Overview of IGCSE English Literature

September 6, 2010

Welcome to igcse english literature
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Overview of IGCSE English

Welcome to igcse english
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IGCSE M5 Planner

July 13, 2010

Here is an overview of my intended route through the IGCSE course this year. It is of course subject to change but this should give you some idea about how the year will shape up.
M5 igcse planner
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Iago Podcast download links

January 22, 2010

Hi Guys
As promised, here are the links for those of you who would like to be able to download the podcasts and save them to your own portable devices for later playback.. Just right click on the title link and you’ll be prompted to save the target as an mp3 file to your hard drive [...]

Iago Podcasts

January 16, 2010

Hi guys – as promised, here are copies of 4 brief podcasts to support you in writing your essay on ‘Othello’.  The first explores ‘context’ which will be relevant for any of the three questions that I have set.  The others each deal with one of the specific essay titles – I would encourage you [...]

Othello – online study guides

January 12, 2010

To help you to prepare for your GCSE coursework essay examining the character of Iago, I have compiled a brief list of online resources. Each of these links will take you to a site that has a useful study guide – remember you will be looking for anything that helps you better understand the character, [...]

Speaking & Listening Bitesize

November 15, 2009

Here is a little online exercise to get you in the mood for the Speaking and Listening exercises we will be doing in class over the next couple of weeks. Just click on the link below and follow along
Bitesize English Speaking & Listening exercise

Writing your Poe essay – a helping hand

October 21, 2009

To support you in writing your first formal analytical coursework essay on tension in Poe’s short stories, here is a copy of the slideshow we will work through in class together this week. It builds on the work we’ve done on the ‘10 Golden Rules’ of good essay writing and so much of it [...]

Poe and the venn diagram

October 10, 2009

Hi ladies and gents – here’s the slideshow we used in class today to compare Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’ and ‘The Tell Tale Heart’.  I thought the session went  well and you all showed a really good understanding of the ways that the texts create and sustain tension so well done.  I’ve posted this here [...]

The Raven and the Simpsons!

October 2, 2009

Hi guys – in case you were curious to hear a little of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem – ‘The Raven’, I have found this video clip which I thought you might find amusing – you can’t beat the Simpsons AND great literature!  Enjoy…
The Raven meets the Simpsons