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 | Saturday February 26, 2011
Categories: KS4, Hot Entries, Prose, Wuthering Heights, Trial, Writing, Prose Analysis
Associated Resources DARTs Literary Analysis and Wuthering Heights.doc I teach some students with special needs and I found one particular technique really useful when tackling Pre-Twentieth Century Literature recently. To put the lesson in context, I try to enter my autistic students for GCSE English examination as soon as possible. This gets them used to the system and the particular demands of the syllabus, particularly in coursework and the examination itself. Some students thus take the…
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| 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
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Steve Campsall | Monday September 06, 2010
Categories: Hot Entries, Trial, Writing, Descriptive Writing
Describe a visit to a fairground.
You should aim to write 1½-2 sides, perhaps 4-500 words, spending 40 minutes on the question.
Click on the link below to download this resource in Word format.
Writing_-_Describe_Exemplar_Fairgound.doc
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Steph Atkinson | Tuesday January 05, 2010
Categories: Drama, A Cream Cracker under the Settee (ACCUTS), Trial
Alice O'Connor | Friday December 04, 2009
Categories: Trial
Guide Navigation ELLB3 Introduction Examination Essay Structure Four-Fold Response Four-Fold Response Teacher Notes Four-Fold Response Grid A3 Blank Four-Fold Response Grid A3 Blank Four-Fold Response Grid Teacher Notes ELLB3 Assess Question Exemplar Response Assess Essay ELLB3 Exemplar Response Paragraphs Teacher Notes Four-Fold Response Teacher Notes - Context Four-Fold Response Teacher Notes Interactional Four-Fold Response Teacher Notes on Lexis and Syntax Four-Fold Response Teacher Notes…
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Steph Atkinson | Monday November 09, 2009
Categories: Poetry, Trial, Writing, Poetry Analysis
Poetic Techniques used in Stealing and My Last Duchess
Write examples of the poetic technique on the left from the two poems.
There may be just one example or several. Include as many as you can.
Leave the space blank if there are no examples of the technique in the poem.
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Poetic Techniques Stealing and My Last Duchess.doc
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Jack Todhunter | Monday July 20, 2009
Categories: Prose, Lord Of The Flies, Trial, Writing, Essays, Prose Analysis
A Scaffolded Essay Guide to Lord of the Flies At the beginning of the novel, Ralph stands on his head and celebrates the fact that there are no adult survivors. This is a dream come true. How does this dream turn into a nightmare? It is true that at the beginning of the novel that in conversation with Piggy that Ralph celebrates the fact that there are no adults on the island. I think he… Within hours of celebrating the lack of adult supervision. Ralph assumes the role of… The dream really…
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