by melaniewp | Apr 22, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Essay Plan, GCSE, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth, Shakespeare
Essay Question Set: Explore the contrasts within and between characters in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Macbeth.How does the writer introduce the mystery of evil?First Clues: what does the title of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde tell...
by melaniewp | Apr 21, 2013 | Cambridge, Exam Essays, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Summer Farm, The Cockroach
Question set:Explore how both poems deal with the theme of Identity.It’s hard to figure out what is meant by the word ‘identity’, but it can be summed up in these poems as ‘thinking about the meaning of life, sense of self, life as a journey,...
by melaniewp | Apr 21, 2013 | AQA, Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Jekyll and Hyde, Model Essays
In Jekyll and Hyde, Stevenson sets up a strong contrast between the primitive, animalistic self and the civilized, respectable self. One way to understand ‘primitive’ is to think of a toddler or small animal, or basic human urges – greedy, selfish, not polite....
by melaniewp | Apr 20, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Love, Poetry, Romeo and Juliet
Yay! It’s everyone’s favourite activity: essay-writing! This post will focus on how to write the introduction, and make sure that when you start laying down track, it takes you where you want to go. When you’re done, check out this post to...
by melaniewp | Apr 19, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, GCSE, Spoken Language, Technical Terms, Text Language
2b or not 2b? Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. (abridged) (c) 2008 The Guardian and David Crystal… Although many texters enjoy breaking language rules, they also know...
