by melaniewp | Mar 30, 2013 | A-Level, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Literature, Love, Model Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare, Sonnets
Sonnet 116Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed mark (5)That looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is...
by melaniewp | Mar 29, 2013 | 11+, Apostrophes, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
Here are some basic exercises to help with learning the possessive ‘s apostrophe:1. Punctuate the examples, including full stops, capitals and apostrophes;2. Then re-write them into the format the [____] of [____], e.g.The world’s end came as a...
by melaniewp | Mar 29, 2013 | A-Level, Dyslexia, GCSE, KS2, KS3, Mind Maps, Spelling
Yes, it’s gross! But I bet he’ll remember it for the rest of his life. These are some of the common exceptions to the i before e except after c rule. I picked some words he could spell correctly and tagged them to words he couldn’t, which were...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Mercutio, Poetry, Queen Mab, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
This is a task I set for a student. I asked her to compare Mercutio’s ‘Queen Mab’ speech from Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130.The question was: Explore how love is presented in both texts.The reason this is evil is because one is...
by melaniewp | Mar 28, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Literature, Model Essays, Poetry, The City Planners, The Planners
The Poems analysed are: The City Planners, Margaret Atwood and The Planners, Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology, but may be interesting for unseen poetry too.Question SetHow do these poets use language and structure to get across...
