Music Memory Meaning #2
Diving through the surface of the music I'm listening to right now - then down into the depths of the songs that helped me make some... Read More...
The sun!! You'll have noticed it up there in the sky. What do we know about it? Let's have a think, then use our knowledge to deepen our understanding of our f... Read More...
Here's a nice activity to ease you into your literature studies! All you need to do is get out the colouring pens and map those techniques you know you'll be coming back to time and again throughout your English course!
ACTIVITY 1
Make a map o... Read More...
Writing essays takes brainpower, You need ideas. Then you need to shuffle those ideas into order. Then you need to put them down on paper. Let's practise t... Read More...
We delved back into our favourite albums of 2022. Then we matched the best 20 records of that year with the best 20 words of all-time!!
Listen to our pl... Read More...
To rhyme or not to rhyme, that is the question!
ACTIVITY 1
Match each of the lyrics below with the relevant type of rhyme. Choose from:
absent: no rhyme.
assonant: rhyming vowel sounds.
rhyming couplet: a rhyming pair of successi... Read More...
Sound of Pen classes use music as a doorway to a deeper understanding of GCSE & A-Level English texts.
Sound of Pen is home to original, unique free les... Read More...
Think about where your favourite songs are 'located' and develop your understanding of setting within your GCSE/A-Level texts - and your own writing!
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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 the activities at bottom of this page!
MUSIC FOCUS: Years & Years; LOLO; Maggie Lind... Read More...
Listen to lots of artists inc. Olivia Rodrigo, Maggie Lindemann, MGK, Holding Absence - and secure your ability to analyse any text (seen or unseen) about love... Read More...
If you’re looking to develop your vocabulary, you’re in the right place. This class works brilliantly all on its own, but you might also want to think of it as... Read More...
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 purposeful if you're studying for GCSE assessments. I'm not saying you ALWAYS have to dig into EVER... Read More...
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...
