by melaniewp | Jun 21, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Coursework, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, My Last Duchess, Show Don't Tell, Writing
Here are some examples to demonstrate how to ‘show, don’t tell’ in a creative writing piece for GCSE. The text it is based on is ‘My Last Duchess’, by Robert Browning in which a Medici prince talks about how he murdered his wife.The...
by melaniewp | May 12, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Curley's Wife, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men
Thank goodness! Here’s everything you’ll ever need to complete your controlled assessment on Curley’s Wife to a red-hot standard, hand-crafted for you by an Outstanding teacher and Oxford graduate. Get all the quotes your heart could desire.All...
by melaniewp | May 6, 2013 | Common Entrance, Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, Writing
This is a lesson I did with a student revising for the Writing Paper on the OCR GCSE English Language Exam, but would work equally well for AQA, WJEC, Edexcel or Cambridge IGCSE English Language Exams.Question SetDescribe a place you’ve beenPlace: New York....
by melaniewp | May 6, 2013 | AQA, Cambridge, Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, Edexcel, English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, OCR, WJEC
This is a piece I wrote as an example for a student working on the OCR English Language exam. It would work equally well for AQA, WJEC, Edexcel or Cambridge IGCSE as it’s autobiographical. I mean, it isn’t really true as I made it up. But it’s...
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 | 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....
