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

 

The Merchant's Tale and Duchess of Malfi context videos

These videos are useful for revising the various contexts of The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi. This first one covers many different contexts and the following are more specific.






1. The Literary Context.


2. In Sickness and in Health




3. The Position of Women.


3.a The role of women in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi.


4. Pre and post Reformation


5. Religion in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess of Malfi

6. The life and works of Chaucer and Webster

8. The Literary context of Chaucer and Webster






9. The Secular Hierarchy in The Merchant's Tale and The Duchess Of Malfi

new Gatsby chapter video lectures

chapter 5

Chapter 6


Chapter 7



Chapter 8

Chapter 9

The Great Gatsby Student Commentaries on chp 6-9

Here are some student made commentaries covering important moments in chapters 6,7,8 and 9 of The Great Gatsby.

Very interesting Documentary on the life of F Scott Fitzgerald

This BBC2 documentary gives you detailed background on the biographical and cultural contexts that influence the Great Gatsby.

Watch it here.

Language Investigations.

The Macmillan Dictionary Blog is a fantastic site which can give you ideas for your Language investigations. if you are interested in exploring the language of sport then look here. Type in a subject you are interested in and see what you find: Language in use, etymology, morphology.

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.

BBC Radio 4 In Our Time Archive

The In Our Time radio Programmes Archive are now available. Here you will find a wide range of radio programmes covering all the literary periods of your main texts. Hereis one on Oscar Wilde and The Aesthetes. There are also a series of Shakespeare Programmes to access. I have put a link on Twitter to the recent elizabethan Tragedies programme which will be useful for The Tempest and Tis Pity She's a Whore.

Students' Commentary on Great Gatsby chapter 8

Thank you to the students who produced this video commentary on Gatsby chapter 8. If you scroll down to the bottom of the blog you will also find more student soundcloud audio commentaries taken from student presentations on chapters 6,7,8 and 9.

Great Gatsby Teacher video on narrative

Here is video feedback on the written assignment on narrative in The Great Gatsby. I comment on some students work and give examples of how to become more detailed and analytical. Here

The Great Gatsby Video lectures

SCC School have produced a series of short video lectures on key moments in the novel. You can find them here

Patterns in Poetry audio commentaries

Our colleagues at SCC School in Ireland have produced some excellent five minute commentaries on the different techniques of poetry. Each technique is illustrated by its use in one poem. The eight talks are all under 5 minutes each and are, in order: (1) Introduction, (2) Titles, (3) Alliteration, (4) Personification, (5) Symbols, (6) Onomatopoeia, (7) Cliché, (8) Simile (9) Rhyme, (10) Repetition, (11) The Sonnet, (12) Punctuation, (13) Foreshadowing, (14) Metaphor, (15) Hyperbole. Note that there is a brief pause between each talk. You can listen to them here

Finding additional resources on itunesU

If you have an itunes account you will find a mass of university and media resources on your chosen texts for coursework and exams. ItunesU is the educational section of itunes and all of the resources are free. Radio programmes and university lectures and podcasts can be downloaded to your devices. A recent search found resources on: Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe's Turn of the Screw, Gatsby, a mass of resources on Shakespeare, T S Eliot's The Wasteland, Chaucer's canterbury Tales. Additionally Language students will find items of interest on language and gender,technology,power, langugae acquisition and change.