The Tempest Unseen Extract question Act 3 scene 3 Harpy scene

 Here is a teacher walk

through on how to answer this question

The Tempest The importance of Act 5 teacher lecture

 Here I explore Act 5 with regard to different A05 interpretations  

The Tempest A christian reading of the play in 7 minutes

 

Answering The Tempest extract question Act 3 scene 3

 

Answering The Tempest extract question act 2 scene 2

 

Answering The Tempest extract question Act 4 scene 1

Here is a teacher talk through response to answering the extract based question on paper 1 for The Tempest Act 4 scene 1

 

OCR A level Literature U6 Mock 2024: Answering the Gothic Unseen question on The Haunting of Hill House

 

A level language students guide us through our first term: How we survived our first term at Woodhouse.

 

 How to Survive your first term Podcast radio programme

Surviving Woodhouse infographics

Surviving Woodhouse First term

How to survive your first term. Short film 

Student video responses to OCR Gothic comparison questions.

 Compare and contrast how Dracula and The Bloody Chamber present the theme of Transformation.( Luciano, Narghis, Amy and Mia)

Compare and contrast how Dracula and The Bloody Chamber present forbidden desires (Isabella, Jess and Eleanor)

Compare and contrast the ways in which Dracula and The Bloody Chamber present the theme of settings (Ella, Katy, Niamh)

Compare and contrast ways in which Dracula and The Bloody Chamber present the theme of Masculinity (Aurelia, Liv, Yusra, Yuki)

Compare and contrast the presentation of Transgression in both texts

Teacher tutorial on Wilfred Owen's poem Apologia pro Poemate Meo and the positives in Owen's war poetry

 

Teacher video summaries of Acts 1-5 The Duchess of Malfi

                                    Act 1                                        

Act 2 

Act 3

Act 4

Act 5

The Tempest: The important moments in Act 5 for the proposition question

 

The Duchess of Malfi Act 1 Teacher summary on what you should know

 Summary of main themes and characters in Act one. I also discuss the presentation of women in Act one and what makes this a tragedy. I make comparisons with Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale

Teacher revision video on The Bloody Chamber Collection

This covers contexts that you should know, particularly the literary context and how to write about it. 

I also look at the following areas:

The writer's intentions.

Carter's use of the short story form, the gothic form and fairy tale genre.

I give a brief overview of things to know about in:

The Bloody Chamber, Snow Child, Lady in The House, Mr Lyon and Tiger's Bride and Erl King.

Finally I look at how to consider the collection as a journey. I do not cover the Wolf stories

The Merchant's Prologue and tale: 5 minute revision on everything you need to know

 You have just completed your end of unit mock.

Abi, Lily and Feyza combine their knowledge to produce a 5 minute video on everything covered for The Merchant's Prologue and Tale. This is for the OCR A level Literature Poetry and Drama comparative question.

Additionally, here is a link to our Padlet revision page on this text. https://padlet.com/joshea30/sjeema4y2crm4or4

Documentary on Marriage in Chaucer's time

 

The Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi Contexts

Here are student made videos on each of the contexts of both texts. 

 1. The Literary context of The Merchant'sTale and Duchess of Malfi

2. A Sense of Place: The Importance of location in Duchess of Malfi and Merchant's Tale

3. A Woman's Place: Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi

4. The Secular Hierarchy

5. The Literary Context of Fableau and Tragedy

6. The Poet's and Playwright's life and work

7. The Secular Hierarchy

8. A sense of place in both texts

9. A woman's place in The Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi 

10. Chaucer: His life and work

11. The Literary Context of Chaucer's Merchant Tale and Duchess of Malfi

How to answer the OCR A level Tempest Extract Close Analysis Question 1a for Paper 1 (Act 5 scene 1)

Mr O'Shea revision tutorial on The Merchant's Prologue and Tale and The Duchess of Malfi

This tutorial covers comparisons between the two texts, contexts and important themes you should know about both texts.

Miss Mor explores the psychoanalytical reading (AO5) of The Tempest

This is excellent resource for your revision of The Tempest proposition question