Richard Gent | Tuesday April 30, 2024
Categories: Drama, Long Day’s Journey into Night
Synopsis and Overview O’Neill was born in 1888 and died in 1953 aged 65. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 for his cycle of ‘Sea Plays’. He wrote ‘Long Day’s Journey’ in 1940 but decreed that it should never be published or performed for a long time after his death. Thanks to the efforts of his third wife, it was published and performed in 1956 first in Sweden and then in New York to universal acclaim and established its status as the…
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Richard Gent | Thursday January 18, 2024
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi”
Summary of the Plot It is generally accepted that that there are five main characters in the play: the Duchess and her husband Antonio (her steward) who are virtuous, chaste, innocent and good: and, conversely her twin brother Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria who is vilely repulsive, evil, jealous and obsessed; and their elder brother the Cardinal who is ice cold, utterly depraved and corrupt. Between these two poles we have Bosola a cynical malcontent who has been in the service of the Cardinal and…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 13, 2024
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, Cambridge iGCSE, Cambridge iGCSE English Literature, English Literature 0486, 9-1 IGCSE, 9-1 IGCSE English Literature, IGCSE English Literature CIE 0477, IGCSE English Literature Edexcel, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature 2015, Drama, R. C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End
“Here is my journey’s end, here is my butt, And very sea- mark of my utmost sail.” Othello Synopsis and Overview: some of the big ideas in the play. On the evening of Monday March 18th, 1918, we meet the officers of a company of infantry (C company) as they take over a section of the line at St. Quentin in northern France for their regular six-day duty in the reserve line, that is immediately behind the front line, to which they would deploy in battle. We are given three…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 10, 2024
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
Synopsis and Overview In 2008 Jason and Chris are released from prison, having served time for the horrific injuries they inflicted on Stan, a bar-keeper and Oscar, his assistant, in the violent brawl in 2000, which forms the climax of the action. Jason is still angry and belligerent with Evan, his parole manager; Chris is softer: repentant, and later claims that Bible has ‘saved my life’. Subsequently we see them with their respective mothers: Tracey: like Jason, is belligerent,…
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Richard Gent | Saturday December 30, 2023
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
The Train Driver Synopsis and Overview Sometimes referred to a ‘memory play’ it is bookended by soliloquies by Simon Hanabe, one of the two characters in the play. He has lost his job as the gravedigger and cemetery attendant at the graveyard of Shukuma, a squatter camp on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. The play, a series of exchanges with Roelf Visagie, the second character in the play who has much the bigger role and is inclined to lengthy monologues, is the story of how and why…
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Richard Gent | Thursday October 07, 2021
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Indian Ink
“Simple black or blue-black ink also used in medical applications. Made of soot (or ‘lampblack’) and mixed with gelatin or shellac as a binder. Much used by artists because when it dries it does not bleed” In 1930 Flora Crewe, an English upper- class socialite and poet, travels to India where she believes the hot weather will be good for her developing tuberculosis. She is 35, a model, a communist and her poetry has become controversial because of its open sexuality.…
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Christine Sweeney | Tuesday February 16, 2021
Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA4, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Generic Skills, Edexcel A Level Skills Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 6ET02, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Literature, F663, Drama, Othello, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
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Richard Gent | Wednesday February 10, 2021
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, King Lear, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Shakespeare - Other Activities and Resources, Starters & Teaching Ideas
Often regarded as the most complex, intense and overwhelming of Shakespeare’s mature tragedies, the plot and structure of the play are surprisingly straightforward. Lear persists in dividing Britain between his three daughters. Two of the three accede enthusiastically to his demand for flattery as a condition of this. The third, Cordelia, refuses, marries the King of France and leaves him, prompting sharp criticism of Lear from Kent, a loyal courtier. The two remaining sisters,…
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Ruth Owen | Wednesday December 16, 2020
Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, Drama, Analysing Drama, A Lady of Letters, Equus, Hamlet, King Lear, Measure For Measure, Othello, Hot Entries, Poetry, Brooke, The Soldier, Eliot, The Waste Land, Graves, Symptoms of Love, Hardy, The Going, Your Last Drive, Heaney, Mid-Term Break, Lamb, The First Tooth, Letts, The Deserter, Shakespeare, Sonnet 130, Prose, Enduring Love, Great Expectations, On Chesil Beach, Writing, Analytical Writing, Drama Analysis, Literary Analysis, Poetry Analysis, Prose Analysis
Guide Navigation Studying For The Exam Examples From Literature About The Exam Further Reading The Examination Symptoms of Love, Graves On Chesil Beach The First Tooth, Lamb The Deserter The Soldier, Brooke A Lady of Letters Sonnet 130, Shakespeare Measure for Measure Hamlet Othello King Lear Equus Great Expectations Enduring Love Mid-Term Break, Heaney Your Last Drive The Going The Waste Land, Elliot Studying For The Exam The title of this AQA A2 Unit is Reading for Meaning – Love…
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Steph Atkinson | Wednesday May 20, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Hamlet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Richard Gent | Friday May 01, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Long Day’s Journey into Night
