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Learning About Unseen Poetry

A-LeVeL & GcSe: RhYmE

JCFebruary 20, 2021
This is the second part of a lesson which started here. Last time, we looked at approaching unseen poetry questions and we concentrated on that idea of taking ... Read More...
A-LevelClassesConflict PoetryPen GenPoetry AnalysisPre-1900 PoetryUnseen Poetry KS4 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... Read More...
A-LevelClassesHandmaid'sPodcast & VideoRevision 2
Against The Current GCSE Unseen Poetry

GcSe: AgAiNsT ThE CuRReNt & uNsEEn PoEtRy

JCFebruary 19, 2021
Okay, it's unlikely you'll be asked to analyse the awesome Against The Current's lyrics in your exam! The skills you'll use to investigate 'Gravity', though, a... Read More...
ClassesGCSEQuestion SpecificUnseen Poetry KS4 3
MGK figuring out his latest metaphor

mAcHiNe GuN KeLLy & aNaLySiNg qUoTaTioNs

JCFebruary 18, 2021
When I started designing this lesson, I was thinking it would be most useful to my A-Level students. But actually these activities will prove just as purposefu... Read More...
A-LevelClassesCore SkillsGCSEReadingRevision 2

A-LeVeL: AgAiNsT ThE CuRRenT & ReDeMpTiOn: pArT 2

JCFebruary 18, 2021
In our first live lesson with real students in an actual classroom, we talked in more detail about redemption and Against The Current! It was SO much fun. If y... Read More...
A-LevelClassesHandmaid'sLecturesPodcast & VideoText Messages 2
Learning About Unseen Poetry

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-LevelClassesConflict PoetryGCSEPen GenPoetry AnalysisPre-1900 PoetryUnseen Poetry KS4 2

A-LeVeL: SoNgS oF tHe YeAr & VoCaBuLaRy

JCJanuary 1, 2021
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 ... Read More...
A-LevelClassesCore SkillsGCSEListsVocabWriting 2

A-LeVeL: AgAiNsT ThE CuRRenT & ReDeMpTiOn: pArT 1

JCNovember 29, 2020
MUSIC FOCUS: Against The Current.ACTIVITY FOCUS: Explore ATC's ideas about redemption, then apply those same ideas to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Read our analysis ... Read More...
A-LevelClassesHandmaid's 2

A-LeVeL: AgAiNsT ThE CuRRenT & ReDeMpTiOn: eSSaY

JCNovember 22, 2020
Listen to YUNGBLUD's god save me, but don't drown me out, Bring Me The Horizon's One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest... or Against The Curr... Read More...
A-LevelClassesEssays KS5Handmaid'sLecturesPodcast & VideoText Messages 2
Kim Petras & Language Paper 1

GcSe: KiM PeTrAs & LaNgUagE pApEr 1

JCOctober 20, 2020
Some people think listening to the unstoppable Kim Petras isn't the answer to EVERYTHING. Which is obviously ridiculous. All you need to do to improve your ... Read More...
ClassesGCSEQuestion SpecificReadingWriting 2
Parasite Eve and The Handmaid's Tale

A-LeVeL: bRiNg Me tHe HoRiZoN & ThE hAnDmAiD’s TaLe

JCOctober 11, 2020
MUSIC FOCUS: Bring Me The Horizon.ACTIVITY FOCUS: Link BMTH lyrics to quote from 'The Handmaid's Tale' - then create a bookmark to help you remember Atwood's k... Read More...
A-LevelClassesHandmaid'sPodcast & Video 2
Maggie Lindemann Cleopatra and the Presentation of Women

A-LeVeL: MaGGie LiNdeMaNN, dESdEmOnA & tHe PrEsEnTaTiOn Of WoMeN

JCSeptember 21, 2020
MUSIC FOCUS: Maggie Lindemann!ACTIVITY FOCUS: Examine techniques used in Maggie Lindemann's 'Pretty Girl' and then see how Shakespeare uses those very same tec... Read More...
A-LevelClassesOthelloPodcast & VideoText Messages 2
A Level Literature YUNGBLUD and Sonnet 116

A-LeVeL: yUnGbLuD & SoNNeT 116

JCAugust 27, 2020
Sharpen your ability to deal with unseen poetry, develop your understanding of 'Sonnet 116' and learn to write about love! MUSIC FOCUS: YUNGBLUD.ACTIVITY FO... Read More...
A-LevelClassesEssays KS5Podcast & VideoPre-1900 Poetry 2
GCSE Blood Brothers 1

GcSe: CrEEpEr & BlOOd BrOtHeRs

JCAugust 22, 2020
Punk dramatists, Creeper, explore themes of loss, struggle, friendship, class, hopelessness, anxiety and free will. Explore how they do it in order to deepen y... Read More...
Blood BrothersClassesGCSEPodcast & Video 2
A-Level Literature Feminism

A-LeVeL: KaTe NaSh & FeMiNiSm

JCAugust 15, 2020
It's helpful to look at so many of the texts you're studying through a feminist lens. To do that, you need to really understand what feminism is. Kate Nash wil... Read More...
A-LevelClassesGatsbyHandmaid'sOthelloPre-1900 PoetryStreetcarText Messages 2
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