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GCSE English Literature Student Guide to John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ »

Steve Campsall | Saturday October 17, 2020

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click on image to enlarge Teacher’s Note This guide has been written primarily to help keen and bright students find a way to the top grades they’re likely hoping for when studying Steinbeck’s popular novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’. It will, though, hopefully also be of interest to you as it explores some (I hope) interesting ways ‘into’ Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’. The central ideas covered and examples given could also be easily adapted… [ read full article ] »

‘R. C. Sherriff’s Journey’s End’. - Mock exams »

Richard Gent | Friday January 17, 2020

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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… [ read full article ] »

An English Literature Guide to The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde »

Chris Curtis | Monday December 03, 2018

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click on image to enlarge The Really Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde For readers today The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, is far from being a shocking story that induces both fear and terror into our beating hearts. It’s a story whose effects have been diluted by modern graphic media content, constant repetition and simplified interpretations over the years since it was first published in1888. We know the story so well that it even features in popular cartoons like… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Student’s Guide to An Inspector Calls »

Shirley Bierman | Thursday November 22, 2018

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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… [ read full article ] »

An Inspector Calls Learning Mat »

jennywebb | Thursday November 22, 2018

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An Inspector Calls PPT »

Steve Campsall | Thursday November 22, 2018

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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 [ read full article ] »

Shakespeare Learning Mats | Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet »

jennywebb | Wednesday November 21, 2018

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Associated Resources Macbeth Learning Mat.pdf Romeo and Juliet.pdf How to pass the exam.pdf [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature To Kill a Mockingbird | Set of Lessons »

Emma Radford | Friday November 29, 2013

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE, EDEXCEL iGCSE English Literature, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, To Kill A Mockingbird, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Prose Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1 Understanding Prose, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A663, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 1 Prose and Poetry

click on image to enlarge A set of lessons for teaching GCSE English Literature To Kill a Mockingbird with a particular focus on the WJEC examination board. Associated Resources 2012 Exam Question Teacher Exemplar.docx Exploring Themes.pptx Justice Feed Forward PowerPoint Teacher Notes.docx Justice Feed Forward.pptx P4C Philosophy for Children.pptx Preparing for a Theme Question.pptx Theme Question PowerPoint Teacher Notes.doc [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Teacher / Student Guide to Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha »

Shirley Bierman | Thursday November 28, 2013

Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Prose Analysis, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A663, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 2a Literary Heritage, Drama and Prose

click on image to enlarge Exam Boards WJEC Unit 2a: Contemporary Prose (External Assessment – 20%) Students will need to answer two questions on the set text. The first part of the question will require a ‘close reading’ of an extract with the second question offering a choice of tasks labelled (b) and (c) relating to the text as a whole. Part (a) will be worth 10 marks and (b) and (c) will be worth 20 marks each. There will be a focus on: AO1 and AO2: AO1 = Respond to texts critically… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature SOW for Roddy Doyle’s Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha »

Shirley Bierman | Thursday November 28, 2013

click on image to enlarge Suitable for Guidance for WJEC Unit 2a: Contemporary Prose (examination worth 20%); this unit is taught alongside the Literary Heritage Drama (worth the other 20% of final exam in this unit). OCR Unit A663: Prose from Different Cultures (examination worth 25%) Seven Week Scheme of Work Outline Aims For students to enjoy reading the novel and appreciating it as a contemporary text. For students to gain confidence in their understanding of characters, themes, language… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Guide to Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice Part One »

| Friday October 25, 2013

Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, Hobson’s Choice, Analysing Drama, Hot Entries, Writing, Drama Analysis, Literary Analysis, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A662, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 2a Literary Heritage, Drama and Prose

click on image to enlarge Introduction The following guide is in two parts; Part One covers the background and Acts 1 and 2 and Part Two explores Acts 3 and 4.Background Hobson’s Choice was written by Harold Brighouse who was born in 1882 in Eccles, Salford, Lancashire. He was one of a group of Northern playwrights working in the years around World War 1. They wrote about their experiences as working men in the north of England which contrasted with the experiences of playwrights living and… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Guide to Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice Part Two »

| Thursday October 24, 2013

click on image to enlarge Introduction The following guide is in two parts; Part One covers the background and Acts 1 and 2 and Part Two explores Acts 3 and 4. Act 3 Synopsis The setting in Act 3 moves to the cellar in Oldfield Road where Willie and Maggie live and have set up shop. Maggie and Willie are celebrating their marriage along with Alice and Vicky and their boyfriends. Alice and Vicky are surprised at how much Willie has achieved in such a short time. The sisters suggest they… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Student Guide to Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ »

| Monday October 14, 2013

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click on image to enlarge “Top grade thinking…? Education As a Bildungsroman, or ‘coming of age’ story, the novel emphasises learning and change. Does Scout’s learning lead to her transformation? What does she learn that she doesn’t mention? Why is education presented as being important in the novel - both as a part of the novel’s plot and as one of its major themes? What does Lee suggest education can change? And what can it not change? The School is presented as failing its… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Guide to Educating Rita »