Lesson Three Student Handout New PDF We are looking here at the end of the play and the ways in which this finale has been prepared for earlier, so again we are looking in detail at language and structure. We want to arrive at as complete and satisfactory answer to the question in this Learning Objective: ‘How far does this come as a shocking conclusion and to what extent have we been prepared for this moment? And then, secondly: ‘which of the play’s central themes are…
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Richard Gent | Friday May 01, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Long Day’s Journey into Night
Lesson Two Student Handout New PDF In this lesson we will look at an extract from Act Two Scene Two. It is on pages 67-70 from Jamie’s line You can’t talk to her now….. to Tyrone: We’re in for another night of fog, I’m afraid. The learning objective is to develop our understanding of the ways in which the relevant aspects of the play have now moved on, in particular with Mary and Jamie, and their respective relationships with Tyrone. We will then go on and…
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Richard Gent | Friday May 01, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Long Day’s Journey into Night
Lesson One Student Handout New PDF In this lesson we will look at the scene from Act One on pages 19-22. Jamie: Don’t look at me. This is the Kid’s story……….. to Edmund: Shaughnessy almost wept because he hadn’t thought of that, but he said he’d include it in a letter he’s writing to Harker, along with a few other insults he’d overlooked. The learning objective is to develop our understanding of the ways in which the characters are…
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Richard Gent | Thursday April 30, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Long Day’s Journey into Night
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Student Handout New PDF A Either Question 1 It is the repeated displays of genuine love and affection between Tyrone and Mary that are the touchstone of the play’s tragedy’. How far and in what ways do you agree? You might like to consider:- The differences between their words and…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 18, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi”
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Question 1 New PDF Mock Exam Question 2 New PDF Mock Exam Question 3 New PDF Question 1 EITHER A How far do you believe that in writing 'The Duchess of Malfi' Webster's main interest was to highlight inequalities between men and women? OR B Read the following passage from Act 3…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 18, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi”
Lesson Plan Three Oh the horror! No Revenge Tragedy would be complete without the catalogue of horrific items we touched on at the start of the commentary. In this lesson we want you to research (singly or in pairs) the following items in detail and then decide on the significance of their dramatic functions in the play. There should be a prize for the most thoroughly researched and enlightened contribution! The learning objective here is to understand the ways in which the conventions of the…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 18, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi”
Lesson Plan Two The learning objective here is to focus on the Cardinal by firstly looking at what is said about him by characters we know we can trust: Antonio and Delio and then look at the Cardinal in action to see how what they say is embodied. Starter Activity In Act One we are given initial character sketches of the brothers: this is the exchange between them on the Cardinal:- DELIO. Now, sir, your promise: what 's that cardinal? I mean his temper? They…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 18, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Webster’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi”
Lesson Plan One In this lesson we will look at our introduction to the play and its issues in Act One scene one. The learning objective is to develop our understanding of the ways in which the characters introduce themselves and each other and which of the play's major themes are broached. We will then go on to link these points to moments later in the scene when they flag critical moments in the drama. By the end we should be able to answer the question: ‘how important is the opening…
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Richard Gent | Friday January 17, 2020
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, 9-1 IGCSE, 9-1 IGCSE English Literature, IGCSE English Literature CIE 0477, IGCSE English Literature Edexcel, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature 2015, OCR GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, OCR GCSE English Literature, Drama, R. C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Question 1 New PDF Mock Exam Question 2 New PDF Question 1 Either (a) “Hero” A person admired for great or brave actions: one who shows fine qualities, one who shows great courage and or nobility of character One who is a role model or ideal to others An illustrious warrior. Remember…
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Richard Gent | Thursday January 16, 2020
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, Paper 1 Prose and Drama, Cambridge iGCSE, Cambridge iGCSE English Literature, English Literature 0486, 9-1 IGCSE, 9-1 IGCSE English Literature, IGCSE English Literature CIE 0477, IGCSE English Literature Edexcel, Drama, R. C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End
