Blessing Annotated Poem ‘Compare the presentation of religion in the poems Blessing and Tyger’ by Mr Peel Exemplar Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvG6R6raj1c
Wordsworth and Keats: Exemplar Analysis
William Wordsworth and John Keats explore change through Nature's symbolism in their poetry, focusing on themes of aging and loss, while accepting these transitions. Both authors celebrate the natural cycle of life, using the seasons to illustrate change, highlighting a comforting connection to Nature and a shared spiritual experience among humanity.
Frankenstein: Homework Study Schedule
The majority of reading materials will be contained in your critical pack; videos and podcasts available through your A-level playlist. Tick when completed and make sure you manage your workload – do not leave it all until the last minute. Whole A-level Playlist Week 1: Read the background of the text in your critical [...]
Writing from a Viewpoint: Homework Study Schedule
Year 8 Writing from a Viewpoint: Homework study schedule Week 1: Select and complete a worksheet on Logos or Pathos Re-read your Knowledge Organiser and ensure you are confident of the techniques outlined in Ethos, Logos and Pathos by Aristotle. Learn week 1 spellings and definitions of Tier 2 vocabulary Week 2: Reading the [...]
Compare how Youth is presented in ‘Half-Past Two’ and ‘Piano’
The Handmaid’s Tale: Homework Study Schedule
Week 1: Read the background of the text in your critical Resource Booklet Consolidate classwork on ‘Dedications and Epigraphs’. Read, highlight and annotate these pages. In your own words explain and unpack the layers of meaning in Sufi Mysticism Read the following links and add to your comparative list the real-world history which influenced events [...]
Purple Hibiscus: Tier 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Definition 1 Penitent Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds 2 Lineage Tracking of direct descent and ancestry usually for pedigree 3 Reverence A feeling of profound respect for someone or something 4 Benevolence Kind and fair with power 5 Disconsolately Grief-stricken loneliness 6 Indigenous Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native [...]
King Lear Quotations: Authority and Age
“This policy of age makes the world bitter to the best of our times, keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them” p118 “Tis the infirmity of his age; yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself” p115 “Such unconstant starts are we like to have from him” p115 “The King gone [...]
King Lear Quotations: Loyalty
“They told me I was everything; tis a lie” p236 “Of Gloucester’s treachery and the loyal service of his son [Edmund]” p.217 inversion of the truth and justice. Regan about Gloucester “Blind traitor” p229 Gloucester to Regan “Unmerciful lady as you are, I am true” p206 “Ancient love” p214 Goneril and Regan betrayal: We shall [...]
The Handmaid’s Tale: Tier 2 and 3 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Definition 1 Elegy (n.) A reflective work of literature in response to a death, a lament for the dead 2 Epigraph (n.) Quotation usually found at the beginning of a book, or chapter of a book 3 Bildungsroman (n.) A novel in which the protagonist grows, learns and matures; a 'coming of age' [...]
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