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Awaken English provides comprehensive resources for studying Lord Byron's poem On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year. Targeted at GCSE, IGCSE, and A Level students, these materials include lesson plans, revision notes, and analysis of themes such as mortality and legacy, enhancing understanding of Byron’s reflective work and its context.
This content presents five innovative revision strategies to enhance study efficiency. It covers the Leitner question cards for spaced repetition, the importance of planning essays instead of writing full ones, interleaving topics, the Feynman Technique for simplification and understanding, and dual coding through active drawing for better memory recall.
These study guides for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale are designed for Pearson Edexcel A Level English Literature students. They enhance understanding of themes, improve analytical skills, and refine exam techniques. The resources support essay writing, critical interpretations, and comparative analyses, ensuring students excel in their studies.
The content reviews the novel's chapters, focusing on Kambili's tumultuous family life under her father's strict authority. It explores themes of fear, cultural identity, emotional repression, and the impact of domestic violence. The narrative contrasts oppressive home life with the freedom found at Aunty Ifeoma's, culminating in Kambili's gradual assertion of independence and hope.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus addresses themes of family, freedom, oppression, and cultural identity. Engaging essay questions encourage critical analysis of the novel’s complexities, including topics like silence, religious influence, generational conflict, and power dynamics. These prompts enhance understanding for students and literature enthusiasts alike. Start exploring today!
The content introduces a low-stakes quiz for middle and high school students to review Pidgin and Creole languages, featuring multiple-choice and short-answer questions. It also highlights additional resources for teaching Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," including essay plans on key themes and character analysis. Subscription offers full content access.
Compendium of useful links, videos and resources for revision for the English Language A-level 9EN0 (British) and WEN0 (International) Specifications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B8TwBrCIEY&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkuUADWW2A&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDmFVx8O_A&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7W7UgFxri8&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=7
Theorists for Language Change J Aitchison’s Potential, Diffusion, Implementation & Codification Model 1. Potential – there is an internal weakness or an external pressure for a particular change 2. Diffusion – the change starts to spread through the population 3. Implementation – people start using the variant – it is incorporated into people’s idiolect – [...]
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