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A Level English Literature Guide to Teaching Chaucer Background Lessons »

jennywebb | Thursday September 01, 2022

Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, ELLB4, AQA A Level English Literature B, LITB3, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Pre-2015 Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Language & Literature, 6EL02, Hot Entries, Poetry, Chaucer, Writing, Literary Analysis

Chaucer can be a daunting prospect for many 17-year-olds. His medieval 14th Century historical, cultural, religious and literary context is so far removed from anything else they have come across before; and the likelihood is that they will never have come across even his name in their earlier school career. By the time they hit A Level, Shakespeare is familiar territory, having been studied at GCSE and KS3 in most schools, but Chaucer remains a dark, mysterious figure, further back in the… [ read full article ] »


A Level English Literature Guide to Jane Austen’s Novel Persuasion »

Steph Atkinson | Monday November 11, 2019

Categories: Archived Resources, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level, AQA A Level Pre-2015 Resources, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA2, ELLA4, AQA A Level English Language & Literature B, ELLB2, ELLB4, EDEXCEL A Level, Edexcel A Level Pre-2015 Resources, EDEXCEL A Level English Language & Literature, 6EL02, 6EL04, OCR A Level, OCR A Level Pre-2015 Resources, OCR A Level English Language & Literature, F671, WJEC A Level, WJEC A Level Pre-2015 Resources, WJEC A Level English Language & Literature, WJEC A Level English Literature, LT2, Prose, Analysing Prose, Persuasion, Writing, Essays, Literary Analysis, Linguistic Analysis, Prose Analysis

click on image to enlarge Persuasion is a fascinating and accessible novel with rather less typical Austen aspects, such as love lost and rediscovered, that provide students with an interesting and fascinating read; it provides also, if they are more widely read, an interesting counterpoint to her other, perhaps more famous, works. A feature of this teaching guide is to provide plenty of exemplification, through the close textual analysis of Persuasion, looking at aspects of language, form and… [ read full article ] »


AQA A A Level English Language & Literature A2 Coursework Booklet (ELLA4) »

Beth Kemp | Wednesday April 20, 2011

Categories: Hot Entries, Writing, Comparative Analysis, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level

ELLA4 A2 Student Coursework Booklet.doc This booklet is intended to have the coursework mark scheme as the final pages of the booklet. For copyright reasons this has not been included. You will need to download the spec and add these pages to complete it. This should be easy as our ELLA4 A2 Student Coursework Booklet is an editable .doc file. Link to AQA website See pages 10 and 11.   [ read full article ] »


A Guide to Teaching Duffy’s Mean Time for ELLA4 »

Beth Kemp | Tuesday March 29, 2011

Categories: Hot Entries, Poetry, Duffy, Mean Time, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4

Associated Resources A Guide to Teaching Plath’s Ariel for ELLA4 A Guide to Teaching Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings for ELLA4 Lang Lit A2 New Coursework Scheme 2011-12.doc Lang Lit A2 Possible Coursework Titles 2011-12.doc This guide is to support the teaching of Duffy’s Mean Time for ELLA4, together with Plath’s Ariel and Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings. The unit is called “Comparative Analysis through Independent Study? and is therefore built on an expectation that students will be doing some… [ read full article ] »


A Guide to Teaching Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings for ELLA4 »

Beth Kemp | Saturday March 12, 2011

Categories: Hot Entries, Poetry, Larkin, Whitsun Weddings, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4

Associated Resources A Guide to Teaching Plath’s Ariel for ELLA4 A Guide to Teaching Duffy’s Mean Time for ELLA4 Lang Lit A2 New Coursework Scheme 2011-12.doc Lang Lit A2 Possible Coursework Titles 2011-12.doc This guide supports teachers using Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings together with Plath’s Ariel and Duffy’s Mean Time for ELLA4, following the teaching scheme and suggested coursework titles available in this topic on Edusites. This unit, called “Comparative Analysis through… [ read full article ] »


A Guide to Teaching Plath’s Ariel for ELLA4 »

Beth Kemp | Thursday January 27, 2011

Categories: Hot Entries, Poetry, Plath, Ariel, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4

Associated Resources A Guide to Teaching Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings for ELLA4 A Guide to Teaching Duffy’s Mean Time for ELLA4 Lang Lit A2 New Coursework Scheme 2011-12.doc Lang Lit A2 Possible Coursework Titles 2011-12.doc This guide is to support the teaching of Plath’s Ariel, together with Duffy’s Mean Time and Larkin’s Whitsun Weddings for ELLA4. The unit title is “Comparative Analysis through Independent Study?, so students are expected to do some of the work for themselves. Thus,… [ read full article ] »


Lang Lit A2 / AS Frameworks Self-Assessment Grid »

Beth Kemp | Wednesday January 12, 2011

Categories: AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA1, ELLA2, ELLA3, ELLA4

Click on the link below to download the resource. Lang Lit AS or A2 Frameworks Self-Assessment Grid.doc [ read full article ] »


A Student’s Guide to Producing a Lang Lit A2 Coursework Essay - ELLA4 Advice »

Beth Kemp | Wednesday November 17, 2010

Categories: Hot Entries, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level

Related Resources Assessment of Presentations in Lang A2.doc Assessment Objectives for English Language A2 AQA A.doc Assessment of Presentations in Lang A2.doc ELLA4 Sample Paras AfL Activity.doc Eng Lang A2 The Grammatical Framework and Textual Analysis.doc Language A2 - Improving Your Investigation.doc AQA A2 Lang A Scheme of Work.doc Step One: Choose Your Title To do this, you need to know which theme you want to do, or what your focus is. To help your decision, use any suggested themes or… [ read full article ] »


AQA A2 Level Lang Lit Scheme of Work Spec A | Cupcakes & Kalashnikovs »

Beth Kemp | Tuesday November 16, 2010

Categories: AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA3, ELLA4, KS5 Archive, AQA A Level

Click on the link below to download a Word version of Beth Kemp’s Scheme of Work for AQA A2 Level Lang Lit Spec A 2010. AQA A2 Lang Lit Scheme of Work.doc AQA A A2 Lang Lit New Coursework Scheme Lang Lit A2 New Coursework Scheme 2011-12.doc AQA A A2 Lang Lit Possible Coursework Titles Lang Lit A2 Possible Coursework Titles 2011-12.doc [ read full article ] »


Teacher’s Guide to ELLA4 - Comparative Analysis through Independent Study »

Beth Kemp | Saturday October 30, 2010

Categories: Hot Entries, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4

This guide is for the coursework unit of A2 English Language and Literature AQA A, Comparative Analysis through Independent Study. This unit requires students to study at least one poetry text and to discuss a theme, concept or technique across two texts, in a comparative essay that focuses on specific passages of texts, i.e. named poems, and perhaps specified passages of a prose or drama text. Rationale The spirit of the unit is that students will work independently on their chosen focus,… [ read full article ] »