by melaniewp | May 8, 2013 | A-Level, GCSE, IGCSE, Key Quotations, Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night Plot Summary in Quotations! 1.1 ORSINO O when mine eyes did see Olivia! My desires e’er since pursue me.1.2 VIOLA lands on the shore of Ilyria My brother is drowned though I myself was saved after our ship did split. Conceal me what I am and...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, Model Essays, OCR, Poetry, Simon Armitage, To Poverty
Basic SummaryThis poem is spoken by the poet (perhaps) to ‘poverty’, as if poverty is a person. He seems to have a mixed relationship with it. They go back a long way. The poet speaks in a controlling way at the end, where he commands poverty to come close...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Basic AnalysisThis is a poem about murder. A man is telling us about an incident when someone, possibly a relative or friend, came to stay unexpectedly. The man who comes to stay, who is never named, is having a mental breakdown. Then he starts to annoy his host (the...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Comprehension, Creative Writing, Frankenstein, KS3, Mary Shelley, The Gothic
This is a short extract from Frankenstein which I use with students for comprehension, how to create character, setting and mood. I’ve explained the difficult words in brackets so it can be used with students age 11 up.It was on a dreary night of November that I...
by melaniewp | May 7, 2013 | Edexcel, Edexcel Language Anthology, IGCSE, Maupassant, Model Essays, The Necklace
This is a lesson I did for a student preparing for the Edexcel IGCSE English Language Exam. We figured out the possible likely questions, then sat down and wrote up a few model answers.Possible Likely Questions:1. How does the writer create the character of Madame...
