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This is my teaching blog for classes of A Level Literature, Language & Literature, Communication & Culture and IB English. Please find regular course updates, useful links and extra resources below, or click on the name of your course for more information.
Monday, 23 February 2015
A2 Literature - Useful Coursework Links
OCR have provided examples of Coursework Folders and a Coursework Guide for your 3000 word project (click on the relevant links)
Monday, 12 January 2015
AS Literature - Mrs Dalloway
THIS is essential reading for those of you studying Mrs Dalloway this year
AS Literature - Jane Eyre
THIS is essential reading for those of you studying Jane Eyre for the exam in the Summer
AS Literature - Frankenstein
THIS is essential reading for any student who's working on 'Frankenstein' for the exam this year
A2 Comms - Room 101
Please click on the link below a) because Room 101 might be an entertaining format you could choose for your podcast and b) 21mins into this episode a guest chooses the topic songs used in adverts and they discuss the pros and cons of this:
Room 101
Room 101
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
A2 Comms Case Study Research Sources
Tasnim (Watching) : http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2011/03/13/cleaner-claims-security-guard-stalked-her-with-cctv-cameras/
Naasir (Watching) : http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29319557
Lucia: (Watching) : http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/02/cctv-cameras-watching-surveillance
Daniel (The Song) : http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/13/blurred-lines-most-controversial-song-decade
Emily (Otherness) :
http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice?language=en
Charlotte (Otherness) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-iFl4qhBsE
Sarah A (Otherness) : http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/19/does-the--have-a-problem-with-racism
Maryan (Otherness) : http://www.slideshare.net/smccormac7/ethnicity-and-crime
Jordan (Otherness) : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Miran (Otherness) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ogi1GIwAo
Naasir (Watching) : http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29319557
Lucia: (Watching) : http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/02/cctv-cameras-watching-surveillance
Daniel (The Song) : http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/13/blurred-lines-most-controversial-song-decade
Emily (Otherness) :
http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice?language=en
Charlotte (Otherness) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-iFl4qhBsE
Sarah A (Otherness) : http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/19/does-the--have-a-problem-with-racism
Maryan (Otherness) : http://www.slideshare.net/smccormac7/ethnicity-and-crime
Jordan (Otherness) : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Miran (Otherness) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ogi1GIwAo
Monday, 15 December 2014
AS Literature - Critical Approaches
Here are our initial notes on three critical approaches to Literature:
... as we continue to consider our two coursework texts ('Revolutionary Road' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'), ask yourself which of these approaches you could adopt in your comparison.
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