate detailed critical understanding in analysing the ways in which structure, form and language shape meanings in literary texts’.

The guide also explores some areas of the historical context of the play which will assist you with...

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AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Place PPTs »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday April 06, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry

This anthology is used for the following courses:

GCSE English Spec Code 4700
GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705
GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710

The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following:

GCSE English Literature Unit 5: Exploring poetry
GCSE English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
GCSE English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and written texts and writing creatively

Associated Resources

  • Moon on the Tides: Character & Voice PPTs
  • Moon on the Tides: Conflict PPTs
  • Moon on the...
[ read full article ] »

AQA GCSE English Literature | Student Guide to Poetry Essays »

Steve Campsall | Wednesday March 16, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Essays, Poetry Analysis

This new EnglishEdu guide is aimed at GCSE English and English Literature students in Year 11 and, although based on poetry, it contains much of value regarding general essay writing skills and the use of the key essay writing “P.E.E / P.Q.C” technique.

Its strength perhaps is that it is based on an average student’s writing rather than that of a top grade student, as is often the case with published exemplars. This, it is hoped, will allow students of a variety of abilities to feel comfortable with the essay and not feel belittled by...

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Of Mice and Men Post-reading Revision PPT »

Steve Campsall | Tuesday March 08, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Of Mice and Men

OMAM Post-reading Revision.ppt

OMAM Post-reading Revision.pptx




DARTs and the Teaching of Literary Analysis »

Jack Todhunter | Saturday February 26, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Wuthering Heights, Trial, Writing, Prose Analysis

Associated Resources

DARTs Literary Analysis and Wuthering Heights.doc

I teach some students with special needs and I found one particular technique really useful when tackling Pre-Twentieth Century Literature recently.

To put the lesson in context, I try to enter my autistic students for GCSE English examination as soon as possible.

This gets them used to the system and the particular demands of the syllabus, particularly in coursework and the examination itself.

Some students thus take the examination as early as Year 8 or Year 9 in the...

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AQA Moon on the Tides Anthology - Character and Voice PPTs »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday February 16, 2011

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry

This anthology is used for the following courses:

GCSE English Spec Code 4700
GCSE English Language Spec Code 4705
GCSE English Literature Spec Code 4710

The Anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessments in the following:

GCSE English Literature Unit 5: Exploring poetry
GCSE English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
GCSE English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and written texts and writing creatively

Associated Resources

  • Moon on the Tides: Place PPTs
  • Moon on the Tides: Conflict PPTs
  • Moon on the Tides:...
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AQA GCSE Literature Anthology Poems: The Clown Punk - Simon Armitage »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday December 29, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Trial, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PPT on The Clown Punk by Simon Armitage.

The Clown Punk.pptx

The Clown Punk.ppt

This resource is relevant to the following courses:

AQA GCSE English spec code 4700
AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705
AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710

The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following:

AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry
AQA English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
AQA English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and...

[ read full article ] »

AQA GCSE Literature Anthology Poems: Medusa - Carol Ann Duffy »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday December 29, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PPT on Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy.

Medusa.pptx

Medusa.ppt

This resource is relevant to the following courses:

AQA GCSE English spec code 4700
AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705
AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710

The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following:

AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry
AQA English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
AQA English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and written texts and writing...

[ read full article ] »

AQA GCSE Literature Anthology Poems: Horse Whisperer - Andrew Forster »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday December 29, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PPT on Horse Whisperer by Andrew Forster.

Horse Whisperer.pptx

Horse Whisperer.ppt

This resource is relevant to the following courses:

AQA GCSE English spec code 4700
AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705
AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710

The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following:

AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry
AQA English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
AQA English Language Unit 3: Understanding spoken and...

[ read full article ] »

AQA GCSE Literature Anthology Poems: Checking Out Me History - John Agard »

Jo Winwood | Wednesday December 29, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Hot Entries, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PPT on Checkin Out Me History by John Agard.

Checkin Out Me History.pptx

Checkin Out Me History.ppt

This resource is relevant to the following courses:

AQA GCSE English spec code 4700
AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705
AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710

The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following:

AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry
AQA English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
AQA English Language Unit 3:...

[ read full article ] »

GCSE English: ‘Spoken English’ Scheme of Work & Associated Resources »

Aimee Williams | Tuesday December 07, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), Hot Entries, Spoken English, GCSE Spoken English

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A very useful zipped set of files from Aimee Williams including a Scheme of Work and Associated Resources for the new GCSE English “Spoken English” Unit. Although written for AQA, these will be fully transferable across other boards as this is a new universal GCSE English requirement.

