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 A christian reading of the play in 7 minutes

 

Answering The Tempest extract question act 2 scene 2

 

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

 

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

 

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)

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

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

How to answer the OCR A level Gothic comparison question. "In literature transformation is always presented as a positive thing"

This was a revision tutorial by Mr O'Shea going through how to structure an answer to The Bloody Chamber and Dracula comparison question

The Merchant's Prologue and Tale Video Tutorial 3: From the garden to the end of the text.

This final of 3 revision lectures covers Pluto and Proserpina in the garden and takes us on to the end of the tale. It touches on Chaucer's presentation of marriage women and Januarie. The tale is seen within the wider context of the other tales and other texts. (A03 Literary context)

How to answer the Gothic Unseen question: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2nd video)

Dr Emma Smith's podcast on The Duchess of Malfi

We had a good turn out for Dr Smith's lecture yesterday. If you were not able to make it here is her full podcast exploring the play in which she goes into more detail. You may wish to listen to her Tempest podcast posted here earlier.

How to take notes in English Literature

This is a short video in which a student explains how she takes notes for the AS Literature Emily Dickinson poetry. There follows images of her detailed annotation on each poem in the anthology. Pause the image to add your own notes on each poem.

Teacher commentary on A2 Keats' coursework paragraphs

I have tried to explain what to include in detailed paragraphs for A2 literature coursework. These are group paragraphs in preparation for coursework on Keats. I try to also highlight things to avoid in writing. Find it here

Teacher commentary on A2 Coursework Keats' paragraphs

I have tried to explain what to include in detailed paragraphs for A" literature coursework. These are group paragraphs in preparation for coursework on Keats. I try to also highlight things to avoid in writing. ">

Shakespeare Comedies and Tragedies. Know the conventions

It is really worthwhile to understand and recognise the conventions that Shakespeare follows when writing his comedies and tragedies. In terms of answering questions in exams, this understanding will inform your A04 Literary contexts and also AO2 awareness of Form. So it really pays to be aware of the conventions of each form, Comedy and Tragedy. I have made a video tutorial on each (below). The videos cover:Language (verse v prose), Characterisation, Structure, Plots,Contexts, Interpretations.

Teacher Feedback on Presentation of Caliban Essay

Here is my feedback on the essay "Caliban is presented as a noble being". How far do you agree with this presentation of Caliban in The Tempest?

Video lectures from the world's leading universities

I have been on Oxford university's English department site writersinspire.org ( we have a link on the blog.) They have some great links to video lectures.See below. The Harvard University one on The Tempest is particularly interesting and you should watch it. Find them here .There is a separate link below for The Tempest Lecture.

UC Berkeley ItunesU
On ItunesU, the University of California at Berkeley has published some audio lectures from a series of UC Berkeley courses given by the hilarious and engaging Professor Charles F. Altieri. Download Itunes free of charge, click on ‘ItunesU’ in the store, and search Altieri.
English 45B: Altieri offers a survey of the western canon, including: Lectures 6 & 7: Jonathan Swift Lecture 10: William Blake Lecture 11: Romanticism Lecture 15 & 16: Jane Austen’s Emma
English 117S: Altieri’s course on Shakespeare, covering Richard II, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, All’s Well that Ends Well, The Winters Tale, and The Tempest
McGill University
Professor Paul Yachnin analyses Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in his podcast The Trial of Shylock.
University of Cambridge
Dr. Raphael Lyne offers his free online audio course, Shakespearean Comedy.
Columbia University
Columbia offers a free online digital exhibition, Shakespeare and the Book.
Harvard University
Professor Marjorie Garber offers an online video/audio course on Shakespeare’s later plays, from Measure for Measure to The Tempest great lecture Shakespeare After All.
MIT
Diana E. Henderson gives a guest lecture at MIT, “Collaborations with the Past: Reshaping Shakespeare“, about adaptations of Shakespeare over time.
University of Chicago
David Bevington talks about Ben Jonson and his project compiling an edition of the Collected Works of Ben Jonson here.
OpenCulture
The Open Culture website offers free online courses on Spenser and Milton and A Survey of Shakespeare’s Plays.

Student response to Characterisation in Dorian Gray

Here is a teacher commentary on a student's response to how Dorian Gray is presented at the start of the book