As preparation for the examination on Friday, there will be a revision programme running from p1-4 tomorrow in the Library. We aim to keep it focused but also light-hearted, with opportunities for revision games, group work and individual support. Tea/Coffee and snacks will be on hand to keep you going!! See here for the details […]
Hi everybody, Could you please bring in all of your AQA Eng Lit B texts for tomorrow’s lesson? We’re going to be looking at past paper questions which ask you to write about three of the writers and it’s better if you have the texts there so you can use direct quotations and be specific […]
Look at the following slides to see why we study themes and how writers create them, sometimes unknowingly, in their work. Then try to identify the themes in the given extract from the Rossetti poem. Work with another student to compare what themes you found and what narrative devices are used to create them. Can […]
See here for some past exam questions. You should practise as many of them possible and/or create plans of how you would answer the questions. Try working in timed conditions (1 hour on Section A- two questions (so 30mins per question)). Auden 1. How does Auden tell the story in ‘O What Is That Sound’? […]
So Edmund Gosse describes one of Christina Rossetti’s achievements in her poetry, and so we can consider the art of poetry itself. Our work this term is focused on poetry and in particular upon the collection of Rossetti poems in the AQA Poetry Anthology. We started by taking some of the advice offered to us […]
