by melaniewp | May 3, 2013 | Common Entrance, Complex Vocabulary, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3
Boost your brainpower with this sublime collection of scintillating words. How many do you know already? Get the definitions below. This list is to print with students, sellotape to your wall or wherever you like. Bookmark this page so you can keep learning more!...
by melaniewp | May 1, 2013 | Blessing, GCSE, Gillian Clarke, IGCSE, Imtiaz Dharker, Limbo, October, Perch, Poetry, Seamus Heaney, Theme, Unseen Poetry
How to work out the theme of a poem… This baffles a lot of GCSE and IGCSE students, so here’s a lesson we did on how to work out the theme in poetry. This is important if you have an unseen poetry exam. What is the theme of:[1] The poem...
by melaniewp | May 1, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Lord of the Flies, LOTF Key Quotations
Get a super-detailed set of the most important quotes for The Sound of the Shell. Discover how Golding introduces all the main characters, themes and creates mood and atmosphere at the start of the novel. I’ve sorted them by theme and character and there’s...
by melaniewp | Apr 30, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Poetry, Sensory Language, Technical Terms
What is sensory langauge?It’s description that appeals to the five senses in a noticeable way.e.g.Images flashed at the front of the room: smashed up forests smouldering, hillsides washed away in swirling brown mud, seabirds flapping in oil, flames sweeping across...
by melaniewp | Apr 30, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, KS3, Sensory Language, Setting
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Context: The main character, Marlow, is travelling into a remote part of the Congo to recover an employee of his company, Kurtz, who has ‘gone native’. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization (of...
