Everything You’ll Ever Need for a Controlled Assessment on Curley’s Wife: Context, Essays, Quotes and Notes for GCSE and IGCSE Exam Revision

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...

Abandoned Places in Pictures for Stories, Setting, Place and Location

by melaniewp | May 12, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Pictures for Stories

The image above is an artwork created by artist Lori Nix, but the images below are all real. Let your imagination explore these strange and unsettling locations.Get all creative writing resources here, including more interesting vocabulary for colours, smells,...

How to Write A Conclusion for an Essay: for English Exams, for Coursework: GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level (ish)

by melaniewp | May 11, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Conclusion, GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, KS3

You’ve sweated ink all over the page for the last forty five minutes and now you’re losing the will to live. What next? The conclusion, of course! Here are some quality tips from the masters at major public schools.’Make sure you finish...

What does the Title of Steinbeck’s Novel Of Mice and Men Mean? Symbolism of Mice in the Novel. GCSE IGCSE English Revision

by melaniewp | May 10, 2013 | GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men

The title of Steinbeck’s novel comes from the poem ‘To a Mouse’, by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–96). It is addressed to a mouse that builds its winter nest in a wheat field, only to see it destroyed by a ploughman. Burns wrote his poem in Scots dialect....

Analysis and Quotes to Revise Crooks in Of Mice and Men for the GCSE and IGCSE English Exam

by melaniewp | May 9, 2013 | Crooks, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Character Quotations

Here’s a super-thorough collection of quotations with analysis for the character of Crooks. It also explains Crooks’ relationship with Lennie and Curley’s wife, prejudice, loneliness, hopes and dreams, black rights – with short video –...

Analysis and Quotes to Revise Candy in Of Mice and Men for the GCSE and IGCSE English Exam

by melaniewp | May 9, 2013 | Candy, GCSE, IGCSE, Of Mice and Men, OMAM Character Quotations

Here’s a collection of quotations with analysis for the character of Candy. It also explains Candy’s relationship with George, Lennie and his dog.CandyWe see the theme of disability: he’s given light work “‘cause I lost my hand”. This...