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The Supernatural in Macbeth: Planning an essay
Notes and model essay plan looking at essay technique and using context in essays through a focus on the theme of the supernatural in Macbeth. (3 pages, used for 1hr of tutoring)
Designed for GCSE AQA English.
A Valediction of Weeping (John Donne): Analysis
2.5 pages of notes analysing ‘A Valediction of Weeping’ by John Donne (summary, technical terms, title, structure, five important quotes, context).
Designed for A-Level English Edexcel Metaphysical Poetry.
A Christmas Carol Comprehension: Christmas Dinner with the Cratchit Family
A festive themed past-paper style passage followed by comprehension questions, and a choice of two creative writing prompts.
Questions are a mixture of short-answer (testing understanding of the passage), vocabulary,
Passage taken from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Would be suitable for 13+ entrance practice, or high-level 11+ entrance/scholarship practice.
Please Hold (Ciaran O’Driscoll): Poem Analysis
3 pages analysing ‘Please Hold’ by Ciaran O’Driscoll. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
Effects (Alan Jenkins): Poem Analysis
Over 4 pages of analysis of ‘Effects’ by Alan Jenkins. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn (Tim Turnbull): Poem Analysis
4 pages analysing the poem ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnbull. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
Creative Writing: Adjectives and Adverbs
Resource helping students to use adjectives and adverbs effectively and strategically, and to find alternative ways of describing.
Includes both notes and activities.
Aimed for 11+ and KS3, but many of the ideas could also be suitable for older students.
Creative Writing: EDINGLY
Resource with notes and activities on different ways of starting a sentence, suggesting -ed, -ing and -ly words.
Aimed primarily at students going for the 11+, but could be relevant to KS3 students as well.
Midsummer Night's Dream: Context notes
Context notes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Includes: Courtly Love, gender, Queen Elizabeth I, the supernatural, Shakespeare’s other plays, Classical/mythological references, literary influences and conventions, historical context of the contemporary theatre, modern productions.
Designed for the Edexcel A-Level English specification.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Detailed context notes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Includes: Courtly Love, gender, Queen Elizabeth I, the supernatural, Shakespeare’s other plays, Classical/mythological references, literary influences and conventions, historical context of the contemporary theatre, modern productions.
Critical quotes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both from the prescribed anthology and from elsewhere.
Designed for the Edexcel A-Level English specification.
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Poems of the Decade
Detailed analysis of all poems on the Poems of the Decade Edexcel A-Level English Literature specification (as of 2018), with the exception of ‘Out of the Bag’ (omitted for exam strategy).
Eat Me Patience Agbabi 3
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass Simon Armitage 6
Material Ros Barber 10
History John Burnside 25
An Easy Passage Julia Copus 37
The Deliverer Tishani Doshi 43
The Lammas Hireling Ian Duhig 51
To My Nine-Year-Old Self Helen Dunmore 52
A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe 57
The Gun Vicki Feaver 62
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled Leontia Flynn 64
Giuseppe Roderick Ford 66
Effects Alan Jenkins 92
Genetics Sinéad Morrissey 125
From the Journal of a Disappointed Man Andrew Motion 127
Look We Have Coming to Dover! Daljit Nagra 129
Please Hold Ciaran O’Driscoll 132
On Her Blindness Adam Thorpe 170
Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn Tim Turnbull 172
From the Journal of a Disappointed Man (Andrew Motion): Poem Analysis
4 page analysis of ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion. From ‘Poems of the Decade’, for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
Look we have coming to Dover! (Daljit Nagra): Poem Analysis
4 pages analysing ‘Look We Have Coming To Dover!’ by Daljit Nagra. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
Material (Ros Barber): Analysis
5 pages of notes analysing the poem ‘Material’ by Ros Barber.
From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for A-Level Edexcel English Literature.
An Easy Passage (Julia Copus): Analysis
3.5 pages analysing the poem ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
A Minor Role (U A Fanthorpe): Analysis
Just over 4 pages analysing ‘A Minor Role’ by U A Fanthrope. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
The Furthest Distances I've Travelled (Leontia Flynn): Poem Analysis
3.3 pages analysing ‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
To My Nine Year Old Self (Helen Dunmore)
4 pages analysing ‘To My Nine Year Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore. From ‘Poems of the Decade’ for Edexcel A-Level English Literature.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Quotes
A collection of relevant quotes from a range of secondary sources on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (on a 19-slide Powerpoint).
Designed for the Edexcel A-Level specification.
Gender in Macbeth
Bullet-point essay plan exploring gender, femininity and masculinity in Macbeth - raises questions and context points for the class to think about, discuss further and find quotes for.