Shirley Bierman | Monday September 02, 2013

Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, Drama, Analysing Drama, Educating Rita, Hot Entries, Writing, Analytical Writing, Drama Analysis, Literary Analysis, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A662

click on image to enlarge Navigation Guide GCSE English Literature Guide to Educating Rita GCSE English Literature Scheme of Work for Educating Rita Note: Whilst this Edusites English guide is focused on the requirements of the OCR English Literature exam (A662: Modern Drama), it would be easily adaptable to suit any other GCSE English Literature course. OCR Unit A662: Modern Drama Examined Unit This is worth 25% of the GCSE English Literature marks and you will have to respond to ONE question… [ read full article ] »

A GCSE English Literature Guide to Hardy’s Wessex Tales »

| Monday March 18, 2013

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Analysing Prose, Hardy’s Short Stories, The Withered Arm, Wessex Tales, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Prose Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, OCR GCSE English, Unit A641 Reading Literary Texts, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A664, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 2a Literary Heritage, Drama and Prose

Guide Navigation 1. Introduction 2. The Withered Arm 3. The Son’s Veto 4. Tony Kytes, The Arch-Deceiver 5. Absent-mindedness in a Parish Choir 6. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion 7. The Distracted Preacher This guide has been written with a focus on AQA Unit 4, Section B (‘Approaching Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage’); however, Hardy’s stories are popular and the guide will be useful for any exam board specification. In the AQA unit specifically, candidates… [ read full article ] »

Studying a Play »

Steve Campsall | Tuesday December 04, 2012

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, The Crucible, Hot Entries, Writing, Analytical Writing, Drama Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3 Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE English Literature

Source: RSC / Peter Cook Below are some general notes aimed at students, intended to help them analyse any stage play. Plot and Theme When a writer creates a story, whether for page or stage, there are two linked aspects that you can analyse and discuss in your school essays: plot and theme. Plot When we read or watch anything, we give time over to it. For us to feel this time will be well spent and worthwhile, the writer needs, from the outset, to find ways to interest and absorb us into the… [ read full article ] »

A Guide to The Crucible »

| Tuesday December 04, 2012

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, The Crucible, Hot Entries, Writing, Analytical Writing, Drama Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE English Literature

Source: Royal Court Theatre, London | VAM Guide Navigation 1. Studying a Play 2. A Guide to The Crucible The Crucible 1. Background Although Miller based his play on the seventeenth century US Salem witchcraft trials, the themes of the play are universal and probably timeless. There are parallels between the play and the lengths people will go to, for example, to separate themselves from anyone suddenly under the scrutiny of those in authority; and we all know how easy it is to leap to… [ read full article ] »

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein PPTs »

Sarah Knightley | Wednesday November 07, 2012

Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Frankenstein, Writing, Prose Analysis, EDEXCEL A Level English Literature, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE 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 Language & Literature, OCR A Level English Literature, F661, F662, 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

Associated Resources 1. Shelley - Frankenstein Walton’s Letters 1-4.pptx 2. Shelley - Frankenstein Allusions and Victor Ch 1-4.pptx 3. Shelley - Frankenstein The Birth of the Creature Ch 5-8.pptx 4. Shelley - Frankenstein Families Ch 15 Focus.pptx 5. Shelley - Frankenstein The Trial Ch 16-17.pptx 6. Shelley - Frankenstein Female Characters Ch18-20.pptx [ read full article ] »

A Guide to Animal Farm »

| Wednesday October 03, 2012

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Animal Farm, Writing, Analytical Writing, Literary Analysis, Poetry Analysis, AQA English, AQA English Language , AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1 Understanding Prose, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A664

Guide Navigation A Guide to Animal Farm Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 AQA English Literature GCSE 3d Unit 4: Approaching Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage AQA English GCSE 3c Unit 3 Understanding and producing creative texts AO1: respond to texts critically & imaginatively; select & evaluate textual details to illustrate & support interpretations AO2: explain how language, structure & form… [ read full article ] »

A Guide to Teaching Julius Caesar at GCSE »

| Tuesday January 31, 2012

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, Drama, Julius Caesar, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3 Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama, OCR GCSE English, Unit A641 Reading Literary Texts, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A661

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… [ read full article ] »

Of Mice and Men Post-reading Revision PPT »

Steve Campsall | Tuesday March 08, 2011

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Of Mice and Men, Writing, Analytical Writing, Prose Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1 Understanding Prose, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A663, WJEC GCSE English Literature

OMAM Post-reading Revision.ppt OMAM Post-reading Revision.pptx [ read full article ] »

Lord of the Flies PPT by Jo Winwood »

| Tuesday December 07, 2010

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, Lord Of The Flies, Trial, Writing, Analytical Writing, Prose Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A664, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 2b Drama and Prose

Click on the link below to download Jo Winwood’s PowerPoint on Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies by Jo Winwood.ppt [ read full article ] »

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

Steve Campsall | Wednesday November 17, 2010

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, OCR GCSE English, Unit A641 Reading Literary Texts, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A661, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 2a Literary Heritage, Drama and Prose

Teacher’s Note 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… [ read full article ] »

GCSE English Literature Guide: To Kill A Mockingbird »

| Tuesday November 16, 2010

Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Prose, To Kill A Mockingbird, AQA English Literature, Unit 1 Exploring Modern Texts, Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1 Understanding Prose, OCR GCSE English Literature, Unit A663, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 1 Prose and Poetry

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 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… [ read full article ] »

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