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Sound of Pen classes use music as a doorway to a deeper understanding of GCSE & A-Level English texts.
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Bright Star is locked in her manager’s office, Cynthia is locked in a friend’s basement and Ayley is locked in her bedroom. Sound of Pen’s ‘fTrE’ novel explores what happens next.
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We LOVED so much of the music released in 2020. Here are our top 50 songs. Each mini-review includes a word that you should be using when writing your A-Level Lit essays. You'll find a link to a document listing all the words in one place at the bot... Read More...
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How is it even possible to sum up the experience of living through 2020? Here are the songs that have helped us through the first 6 months!
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If you simply want to read the 'fTrE' story, you'll find the text below. We'll add the new chapters in at the same time as each respective class is posted.
fTrE
1. Cynthia
The radio’s on. I’ve heard this Bright Star song a million times. It... Read More...