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Sylvia Plath – Homework, Night One
As part of our rather muscular approach to this year’s GCSE English Literature Controlled Assessment we are comparing and contrasting some of the poetry of Sylvia Plath with the character and voice of Katharina in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Tonight’s work, as is indicated on the attached board capture, is to make a […]
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Homework: Improve Your Work
It has to be said that yesterday’s practice question lead to a pretty poor effort. Today we addressed that by going through Elliot’s piece and identifying where it needs improvement. Tonight everyone’s task is to improve on their initial effort, taking into account the attached advice
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Taming of the Shrew: Practice Writing
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5 Day Preparation for “Of Mice and Men” Controlled Assessment
To follow is the material from today’s class where we explored the dimensions of the up-coming assessment and set the preparation goals for the next 5 days. In class next week I will be working with you to confirm your plan and structure – the work leading up to that is all about linking original […]
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Make it better
One of the toughest parts of analytical writing is the skill of evaluating and improving your existing work. In the literary world this process fits under the general title, “editing”, and is an essential component to improving your performance. Today’s task was to develop your existing response to take on board the feedback you got […]