jennywebb | Wednesday November 21, 2018
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE Pre-2015 Resources, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, 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 A661, Drama, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
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Macbeth Learning Mat.pdf
Romeo and Juliet.pdf
How to pass the exam.pdf
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Shane Richardson | Tuesday May 19, 2015
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, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation 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 GCSE80 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 examination. The texts will not be allowed in the examination with the student. Aims and…
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Shane Richardson | Thursday February 12, 2015
Categories: KS4, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare, Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare Schemes, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation OCR GCSE English Literature Component 02: Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare Assessment Pack How the Unit is Assessed Exploring Poetry and Shakespeare (02) Assessment Overview - 50% of total GCSE80 marks 2 hours written paper Content Overview - Reading and responding to:one thematic poetry cluster from the OCR poetry Anthology, including making connections with a thematically linked poem one studied Shakespeare play Assessment Objectives GCSE English and English Literature…
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Shane Richardson | Friday February 06, 2015
Categories: KS4, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature 2015, Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry, Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry Schemes, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry Assessment Pack GCSE Overview The qualification is made up of two externally-assessed components: Component 1 and Component 2. Both components allow learners to show their depth and breadth of knowledge through varied assessments. This specification has been designed on the basis that learners’ reading should be of whole texts. Learners are required to study the following content:at least one play by…
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Shane Richardson | Tuesday February 03, 2015
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 Schemes, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays, Writing, Drama Analysis
Guide Navigation AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel Assessment Pack How the unit is assessed: 1 hour 45 minute written exam 64 marks 40% of GCSE Exam Questions Section A Shakespeare: students will answer one question on their play of choice. They will be required to write in detail about an extract from the play and then to write about the play as a whole. Section B The 19th-century novel: students will answer one question on their novel of choice. They…
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Steph Atkinson | Wednesday April 18, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Hot Entries, Poetry, Anthologies, 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, AQA English Literature, Unit 4 Approaching Shakespeare, WJEC GCSE English Literature, Unit 3 Poetry and Drama, AQA Moon On The Tides
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…
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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…
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Steph Atkinson | Wednesday September 23, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Steph Atkinson | Wednesday September 23, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare
Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Romeo & Juliet This teaching guide for high-ability students is designed as a self-contained unit which can be used to produce the AQA A GCSE Shakespeare coursework. 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 to address the assessment objectives for both. Let us remind ourselves of these: English Candidates are…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Overview
A 4 week (12 lessons) scheme based on Romeo & Juliet for GCSE English and English Literature Pre-1914 Drama Coursework.
This unit covers the following topics:
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
1. Sequence the prologue in the correct order using rhymes and the order of the events to help you – Copy Out In The Right Order 2. Underneath your sequenced prologue, write a modern day translation for each of the 14 lines. 3. The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet. Write a) why you think it has been written in this form b) how many lines there are c) what the rhyme pattern is (use letters A, B, C etc.) 4. Produce a storyboard, doing one picture for each pair of lines ( = 7 pictures…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
The Elizabethan stage
Elizabethan attitudes to fate
Elizabethan attitudes to violence
Elizabethan attitudes to love (including courtly love)
Elizabethan attitudes to women
The Elizabethan family
Elizabethan attitudes to loyalty
Elizabethan Religion
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Prologue Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whole misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
How does Shakespeare use dramatic devices in Act 1 Scene 1 in order to make it an interesting, exciting and important scene? Introduction: Your introduction should begin to address the question immediately. It should introduce some of the key ideas you will explore in more detail later. Ensure you introduce some of the key ‘dramatic devices’ discussed in class. You should aim to give some Brief details about: How this scene sets in motion the key ideas/themes that are played out in the rest…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
OVERALL: ***WELL DONE EVERYONE – I AM VERY IMPRESSED!*** What you’ve done really wellShown a very good understanding of the play as a whole Started to use quotation to back up your ideas Shown an understanding of what quotations mean Structured your essays clearly and effectively Analysed how characters’ attitudes to violence change Explained why violence is important to the play as a whole Used a wide range of vocabulary Started to show a personal response Shown how Shakespeare is still…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
Question: In Act 3 Scene 1, what do we discover about the characters’ various attitudes to violence in this scene? Consider:The language used by the key characters (Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, Prince, Lady Capulet) Who the characters are speaking to and how this affects their attitude What each character’s attitude is and what it tells you about them What the audience’s reaction would be to each character How the language might reflect social, historical and cultural attitudes Use…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
What happens between Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 1? Act 1 Scene 1 Sampson, Gregory, Abraham and Balthasar fight. Tybalt enters to fight and Benvolio tries to keep the peace. The Prince warns the citizens not to fight on pain of death. The Montague parents wonder where Romeo is. Romeo and Benvolio discuss the trouble of love. Act 1 Scene 2 Lord Capulet and Paris discuss the possibility of Paris marrying Juliet. Capulet sends a servant out with the party invitations. The servant meets Romeo and…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
This scene of hate and murder contrasts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding in the previous scene. It marks the point where the lovers’ fortunes turn. The feud between the families runs too deep to be overcome by Romeo and Juliet’s new, ideal love. Despite Romeo’s best attempts to turn away from conflict he is drawn into it. Shakespeare’s skill as a dramatist is displayed as the audience are torn by their understanding of his desire to avenge his friend’s murder, yet we cannot doubt he…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday September 21, 2009
Categories: Drama, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Plays
This scene of hate and murder contrasts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding in the previous scene. It marks the point where the lovers’ fortunes turn. The feud between the families runs too deep to be overcome by Romeo and Juliet’s new, ideal love. Despite Romeo’s best attempts to turn away from conflict he is drawn into it. Shakespeare’s skill as a dramatist is displayed as the audience are torn by their understanding of his desire to avenge his friend’s murder, yet we cannot doubt he…
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