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ThE bEsT 75 sOnGs Of 2022 & wRiTiNg ExCiTiNg iNtRoDuCtiOnS

JCDecember 15, 2022

How do the best songs of 2022 help us make sense of the texts we're studying at school? Look at the list of our top 75 tracks of the year - then have a go at t... Read More...

A-LevelEssay WritingLanguage AnalysisMaking PointsStudy 4

ReViEw wRiTiNg WiTh oLiViA rOdRiGo

JCJuly 11, 2022

Review writing can be tricky. You might love a record or a film or a book soooooo much - but how do you possibly pack all the positive energy you're feeling in... Read More...

GCSEReviews & Life LessonsStudy 2

NNNNNinteen Chapter 30 Bright Star Taylor Swift pt 2

ReViEw wRiTiNg WiTh tAyLoR sWiFt

JCJuly 6, 2022

NOTE: THERE IS ONE MOMENT OF SWEARING DURING THE TRAILER. Review writing can be tricky. You might love a record or a film or a book soooooo much - but how do you possibly pack all the positive energy you're feeling into one snappy write-up?! Look... Read More...

GCSEReviews & Life LessonsStudy 2

LiNKiN pArK, bMtH, eNtEr sHiKaRi & mOrE: aNaLySiNg dArKnEss

JCMay 17, 2022

Yes, we do know it's the school holidays, but as far as fun activities go, it's hard to think of anything more enjoyable than listening to Creeper, Against The... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisPen Gen 2

wHaTeVeR hAppEnEd tO dAiSy BuChaNaN? aN inVeSTiGaTiOn WiTh tAyLoR sWiFt

JCFebruary 12, 2022

Taylor Swift’s 2020 albums – ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’ – are like water. In the surface of them, we see ourselves, as vague and actual as we really are. Undern... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudy 4

bEn: hOw dAvE mEt HiS Ex

JCDecember 21, 2021

Ben is one of the original Sound of Pen student crew. As passionate about music as he is about English, his thoughts on Dave's 'love' songs are both insightful and inspired. It's worth noting too, that many of Ben's ideas will feel relevant to th... Read More...

Language AnalysisPen Gen 5

BeSt SoNgS oF 2021

JCDecember 17, 2021

From number 50 to number 1, here are the songs we loved most this year. 50. While She Sleeps, Nervous 49. Doll Skin, Control Freak 48. Creeper, Midnig... Read More...

A-LevelContextGCSELanguage Analysis 4

JoHn fLoReANi, YoNaKa, oLiviA RoDRiGo & MoRe: aNaLySiNg aLLiTeRaTiOn

JCOctober 9, 2021

Let's be clear: you want your analysis of a writer's alliteration to SPARKLE! Okay, so it's fair to say that a writer often uses the technique to draw our att... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage Analysis 2

ThE hAnDmAiD’s TaLe: WoMeNrCooL

JCFebruary 20, 2021

womenrcool. YOU do not need telling. If only there'd been someone with your good sense running Gilead. Thankfully, the future IS in your hands - and the world IS a better place with you in it. Now all we need to do is make sure you've got the ... Read More...

A-LevelHandmaid'sRevisionText Specific 2

A-LeVeL & GcSe: UnsEEn PoEtRy

JCFebruary 15, 2021

I asked my Sound of Pen students to let me know which songs they were loving right at this moment. I then started to create a series of classes in which we tre... Read More...

A-LevelConflict PoetryGCSEPen GenPoetry AnalysisPre-1900 PoetryUnseen Poetry KS4Unseen Poetry KS5 2