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A Level Taylor Swift and Unseen Poetry Part 1

tAyLoR sWiFt & LoVe PoEtRy PaRt 3

JCAugust 29, 2022

This is the third part in a series we created so that you can indulge your love for the inimitable Taylor Swift AND develop your confidence with unseen poetry ... Read More...

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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-LevelEssay WritingHandmaid'sText MessagesText 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 treat those songs as poems (because that is ABSOLUTELY what they are when you mute the drums ... Read More...

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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...

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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...

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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 FOCUS: Write an essay comparing YUNGBLUD and Shakespeare. YUNGBLUD really is the Shakespe... Read More...

A-LevelEssays KS5Pre-1900 PoetryText Specific 2