by melaniewp | Oct 20, 2015 | Frankenstein, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Worksheet
LOOK FOR: metaphors – personification – similes (comparing)________________ her hair was the brightest living gold________________ fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles________________ Like a mountain river, it came from small sources, but...
by melaniewp | Oct 13, 2015 | 11+, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, Writing to Describe
This works for 11+, Common Entrance, or for GCSE. If you need to ‘add more detail’ to your stories or descriptions need to be improved, try this picture exercise. The images are all from India and there’s plenty to describe, plus a list below of...
by melaniewp | Oct 10, 2015 | 2017, Frankenstein, GCSE, IGCSE
Michael Gove might have cruelly snatched Of Mice and Men from us, but teaching older, longer texts doesn’t have to be horrible. Here’s a super student-friendly version of Frankenstein, sensitively shortened to just over the length of Of Mice and Men, with...
by melaniewp | Oct 8, 2015 | KS3, Metaphor, personification, Similes
Here’s a worksheet I used with one of my students yesterday, together with these posters and this Youtube video of my hilarious attempt to explain the difference between similes and metaphors to my student. What Technique: simile, metaphor,...
by melaniewp | Oct 6, 2015 | AQA, English Literature, Frankenstein, GCSE, IGCSE, Themes
If you’re studying Frankenstein for GCSE or IGCSE, you need to make sure you don’t just re-tell the story, but also analyse the language techniques. Here are some of the major techniques Shelley uses, with examples of how to write about them to score top...