Lesson Plan One Starter Activity Remind yourselves of the following exchanges between Raleigh and Stanhope at the end of Act Three Scene Two. Work in threes, reading each part and the stage directions. Comment and constructively criticise each other’s reading and interpretation. Before you go on you must be in agreement on exactly what each character means and exactly how they express themselves. Main Activity We are concerned here with the complexities of the dramatic diction in the…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Analysing Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Question Paper C New PDF Either Question 1 How does the following passage from the end of 1.5 develop and comment on the centrality of work to the characters’ lives and personalities in the play? One is reminded of Charley’s eulogy of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s ‘Death…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Analysing Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Question Paper B New PDF Question 1 Look again at this extract from Act One Scene Two: our introduction to Tracey, Cynthia and Jessie. How does Nottage create our first impressions of the three of them and how any two of those impressions are developed at particular moments, later in the play?…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
Remember that you are being tested on your knowledge and understanding of the whole text from which you are expected to make relevant and judicious selections of detail to frame your answer. Mock Exam Question Paper A New PDF A Either:- Question 1 Read through this extract from Act Two Scene Four very carefully. How does Nottage develop conflict and tension here and what are their outcomes later in the play? You might have considered some or all of the following:- There is conflict between…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
2008: Act 1.1, and 2.7: the scene with Evan, Chris and Jason The learning objective is to develop our understanding of Chris and Jason eight years after the fight when they have served their jail terms. Re-read these scenes out loud and make sure you are very familiar with them. The split into two groups, one per scene. Printable Activity Sheet New PDF Starter Activity What impressions of the characters do you form as you read through each scene? How effective is Evan in his role of Parole…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
Cynthia’s promotion and its consequences: Act Two Scene Three. The learning objective is to develop and complete our understanding of Cynthia, and appreciate the ways in which Stan acts as the good friend to support her. Read through the scene between Cynthia and Stan from the opening, up to the entrance of Tracey and Jessie. Cynthia: On a cruise, Panama Canal. That’s where I’d like to be right now………. ……………….…
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Richard Gent | Saturday January 11, 2020
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Sweat Lynn Nottage, Lynn Nottage
In this lesson we will look at a very famous poem by the leading artist of the Harlem renaissance, Langston Hughes, the end of which Nottage quotes as her preface to the play. The demise of loyalty and patriotism, the fracturing of the country and bitter discontent of the ‘have nots’ in the play find a potent parallel in Hughes’ depiction of social inequality in the 1930’s depression. We are back to a significant proximity to the alleged ‘American…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday November 11, 2019
Categories: KS4, Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB2, Drama, Twelfth Night, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
click on image to enlarge Twelfth Night can currently be taught as an option on many A Level English Literature syllabuses, as well as being studied as a GCSE controlled assessment / coursework text and as part of an introduction to Shakespeare at KS3. With a particular focus on Twelfth Night as a comedy this teaching guide aims to provide plenty of exemplification, through the close textual analysis of the text, looking at aspects of language, form and structure as well as context, genre and…
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Steph Atkinson | Saturday September 21, 2019
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, ELLB4, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, LITA4, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB2, LITB4, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Generic Skills, Edexcel A Level Skills Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 6ET02, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Literature, F663, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, LL3, WJEC A Level English Literature, LT4, Drama, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
‘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 engaging and enjoyable…
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mandy_lloyd | Friday September 20, 2019
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, ELLB4, AQA A Level English Literature A, LITA3, LITA4, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB2, LITB4, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Generic Skills, Edexcel A Level Skills Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, 6ET02, Edexcel A Level Pre-2015 Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Language & Literature, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Literature, F663, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, LL3, WJEC A Level English Literature, LT4, Drama, Much Ado About Nothing, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
Associated Resources 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…
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Emily Prentice | Thursday August 08, 2019
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature , Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Assessment Pack, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Schemes, Edexcel GCSE Generic Skills, Edexcel GCSE Skills Resources, Drama, Macbeth
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Shane Richardson | Thursday August 08, 2019
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature , Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Schemes, Drama, Macbeth, Hot Entries, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation Edexcel GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Macbeth Scheme Lessons 1-17 Edexcel GCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Macbeth Scheme Lesson 18 Edexcel GCSE English Literature Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Assessment Pack How the Component is Assessed Component 1: Studying Shakespeare and Post 1914 Literature Assessment Overview - 50% of total GCSE 80 marks 1 hour 45 minutes written paper Content Overview - Reading and responding to: one Shakespeare play one studied modern prose…
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Alice O'Connor | Monday July 01, 2019
Categories: Drama, A Street Car Named Desire
