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Compare the ways in which Duffy and Larkin use language to create a sense of isolation »
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- Compare the ways in which Duffy and Larkin use language to create a sense of isolation.doc
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- Using exemplar essays to improve students’ work
Both Duffy and Larkin use language in their poetry to express how it feels to be isolated, or to be on the outside of society. The poems I have chosen here present this theme in different ways, providing examples of different ways in which the poets work. Larkin often offers us the persona of an outsider, but is not...
[ read full article ] »Compare the ways in which Plath and Duffy use language to convey the theme of anger »
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- Compare the ways in which Plath and Duffy use language to convey the theme of anger.doc
- Teacher Notes on D grade essay.doc
- Using exemplar essays to improve students’ work
Both Plath and Duffy express attitudes towards the theme of anger, through the use of language. Both poets’ ideas though are conveyed in different ways. Plath expresses her emotions through reference from her own experiences which have given her inspiration, but with Duffy, she uses the persona of other people to explore deeper meaning and...
[ read full article ] »Compare the ways in which Larkin and Duffy use language to explore relationships »
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- Compare the ways in which Larkin and Duffy use language to explore relationships.doc
- Teacher Notes on C grade essay.doc
- Using exemplar essays to improve students’ work
Both poets Philip Larkin and Carol Ann Duffy write about relationships. Using different language techniques, they can show how they portray their feelings towards them. The poems I have chosen to show this are “Valentine” and “Disgrace” by Duffy and “Self’s the Man” and “Talking in Bed” by Larkin.
Duffy’s poem titled “Valentine”...
[ read full article ] »Compare the ways in which Plath and Duffy use language to convey a sense of childhood »
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- Compare the ways in which Plath and Duffy use language to convey a sense of childhood.doc
- Teacher version with comments - Plath and Duffy - Childhood.doc
- Using exemplar essays to improve students’ work
Plath and Duffy both explore the theme of childhood in their poetry from different angles. In the poems selected here, Duffy presents childhood as a memory: vague and tantalising in Beachcomber and specific and threatening in Welltread, while Plath presents childhood by exploring the development of an unborn child and...
[ read full article ] »Using Exemplar Essays to Improve Students’ Work »
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- Compare the ways in which Plath and Larkin use language to convey ideas of violence.doc
- Teacher version with comments - Plath and Larkin - Violence.doc
- Compare the ways in which Plath and Duffy use language to convey a sense of childhood.doc
- Teacher version with comments - Plath and Duffy - Childhood.doc
- Compare the ways in which Larkin and Duffy use language to explore relationships.doc
- Teacher Notes on C grade...
Compare the ways in which Plath and Larkin use language to convey ideas of violence »
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- Compare the ways in which Plath and Larkin use language to convey ideas of violence.doc
- Teacher version with comments - Plath and Larkin - Violence.doc
- Using exemplar essays to improve students’ work
Violence is an aspect which is clearly present in some of Plath and Larkin’s poetry, but each conveys this theme in different ways and forms. Larkin tends to express his ideas about society by means of a persona different to himself, which he does in the two poems selected here, using violent imagery and connotations to...
[ read full article ] »How to improve grades when writing for Othello »
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LITA3 Student Response 4 »
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This response was written for an exam paper I wrote myself (as there are only currently 2 available AQA papers for this module, the Specimen one and the January 2010 one).
The extracts are:
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Extract where Connie meets Mellors at the chicken coop. From:
‘Connie crouched in front of the last coop’ to ‘‘You lie there,’ he said softly, and he shut the door, so that it was dark, quite dark.’
Romeo & Juliet
Extract from Act 1 scene 5. From:
ROMEO [To JULIET] If I...
[ read full article ] »LTA1A Student Response 1 »
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January 2010
Annie Besant makes her thoughts entirely clear from the first sentence she writes: a ‘Bitter memory’ about an issue extremely close to many Victorian women’s hearts, gender inequality. The ‘woman question’ was present in many literary pieces of the ‘golden age’. Hardy, a poet, was known for his idealisation of women, especially in the ‘Emma poems’, however few writers tackled head on the persecution women faced. Besant also talks of gender discrimination in the...