Week 1 - Scheme & Resources

Week_1_Scheme.doc
Annotation_of_Txt_Message.pptx
Annotation_of_Txt_Message.ppt
Features.docx
Features.doc
Spoken_vs_Written_Cards.docx
Spoken_vs_Written_Cards.doc
Spoken_Vs_Written.docx
Spoken_Vs_Written.doc...[ read full article ] »


Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »

Christine Sweeney | Tuesday December 07, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE English Literature, KS3, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development, Trial, Writing, Essays, Persuasive Writing

Associated Resources

  • Discourse Markers Toolkit.doc
  • Discourse Markers PowerPoint.pptx
  • DISPLAY Discourse Markers.doc

A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.

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Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar (e.g. however, alternately)....[ read full article ] »


GCSE English Literature Guide: Lord of the Flies »

Jo Winwood | Friday November 26, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Hot Entries, Prose, Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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Assessment Objectives

AO1

Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.

AO2

Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings.

AO4

Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times.

To fulfil these assessment objectives...

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GCSE English and English Literature: Writing About A Play - Drama, Narrative & Romeo and Juliet »

Steve Campsall | Wednesday November 17, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

Teacher’s Note

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This first part of this EnglishEdu guide is aimed at students who are studying any Shakespeare play – but they can easily and profitably be adapted to suit any play.

The second part of the guide is an analysis and commentary of Act 3 Sc. 1 of Shakespeare’s play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with accompanying notes that are based upon ideas discussed in the guide’s first section.

  • The notes accompanying Act 3 Scene 1 of the play are designed to work towards helping students who are planning their Controlled Assessment essay,...
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GCSE English Literature Guide: To Kill A Mockingbird »

Jo Winwood | Tuesday November 16, 2010

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Hot Entries, Prose, To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Assessment Objectives

AO1

Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations.

AO2

Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings.

AO4

Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self and other readers in different contexts and at different times.

To fulfil these assessment objectives...

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Sonnet 130 and On My First Sonne »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Shakespeare, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Sonnet 130
William Shakespeare

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; 1
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 5
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound; 10
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks...

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Poetic Techniques Mother Any Distance and The Laboratory »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Poetic Techniques used in Mother, any distance and The Laboratory

Write examples of the poetic technique on the left from the two poems.

There may be just one example or several. Include as many as you can.

Leave the space blank if there are no examples of the technique in the poem.

Poetic Techniques MAD and Lab.doc




Mother Any Distance »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

a acres an anchor any at back base bedrooms below between breaking centimetres climb come distance doors empty endless fall feeding fingertips floors fly give greater hands has hatch help i inch kite ladder last leaving length line loft me measure metres mother of on one-hundredth opens or out pair pelmets pinch point prairies reach recording reporting requires second single sky something space-walk span spool stairs still tape than that the then through to towards two unreeling up us walls where windows with years you your zero-end

Mother...

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Mother, Any Distance and The Laboratory »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

A Teaching Guide to Pre-1914, Duffy and Armitage Poems
Mother, any distance’ and ‘The Laboratory

The presentation of women in ‘Mother, any distance’ and ‘The Laboratory

This teaching guide is one of 4 guides which cover between them the 12 Key Poems for AQA A GCSE English Literature for Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and the relevant Pre-1914 poems (Higher Tier).

As pupils must compare a particular theme, idea or approach in the poems in the examination, these guides are centred on a particular theme which is relevant to...

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Mother, Any Distance and The Laboratory Comparison Grid »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Poetry from Different Cultures, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Comparative Analysis

Complete the following grid in as much detail as possible. Try to include different interpretations. If you’re not sure have a guess – but make sure you can back up your ideas from the text. Make sure that as well as finding the techniques, you comment on their effects/significance.

Comparison Grid.doc




The Laboratory »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

a ah all am an and are arms as at away be bear believe beside better bid bite blue brand brave breast brighten brings brought brush burn but call can carry casket church close colour’s come come-and-go could crowd curling dance dead death delicate devil’s-smithy dim do does done drear drink drop droplet dust dying earring elise empty ensnared enticing ere ever exquisite eyes face faint fall fan-mount fee fell felt filigree-basket fill finished fix fix’d fled flow for fortune’s free from gaze give glass go god gold gorge grace grim grind gum...

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How To Write Lit Poetry Essays Sample Intro »

Steph Jackson | Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis

Compare how women are presented in four of the poems you have studied.

Compare:

  • The women in the poems
  • How they are presented

Chosen poems


Mother, any distance’ (MAD) – Armitage

Anne Hathaway’ (AH) – Duffy

My Last Duchess’ (MLD) – Pre-1914

The Laboratory’ (Lab) – Pre-1914

Your sample introductions are a big improvement on the introductions you were writing earlier in the term, so well done.

