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

 

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

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

The Merchant's Prologue and Tale Video Tutorial 2: From May's wedding to Damyan in the Garden

 This tutorial covers the text from the wedding night of Januarie and May up to Damyan entering the Garden.

This also covers the conventions of Courtly Love, Chaucer's use of Irony and allusion as well as aspects of language and verse structure.

Recent Gothic work by our A level literature students