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FoLkLoRe & ThE PoSiTiOn Of WoMen

JCOctober 27, 2023

MUSIC FOCUS: Taylor Swift.ACTIVITY FOCUS: Explode the quotes from 'folklore'! …Ready for it? ACTIVITY 1 How does Taylor Swift use 'folklore' to explor... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudy 4

eXpLoRiNg ThE pAiN oF LoVe iN a-LeVeL LiTeRaTuRe WiTh ToVe Lo, HoLDiNg AbSeNce, tAyLoR sWiFt, bMtH & MoRe

JCMarch 26, 2023

Sometimes, when studying English Literature, it can feel like the experience of love will be utterly joyless. Soooo much pain! ACTIVITY 1 Read each l... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudyText Specific 4

iNvEsTiGaTiNg ThE rAiN MoTiF WiTh PaLe WaVeS, SiGriD, PaRaMoRe & MoRe

JCMarch 21, 2023

Our top ten songs about rain are all GORGEOUS. But what do they mean? What does the rain symbolise? MUSIC FOCUS: Taylor Swift, Pale Waves, Paramore, Tove Lo, Kids In Glass Houses, Zoe Wees, Sigrid, Bring Me The Horizon, chloe moriondo.ACTIVITY FO... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudyText Specific 4

ThE NaTuRe oF dReAmS iN a-LeVeL LiTeRaTuRe WiTh YeArS & YeArS, AtC & MoRe PLAN & NOTES

JCMarch 16, 2023

The texts we study are so full of dreams. Which sounds lovely. But - like love - dreams are complicated, unwieldy things. Listen to the songs below if you want... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudyText Specific 4

bLaCk WiTh LoLo, MaGGiE LiNdEmAnn, dAvE, cArLiE hAnSoN & GiRLfRiEnDs

JCSeptember 15, 2022

Looking at writers' use of colour is a worthwhile exercise - how many pieces of writing don't refer to a colour of one sort of another at some point?! Today, w... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudyText MessagesVocab 4

ToP TeN sOnGs: cOMMuNiCaTiOn & TeChNoLoGy

JCSeptember 14, 2022

In most stories, there's a letter being posted... or a phone ringing... or an email being sent. Characters are communicating and - whatever the era - they're using the latest technology to facilitate that interaction. Not that it's only novelists an... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudyText Messages 4

ToP TeN sOnGs: CoLoUr

JCAugust 31, 2022

A lot of songwriters make use of colour in their lyrics - and some of those artists employ blacks, whites, greens, pinks etc. as potently as actual painters. H... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage AnalysisStudyText Messages 4

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AgAiNsT ThE cUrrEnT & TyPiCaLiTy

JCApril 10, 2022

The more you read, the easier your life as an English student gets. And yet sometimes the thought of actually picking up a book which is not on the A-Level ... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudy 4

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. Underneath that surface, though, things get more complicated. Of course they do. Our whole lives... Read More...

A-LevelLanguage AnalysisStudy 4

A-LeVeL: tAyLoR sWiFt & LoSS oF LoVe

JCFebruary 1, 2022

So many A-Level Literature texts deal with what it means to lose out in love. If you look closely at Taylor Swift's 'Exile', you'll realise our favourite pop ... Read More...

A-LevelEssay WritingGatsbyLanguage AnalysisLoveOthelloPre-1900 PoetryUnseen Poetry KS5 2

HoLdiNg AbSeNcE & yOnAkA: aNaLySiNg LiGhT

JCJuly 4, 2021

As you read through the below, you'll find our model ideas in orange and green. There are tasks for you to complete in purple. We always love the summer te... Read More...

A-LevelGCSELanguage Analysis 2

tAyLoR sWiFt: LaNgUaGe aNaLySiS

JCMay 28, 2021

So, you KNOW we love it when our favourite artists offer us a way into the texts we’re studying in class. We especially love it when that artist is TAYLOR SWIFT. And so it was impossible not to start feeling just a little bit dizzy when, in 2020... Read More...

A-LevelGatsbyLanguage Analysis 2

yOnAkA, oLiViA rOdRiGo & pOiNt nOrTh: uSiNg MeTaPhOrS & RePeTiTiOn

JCMay 20, 2021

Finding the words to describe that feeling our favourite music gives us is never easy. And so we repeat ourselves in the hope that someone will get what we're ... Read More...

A-LevelGCSEWriting With Style 2

BeSt Of 2021: iMpRoVe YoUr CoRe sKiLLs 1

JCApril 6, 2021

The music we listen to keeps us afloat and fills us with good and lovely feelings. It helps us to remember that WE ARE NOT ALONE. Here are our reviews of some ... Read More...

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YoNaKa: LeT Me SpEak

JCJuly 15, 2020

Whenever we record one of our Wormholes podcasts, we use the artist in question's ideas as fuel for a series of related classes. Theresa Jarvis of YONAKA spearheaded this session on equality! Use some of the critical quotes below to support and shar... Read More...

A-LevelClassContextText Messages 4