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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.

Friday 20 December 2013

A2 Literature - Sylvia Plath Research

Get started on your contextual understanding of Plath by watching this documentary:

Monday 16 December 2013

Tuesday 10 December 2013

AS Lit - Coursework Drop-in

Would you like some extra help with your AS Literature 1000 word project?
Would it help to talk to a teacher about how to improve your essay?
Need a quiet space to get on with re-drafting?
... then please come along to the AS Literature Coursework Drop-in > every Wednesday @ 4.15 in Room D22

AS Comms - Coursework Drop-in

Would you like some extra help with your Comms 1000 word project?
Would it help to talk to a teacher about the bits of the course you find difficult to understand?
Need a quiet space to make progress with your project?
... then please come along to the Comms Coursework Drop-in >
every Wednesday @ 4.15 in Room D22

Monday 9 December 2013

A2 Comms - Coca Cola and Christmas

How has Coca Cola used Christmas (and even shaped our meanings of Christmas) as a way of constructing the soft drink as a desirable cultural product?

Haddon Sundblom's early pictures of Santa Claus for Coca Cola in the 1930s were inspired by the 19th century poem Twas the Night before Christmas:


Group 1: 1995 advert
Group 2: 1997 advert
Group 3: 1998 advert
Group 4: 2012 advert

AS Comms - 1000 word Coursework

Here are some articles to read, which may help with the 1000 word coursework:

single parent families
how has the family unit changed
same sex parents
same sex parents 2
sibling rivalry

A2 Comms - Objects of Desire

The HBO Drama MadMen perfectly encapsulates the role of advertisers for our cultural site 'Objects of Desire'. Here's the famous 'Carousel' clip:



Monday 2 December 2013

A2 Literature - Hedda Gabler 1972 version

Click HERE for the full BBC version of Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' from 1972. Remember that this constitutes a 'reading' of this play, so if you can talk about the screenwriter / director's decision making, this will boost your AO3 mark.

A2 Comms - The Effects of Technology

Here's an interesting article from The Guardian newspaper, which explores the influence of technology on communication: click here to read it.