Richard Gent | Tuesday February 04, 2020
Categories: KS4, Cambridge iGCSE, Introduction, Cambridge iGCSE English, 9-1 IGCSE, 9-1 IGCSE English Language , IGCSE English Language CIE 0627, IGCSE English Language CIE 0990, 9-1 IGCSE English Literature, IGCSE English Literature CIE 0477, Hot Entries, Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Contextual Linking, Contextual Research, Informative Account
IGCSE Overview What are the differences between 0627 and 0990? Syllabus 0627 replaced syllabus 0522 for examination from 2017 onwards Paper 1 and Paper 2 are graded using a numerical grading scale of 9–1 Paper 1 0627 Reading Passages is 2 hours 10 minutes and is worth 50% of the total marks. There are three questions: Comprehension; Summary; Comprehension and Comparison. The three unseen passages for Paper 1 will be taken from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. In Syllabus 0990…
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| Friday September 18, 2015
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Language 2015, Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing, Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Schemes, Hot Entries, Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Imaginative Writing
Guide Navigation AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Assessment Pack Associated Resources Deconstructing Questions.docx What is Assessed At the start of the learning journey share with pupils the assessment criteria as well as the expectations of the exam. It is important that pupils have a full and detailed understanding of what is expected of them and how they need to approach the exam. This is an excellent assessment for learning strategy and it…
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Paul Merrell | Thursday July 24, 2014
Categories: KS4, Cambridge iGCSE, Cambridge iGCSE English Literature, English Literature 0486, OCR GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Hardy, Selection, Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting, Poetry Analysis
click on image to enlarge Introduction When you begin teaching the Cambridge IGCSE English Literature, you have a choice as to which texts your students will study in order to complete the poetry part of the examination. You can choose to teach a selection of poems by Thomas Hardy: Neutral Tones ‘I Look into My Glass’ Drummer Hodge The Darkling Thrush On the Departure Platform The Pine Planters The Convergence of the Twain The Going The Voice At the Word ‘Farewell’ During Wind and Rain…
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Theresa Sowerby | Thursday April 03, 2014
Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Language B, ENGB4, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Pre-2015 Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Language, 6EN04, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Language, F654, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC A Level English Language, LG3, Writing, Analytical Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting, Language Investigations, Textual Analysis
click on image to enlarge How to introduce the AQA English Language B A2 Investigation to enable students to handle their own chosen material with confidence. This guide focuses on the second section of the AQA A2 English Language unit ENGB4. Teachers of other examination board units will, however, hopefully find the guide easily adaptable to their own requirements, for example the Language Investigation parts of WJEC Unit LG3, Edexcel Unit 4, and OCR Unit F654. Most students need support and…
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Paul Merrell | Tuesday April 01, 2014
Categories: Drama, The Rivals, Hot Entries, Poetry, Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Tale, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue, Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Drama Analysis, Poetry Analysis, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 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 English Language & Literature, OCR A Level English Literature, F663, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, WJEC A Level English Literature, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, EDEXCEL A Level, OCR A Level, WJEC A Level
click on image to enlarge The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale with Comparative Notes for Sheridan’s The Rivals Introduction This guide covers Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath, both the Prologue and Tale, and focuses of the A2 OCR unit F663, Section B – but the guide should prove very useful to anyone teaching these Chaucer texts for any other exam board. The OCR unit itself requires a comparison with another text, and in this guide, that text is Sheridan’s The Rivals – thus, teachers…
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Shane Richardson | Tuesday January 14, 2014
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, Hot Entries, Poetry, Agard, Flag, Anthologies, Armitage, Out of the Blue, Dharker, The Right Word, Hardi, At the Border, Minhinnick, The Yellow Palm, Sheers, Mametz Wood, Weir, Poppies, Writing, Analytical Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting, Poetry Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 2 Poetry Across Time, AQA Moon On The Tides
click on image to enlarge Guide Navigation 1. Introduction 2. Out of the Blue 3. Flag 4. Mametz Wood 5. The Yellow Palm 6. The Right Word 7. At the Border 8. Poppies 9. Exam Technique 10. Sample Exam Questions AQA Anthology Poems “Moon on the Tides: Conflict Cluster” Introduction to the Conflict Cluster All of the poems in this cluster have been placed together because they share a common theme: that theme is conflict. Each of the different poems, in their own ways, explores an…
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Beth Kemp | Friday June 17, 2011
Categories: Hot Entries, Trial, Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development
Several specifications require comparison: of known texts, of known with unseen texts, or of all unseen texts. These may be literary or linguistic comparisons, or there may be a requirement to combine both techniques. The activities here include ways of developing comparative skills that will benefit all of these kinds of exam and coursework tasks. Each activity has a short introduction in italics to indicate the kind of task that it is most suited as preparation and practice…
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Jack Todhunter | Friday August 07, 2009
Categories: Prose, Lord Of The Flies, Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Essays
William Golding wrote his second novel entitled “The Inheritors? one year after “Lord of the Flies?. The action covers the extinction of the last remaining tribe of Neanderthal Men at the hands of the more sophisticated and malevolent Homo sapiens. What does “malevolent? mean? The novel is written in such a way that the reader might assume the group to be modern humans as they gesture and speak simply among themselves and bury their dead with heartfelt, solemn rituals. The plot follows the…
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Jack Todhunter | Thursday July 23, 2009
Categories: Prose, Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Prose Analysis
The Monkey’s Paw - Version B W.W. Jacobs Two versions of the same story… One was written for children who find reading difficult. What has changed? Why? The Monkey’s Paw W.W. Jacobs (Version B) The year was 1876. A fire burned brightly in the front room of Laburnum Villa. Outside, the weather was cold and wet. It was night time and Mr and Mrs White had drawn the curtains to try and keep out the draught. “Just listen to that wind,? said Mr White to his son opposite. Father and…
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Jack Todhunter | Thursday July 23, 2009
Categories: Writing, Comparing & Contrasting, Prose Analysis
The Monkey’s Paw - Version A W.W. Jacobs Two versions of the same story… One was written for children who find reading difficult. What has changed? Why? The Monkey’s Paw W. W. Jacobs (Version A) Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnum Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess; the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary…
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Jack Todhunter | Thursday July 23, 2009
Categories: Hot Entries, Writing, Comparative Analysis, Comparing & Contrasting
To undertake a comparative analysis of the two texts, you can concentrate on a number of areas. I have made general comments here and this ‘model’ could be used with other texts. Essentially, one of these versions of “The Monkey’s Paw? (Text B) has a lower reading age than the other (Text A). I study this story with a number of classes. It is VERY popular and we often do drama based on the action in the tale. I use Text B because some of my students cannot understand what is…
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