At Edusites English we don't regurgitate resources you can find anywhere else as all of our resources are written for us by experts at the centre of the development of English as a discipline in our schools and colleges. Please do not share these with non subscribers. We are a not for profit run by volunteer teachers and all of your subscription payments are spent on expert resources and keeping our vast servers functioning with no advertising. Here Chris Barcock Chief Examiner was very…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday May 20, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Hamlet, Hot Entries
A Guide to Hamlet | Act 1 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 2 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 3 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 4 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 5 Hamlet: tragic hero? Hamlet is usually regarded as the finest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and one of the greatest tragedies ever written; however, it is frequently defined as ‘tragedy’ with little or no reference to tragic tropes, either Greek, Renaissance or later theories of tragedy, or with insufficient consideration of other useful theoretical…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday May 20, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Hamlet, Hot Entries
A Guide to Hamlet | Act 1 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 2 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 3 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 4 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 5 Hamlet: tragic hero? Hamlet is usually regarded as the finest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and one of the greatest tragedies ever written; however, it is frequently defined as ‘tragedy’ with little or no reference to tragic tropes, either Greek, Renaissance or later theories of tragedy, or with insufficient consideration of other useful theoretical…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday May 20, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Hamlet, Hot Entries
A Guide to Hamlet | Act 1 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 2 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 3 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 4 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 5 Hamlet: tragic hero? Hamlet is usually regarded as the finest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and one of the greatest tragedies ever written; however, it is frequently defined as ‘tragedy’ with little or no reference to tragic tropes, either Greek, Renaissance or later theories of tragedy, or with insufficient consideration of other useful theoretical…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday May 20, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Drama, Hamlet, Hot Entries
A Guide to Hamlet | Act 1 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 2 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 3 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 4 A Guide to Hamlet | Act 5 Hamlet: tragic hero? Hamlet is usually regarded as the finest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and one of the greatest tragedies ever written; however, it is frequently defined as ‘tragedy’ with little or no reference to tragic tropes, either Greek, Renaissance or later theories of tragedy, or with insufficient consideration of other useful theoretical…
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| Thursday February 21, 2019
Categories: KS4, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature , Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Schemes, Drama, An Inspector Calls , Hot Entries, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation Edexcel GCSE English Literature Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Assessment Pack Associated Resources An Inspector Calls Comparative Table 1912 & 1945.doc How the Component is Assessed Component 1: Studying Shakespeare and Post 1914 Literature Assessment Overview - 50% of total GCSE 80 marks 1 hour 45 minutes written paper Content Overview - Reading and responding to: one Shakespeare play one studied modern prose or drama text This is a closed book…
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Emily Prentice | Wednesday February 06, 2019
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English Literature 2015, Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel, Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel Assessment Pack, Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel Schemes, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry , Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry Assessment Pack, Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry Schemes, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature , Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Assessment Pack, Component 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature Schemes, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789, Component 2: 19th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789 Schemes, Component 2: 19th-Century Novel & Poetry since 1789 Assessment Pack, 9-1 IGCSE, 9-1 IGCSE English Literature, IGCSE English Literature CIE 0477, IGCSE English Literature Edexcel, Drama, Macbeth, Prose, A Christmas Carol, Animal Farm
1. A Christmas Carol Online Slides New! A Christmas Carol Printable PDF SLICE booklet New! 2. Macbeth Online Slides New! Macbeth Printable PDF SLICE booklet New! 3. Animal Farm Online Slides New! Animal Farm Printable PDF SLICE booklet New! 4. AQA Love and Relationships Poetry Online Slides New! L&R Poetry Printable PDF SLICE booklet New! What are Slices and how do you use them? We asked Amy Forrester to share with you her 'slices' strategy. Back in 2015, when the first exams of the…
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Richard Gent | Thursday January 03, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
All Plays Sample Essay Titles Recap: the following tasks have already been set in Specification 9695 papers 31-33 for all three texts In what ways and with what dramatic effects does Fugard present characters who face moral choices in these plays? Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of ‘white guilt’ in ‘The Train Driver’ and ‘Have you seen us?’ Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of prejudice in these plays. Discuss Fugard’s dramatic…
