Narrate or Describe? AQA’s Question 5
Question 5 in Paper 1 invites students to choose between a written prompt and a visual image that is linkedContinue Reading
Month: April 2017
‘An Inspector Calls’: Structure, Form and the Three Unities
‘An Inspector Calls’: Structure, Form and the Three Unities Priestley has engineered and built the play like an architect carefullyContinue Reading
Comparing ‘Tissue’ to ‘Ozymandias’
Ozium means “‘breath” or “air”, and mandate means “to rule”. Ozymandias means to breathe is to rule. Firstly, here isContinue Reading
What is your Objective?
Is it over for the L.O? Generally speaking, I do not include anything personal in my posts (that’s not toContinue Reading
Assessment and Progress
Thinking about assessment from Year 7 to support students through to the new GCSEs ‘Showing progress’ has been a phraseContinue Reading
Structure and Narrative Form in Jekyll and Hyde
Stevenson uses structure and narrative throughout the story specifically to build tension. It’s important to remember that a narrator mayContinue Reading
Comprehension and Explanation: Learning Activities
Arguably, the most basic skill that we ask students to comprehend, refine and master. This is also a skill thatContinue Reading
Fear of the Unknown: why the unseen poetry section isn’t all that scary
In my opinion, it is absolutely vital to teach the unseen alongside the anthology for AQA’s English Literature, Paper 2,Continue Reading
