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 | A Mother in a Refugee Camp, Carol Ann Duffy, Chinua Achebe, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, War Photogapher
Comparison of ‘Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe and ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy.It’s interesting how closely Duffy’s poem echoes the themes of the non-fiction text A Passage to Africa.Words like ‘tenderness’ juxtaposed with ‘soon’...
by melaniewp | Apr 30, 2013 | English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, liquid, Nasal, plosive, Poetry, sibilant, Technical Terms
How are sounds used to create mood?The main sounds that I teach to students are1. sibilant /s/ /sh/ /ch/ /x/2. plosive /b/ /p/ /t/ /d/3. liquid /l/4. (sometimes) fricative, voiced /th/ ‘the’ /v/ and unvoiced /th/ ‘theatre’ /f/5. (rarely) nasal...
by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | Common Entrance, Complex Sentences, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Writing
This is a lesson I did specifically for a student aged 13-14, who wanted to know how he could improve his writing level. We took a story that he had written for homework using pathetic fallacy. Most of his sentences started with a noun or pronoun. This is the...
by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Fragments, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Technical Terms, Writing
A Fragment – is ‘an incomplete sentence’. In other words, it’s a sentence without a subject or a verb. What is the effect of using a fragment?[1] Sometimes this gives the effect of confusion, ragged thoughts. The incompleteness...