However, you now need to consider how to improve them further. These are the things to avoid:

  • Don’t tell me what...
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A Modest Proposal »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday October 07, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Prose, A Modest Proposal, Writing, Rhetoric Analysis

Coursework Essay Introductions

How does Jonathan Swift satirise contemporary attitudes towards the poor in Ireland in A Modest Proposal? Consider:

  • The language and rhetorical devices Swift uses and their effects
  • The structure of the piece
  • How Swift’s writing may have been influenced by his social, cultural and historical context.

Here are 3 sample introductions to your coursework essay. They have some good points.

Task 1: See if you can identify these good points and explain why they are good.

However, as you can tell having studied the...

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday October 07, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Prose, A Modest Proposal, Writing, Contextual Research

Contextual Research

Exam Criteria

Here’s an overview of the criteria I will use to assess your essay:

English GCSE

You are required to demonstrate their ability to:

  • Read with insight and engagement
  • Make appropriate references to texts
  • Develop and sustain your interpretations of a text
  • Understand and evaluate how writers use linguistic, structural and presentational devices to achieve their effects

English Literature GCSE

Candidates are required to demonstrate their ability to:

  • Respond to texts critically, sensitively and in detail
  • ...
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A Teaching Guide to Macbeth GCSE Shakespeare Coursework (Oral Response) »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Trial, Writing, Drama Analysis

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Macbeth

This teaching guide is designed as a self-contained unit for students of medium to high ability. It can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Shakespeare coursework and has been designed for assessment via the EN2/Lit Oral Response Option (although it could easily also be adapted to provide a written response).

The AQA A Shakespeare coursework is what is termed as a ‘cross-over’ piece; therefore, if you are using it for assessment for both English and English Literature GCSEs (the most common approach), the student will need to be...

[ read full article ] »

Macbeth Tableaux »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

  • Judgment against murderers on earth – the punishment.
  • Image of the poisoned chalice being brought back to the lips of the perpetrator.
  • Macbeth being a loyal subject of the king.
  • Macbeth being the host who should protect the king.
  • Duncan being a good and honourable king.
  • The horror and pity caused by his death.
  • Macbeth’s image of the horse as his ‘vaulting ambition’.

Macbeth Table.doc




Macbeth Soliloquy Act 1, Scene 7 Card Sort »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

Macbeth Soliloquy Act 1 Scene 7 Card Sort.doc




Macbeth Plot Cards »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

Macbeth Plot Cards.doc




Macbeth Group Presentations »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

Shakespeare Coursework Group Presentations on ‘Macbeth’

Question:

In your scene, how does Shakespeare present Lady Macbeth’s character in order to show the changing relationship between her and Macbeth?

Make sure you:

  • Discuss your analysis of the kind of language Lady Macbeth is given to use by Shakespeare.
  • Discuss the effects this is likely to have on both Shakespeare’s and a modern audience.
  • Link your chosen scene to other scenes and explain how Lady M’s character and her relationship with her husband changes
  • Discuss how...
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Macbeth Coursework Assessment »

Steph Jackson | Wednesday September 30, 2009

Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Drama, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis

Macbeth Coursework Assessment.ppt




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DARTs and the Teaching of Literary Analysis »

Jack Todhunter
Saturday February 26, 2011

Associated Resources

DARTs Literary Analysis and Wuthering Heights.doc

I teach some students with special needs and I found one particular technique really useful when tackling Pre-Twentieth Century Literature recently.

To put the lesson in context, I try to enter my autistic students for GCSE English examination as soon as possible.

This gets them used to the system and the particular demands of the syllabus, particularly in coursework and the examination itself.

Some students thus take the examination as...

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AQA GCSE Literature Anthology Poems: The Clown Punk - Simon Armitage »

Jo Winwood
Wednesday December 29, 2010

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PPT on The Clown Punk by Simon Armitage.

The Clown Punk.pptx

The Clown Punk.ppt

This resource is relevant to the following courses:

AQA GCSE English spec code 4700
AQA GCSE English Language spec code 4705
AQA GCSE English Literature spec code 4710

The anthology can also be used for Controlled Assessment in the following:

AQA English Literature Unit 5: Exploring Poetry
AQA English Unit 3: Understanding and producing creative texts
AQA English Language Unit 3:...

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Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »

Christine Sweeney
Tuesday December 07, 2010

Associated Resources

A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.

image

Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar...

[ read full article ] »

A Teaching Guide to Macbeth GCSE Shakespeare Coursework (Oral Response) »

Steph Jackson
Wednesday September 30, 2009

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Macbeth

This teaching guide is designed as a self-contained unit for students of medium to high ability. It can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Shakespeare coursework and has been designed for assessment via the EN2/Lit Oral Response Option (although it could easily also be adapted to provide a written response).

The AQA A Shakespeare coursework is what is termed as a ‘cross-over’ piece; therefore, if you are using it for assessment for both English and English Literature GCSEs (the most common approach),...

[ read full article ] »

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