by melaniewp | Jun 17, 2013 | AQA, Cambridge, GCSE, IGCSE, Something Interesting, William Blake
William Blake (1757-1827) is an early Romantic poet from the literary heritage.Largely unrecognised in his lifetime, Blake pursued his eccentric work despite massive financial hardship and misfortunes. When he died, his wife had to borrow money to pay for his...
by melaniewp | Jun 15, 2013 | AQA, Carol Ann Duffy, GCSE, Model Essays, OCR, Poetry
Carol Ann Duffy is a contemporary poet, born in 1955, writing right now. She is one of the main poets in the OCR anthology, and also features in the WJEC and AQA anthologies for GCSE. She is the Poet Laureate and Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester...
by melaniewp | Jun 14, 2013 | GCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Get analysis of all poems+ Alaska + Give + Gooseberry Season + Kid + My Father Thought it Bloody Queer + Out of the Blue + Poem + To Poverty + The Convergence of the...
by melaniewp | Jun 13, 2013 | Commonly Misspelled Words, GCSE, IGCSE, Spelling, Teacher Training Spellings
This is a list of common, tricky words. It’s a work in progress so I’ll be adding more words and ways to learn them over the next few weeks. Enjoy!Want something a bit more difficult? Try these: Words Every Brilliant Person Should Know. Get something...
by melaniewp | Jun 12, 2013 | 00
Homework:01/10/13[1] Pick out three lots of interesting sounds from ‘Exposure’ and also ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’: sibilants or plosives or both and write about the effect of the sounds and how this links to the meaning of the words and also the...