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Richard Gent | Thursday January 03, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Sample Essay Titles Recap: the following tasks have already been set in Specification 9695 papers 31-33 for all three texts In what ways and with what dramatic effects does Fugard present characters who face moral choices in these plays? Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of ‘white guilt’ in ‘The Train Driver’ and ‘Have you seen us?’ Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of prejudice in these plays. Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation…
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Richard Gent | Thursday January 03, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
All Plays Sample Essay Titles Recap: the following tasks have already been set in Specification 9695 papers 31-33 for all three texts In what ways and with what dramatic effects does Fugard present characters who face moral choices in these plays? Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of ‘white guilt’ in ‘The Train Driver’ and ‘Have you seen us?’ Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of prejudice in these plays. Discuss Fugard’s dramatic…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan Two Starter Activity In class re-read the epilogue to the play and carefully consider both what Henry says and how he says it. Solly has told him that he is forgiven: he has told Solly that he loves him. For Henry at the moment there is nothing more to say: he wanted ‘nothing that would violate the moment’. He does not regret never seeing Solly and Rachel again. They have been the agents of his ‘short journey from hate to love’ and their job is done. But he…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan One Music in the Play Starter Activity Go through the play and list the occasions when Fugard introduces musical accompaniment to the action and which of the characters does so. Re-read the passages and research the detail of the different types of music we hear: for example Afrikaans folksong, Name songs, Mariachi music and Hebrew songs of praise. This might well be done as preparation for the Main Activity. Printable Activity Sheet New PDF Main Activity There are four musical…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan Two Starter Activity Look at this early scene in Act One on PP 62-65 starting with the SD ‘Mannetjie begins taking off his shoes……’ to Veronica: ‘Dead and buried in Cape Town’. Working in groups of three or four read through the exchange to yourselves and then divide it up into the group number and read it (or portions of it) aloud to each other. Then: discuss and agree on the tone, nuance and emphasis of the lines and how those qualities…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan One Starter Activity Look at Alfred’s long speech to Veronica from Act One, P73 ‘Here they are….. ‘ to P74: “So that is how it was’. Working in groups of three or four read through the speech to yourselves and then divide it up into the group number and read portions of it aloud to each other. Then: discuss and agree on the tone, nuance and emphasis of the lines and how those qualities are modulated and varied/ developed as Alfred speaks it.…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan Two Look again at scene six P34 Simon: ‘So what you thinking Roofie?’ to P38 Lights fade out completely on the image of Roelf digging. As in Lesson One take roles and read the passage aloud, or in groups with one member of the group reading the stage directions and others (if there are more than three) offering constructive criticism of the performance. Make sure you record your responses. Starter Activity 'Nobody else wanted her, Simon… I do, and that’s…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday January 02, 2019
Categories: KS5 Resources, KS5 Literature, Cambridge AS and A Level 8695 IGCE, Drama, Athol Fugard, The Train Driver, Coming Home , Have You Seen Us?
Lesson Plan One Remind yourselves of and re read pages 4-9 of the Faber edition of the play (the first five pages of the text at the start of Act One). Take roles and read the passage aloud, or in groups with one member of the group reading the stage directions and others (if there are more than three) offering constructive criticism of the performance. Look especially hard at the implications of the third of these tasks as you do this. The central question here is what are your first…
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Shirley Bierman | Thursday November 22, 2018
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3 Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Language, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, Paper 1 Prose and Drama, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A662, Drama, An Inspector Calls , Hot Entries, Writing, Analytical Writing, Drama Analysis, Essays
click on image to enlarge Focusing on the analysis of form, structure and language For any text you study for your GCSE English Literature coursework, controlled assessments or exam, to gain a high grade, the exam board’s mark scheme requires you to analyse and discuss effective aspects of form, structure and language. Many teachers call this “FSL?. In practice, most students cope well with analysing and discussing the useful effects created by language choices; but many struggle…
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Richard Gent | Thursday November 22, 2018
Categories: Student Room, KS4, Drama, An Inspector Calls , Mocks, Mock Exams, Writing
Early attempts How does Priestley present attitudes towards responsibility in “An Inspector Calls”? This was one of my first exam question on “An Inspector Calls” after focusing on “Jekyll and Hyde” and “Much Ado About Nothing”. This is an example of a grade 5, because it didn’t include some important structural features of a play or effects on the audience. These points were: Dramatic irony Contemporary views Foreshadowing You must include structural features of a text in…
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jennywebb | Thursday November 22, 2018
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, EDEXCEL GCSE, Edexcel GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3 Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A662, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Drama, An Inspector Calls , Writing, Drama Analysis
