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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.

Sunday 27 November 2011

AS & A2 Literature

I recently attended a training course on all aspects of OCR Literature coursework. Click HERE to access Moodle. Log-in then choose your Literature course (AS or A2) and click 'OCR for AS' or 'OCR for A2'. There you can find several coursework examples, including some with an accompanying commentary.

Monday 7 November 2011

A2 Literature

HERE's a great link to a casebook on the work of Philip Larkin. Read this to complement our studies in class.

AS Literature

Click HERE for an online study guide to Alan Bennett's work.

NB. Do NOT be tempted to copy directly from this source - if you decide to quote from it, use quotation marks and use a footnote at the botom of your page.

IB English

Read THIS recent article about a new translation of 'Madame Bovary'. The notion of translation itself might be a very interesting focus for some of your essays, so definitely worth taking a look!

AS Language & Literature

Among other things, THIS article accuses The Kite Runner of 'exploiting' the sympathy people feel towards Afghanistan. Do you agree?

A2 Communication and Culture

A few years old now, but HERE is an interesting article on the blurring between Fiction and Non-Fiction.

AS Communication & Culture

Click HERE for an interesting article on what happens to clothes. Might inspire some of you to take an alternative approach to yourr 'You are what you wear...' coursework choices.