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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.

Showing posts with label Literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literature. Show all posts

Monday, 23 February 2015

Monday, 12 January 2015

AS Literature - Mrs Dalloway

THIS is essential reading for those of you studying Mrs Dalloway this year

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Monday, 8 September 2014

A2 Literature - T.S. Eliot Documentary

For this week's independent work, watch this Arena documentary on T.S. Eliot ...

Monday, 3 February 2014

Friday, 17 January 2014

A2 Literature

Take a look at this padlet of the A2 Lit group's response to Plath's 'Morning Song', comparing it with their other two coursework texts:

Monday, 13 January 2014

A2 Literature - Sylvia Plath Interview

Click HERE for an interview with Sylvia Plath. As you listen, take notes as her responses could be quoted in your coursework essays as (AO3) 'Other Interpretations'.

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

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.

Monday, 11 November 2013

A2 Comms - Hedda Gabler and Psychoanalysis

Click HERE for a podcast on psychoanalysis and literature to complement our Freudian reading of 'Hedda Gabler'.

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

AS & A2 Literature - Study Days

We are running trips into Central London for students to take  part in the 'King Lear', 'Frankenstein' or 'Jane Eyre' study days. Details for these events are below:

  http://www.sovereigneducation.co.uk/courses/english/king-lear/

http://www.sovereigneducation.co.uk/courses/english/mary-shelleys-frankenstein/

http://www.sovereigneducation.co.uk/courses/english/charlotte-brontes-jane-eyre/


  ... we want you to go because the extra knowledge you gain could  make all of the difference to your exam performance in the  Summer. Don't let the students from around the country who do  attend get a head start on you ... sign up by taking a cheque or  card payment for £21 to the Finance Office today!