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June 2009
Cultural commentator John Ruskin comments on the ‘separate characters’ of men and women. Strict Victorian values dictated that the male’s role was in the outside world and the woman’s in domestic settings. There is no room for individuality, love or an upset order-like cogs in the machine men and women could function together if they kept their separate roles. In the article he describes this as an agreeable working relationship for men and women alike but Victorian...
[ read full article ] »LTA1A Student Response 3 »
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June 2009
During the Victorian Era, women were expected by society’s standards to be the carers for their home and their families. ‘The Gilded Age’ showed women how they were to be and how they were to act, highlighting the corruption of society with no free speech or lifetime ambitions fulfilled. John Ruskin makes it clear to the audience that men were ‘the creator, the discoverer, the defender’ whereas women were to stay at home and attend to the man’s needs, rather than their...
[ read full article ] »LTA1A Student Response 2 »
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June 2009
The ‘Golden Age’ of the Victorian Era was a time when women were looked upon in the toughest of lights. Society watched closely with a judging eye at any female breaking the conventions that other women such as Mrs Beeton had set. John Ruskin, being a cultural commentator, would have been all too aware of ‘the Angel of the house’. He sees the domestic expectation forced upon Victorian women while their husbands ‘create’, ‘discover’ and ‘defend’.
Ruskin seems...
[ read full article ] »LITA3 Student Response 3 »
Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, Exemplars, Exemplar Materials, Students' Work, Students' Essays
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[This is a response to the January 2010 LITA3 paper.]
Both extracts C and D, Stoppard’s ‘The Invention of Love’ and Hall’s ‘The Well of Loneliness’, explore the idea of forbidden love and challenge the traditional view of what ‘love’ really is, and means.
Both of the extracts have a dominant character: Stoppard’s is the dead ‘AEH’ whilst Hall’s is Stephen. Their dominance can be seen in their overwhelmingly long speeches, compared to the other character’s...
[ read full article ] »LITA3 Student Response 2 »
Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, Exemplars, Exemplar Materials, Students' Work, Students' Essays
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[This is a response to the Specimen Question Paper at:
http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-LITA3-W-SQP-07.PDF]
Both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘The Woodlanders’ by Thomas Hardy display similar views of the love after and beyond death, despite the large time gap between their publications.
Hardy’s portrayal of Marty South’s deep and everlasting love for Giles Winterborne in her weekly visits to his grave show this theme of love beyond death. Despite the...
[ read full article ] »LITA3 Student Response 1 »
Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, Exemplars, Exemplar Materials, Students' Work, Students' Essays, Trial
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[This is a response to the Specimen Question Paper at:
http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-LITA3-W-SQP-07.PDF]
Hardy and Shakespeare both write about the parting of those who love each other. However, the partings contrast greatly in that the love of Romeo and Juliet is reciprocated, whilst Marty and Giles were never a couple. This is emphasised by Romeo and Juliet being alive and together on stage and Giles being dead in ‘The Woodlanders’. However, the image of death does play an...
[ read full article ] »Year 11 Mocks Paper 2 »
Categories: Courses, GCSE, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, Different Cultures & Traditions, Exemplars, Exemplar Materials, Mocks, Mock Exams, Poetry, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Section A: Poems from Different Cultures
What you did well:
- Wrote about two poems
- Used quotations well
- Began to use poetic terminology
- Showed an understanding of feelings, attitudes and ideas
- Started to use some cross reference between poems
- Showed some understanding of a variety of poetic techniques and the ways they related to the focus of the question
What you need to improve:
- Integrate brief cross reference between the two poems throughout your essay – don’t just compare them at the end
- Use poetic terminology much more, e.g....
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LITA3 Student Response 1 »
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[This is a response to the Specimen Question Paper at:
http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-LITA3-W-SQP-07.PDF]
Hardy and Shakespeare both write about the parting of those who love each other. However, the partings contrast greatly in that the love of Romeo and Juliet is reciprocated, whilst Marty and Giles were never a couple. This is emphasised by Romeo and Juliet being alive and together on stage and Giles being dead in ‘The Woodlanders’. However, the...
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