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Literary Connections: music page
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Atmospheric music for classrooms. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast,. To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve (1670-1729), The Mourning Bride. Some interesting music for use in teaching - or simply to enjoy after a long day! Sadly for UK record dealers, it can be cheaper to use the Amazon site to locate a cheaper version overseas or second-hand - but remember to take account of postage and possible customs charges. There are fine complete sets by Richard Goode. Including the op...
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Literary Connections: Word of the Day
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Mr Hector has an old fashioned faith in the. Redemptive power of words.' ( The History Boys. Here's the Oxford English. Dictionary's Word of the Day too! Word of the Day. Word of the Day is a service for the improvement of the minds of students currently engaged in advanced study and for any others interested in words. Inspired in part by Alan Bennett's play. Word of the day is free - read it right here! It's also available by and now you can follow Word of the Day on Twitter. Word sites on the web.
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Literary Connections: some First World War poems
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Scars Upon My Heart. Up the Line to Death. Poems of the First World War. Download Poems of the First World War. Here This is a PDF booklet ready to print. This brief selection of poems derives from work by Tom Rank on First World War poetry for a volume in the York Notes Advanced series. Which is based on the selection in The Oxford Book of War Poetry. The following poems are included:. Charles Sorley: 'When you see millions of the mouthless dead'. Edward Thomas: 'As the team's head brass'. You can hear ...
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Literary Connections: The Struggle for Identity in Modern Literature
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The Struggle for Identity in Modern Literature. These pages include resources for the new AQA Specification A AS Level English Literature. LTA1C and LITA2 Option C) as well as additional materials that will, it is hoped, be useful to students, teachers and other readers whether or not they are following an examination course. There are many texts and sites to list, so this topic has been split over several pages covering, in addition to these general resources, drama. Listed on the literature links.
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Literary Connections: Sad Steps: moon-struck poems by Sidney, Jonson, Wordsworth and Larkin
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Sad Steps: moon-struck poems. Literary connections in poems by Sidney, Jonson, Wordsworth and Larkin. Sad Steps' from Larkin. Refers in title and subject matter to a sonnet by the Elizabethan poet and courtier Sir Philp Sidney. It is from Astrophel and Stella. Which includes 108 sonnets and 11 songs, the first of the Elizabethan sonnet cycles. Most of the sonnets are Petrarchan in form. Astrophel and Stella: XXXI. With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face!
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Literary Connections: reading suggestions for A Level English Literature
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Lives of the Poets. Useful texts for A Level Literature. These are editions of the texts and some other books that I have found useful for the AS and A Level units of the AQA A Level Specification A English Literature course - they may be helpful for those following other courses as well. Remember to check from the examination board specification. That you are reading the right text and edition! And for individual authors and topics (see the resources page. Or the list on the left). Introducing Contexts ...
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Literary Connections links page
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At work in South Africa. These are links to some of the organisations I have worked with. If you are looking for sites that support the teaching of English, please visit the resources. This site from the official agency for ICT in UK education provides advice, services and tools for those who use ICT in schools. It's a daunting site at first but contains useful advice and materials for English teachers. (This is the replacement for Becta's ICT Advice site, which is no longer being developed.). NATE is th...
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Literary Connections: Global resources page - MirandaNet and more
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With MirandaNet in South Africa. Global links and resources. MirandaNet supports 'web based communities of practice'. As well as encouraging research and professional development, it works to establish communities of 'e-citizens' around the world and provides support and advice for those overseas wanting to learn from UK teachers' experience of ICT in education. My work with the Free State Department of Education. Read more about this project on the e-Lapa section. On 15 March 2005. Word of the day.
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Literary Connections: Preparing for AS and A Level English Literature
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I count examinations. as the enemy of education. Which is not to say that I don't regard education. As the enemy of education too. Mr Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. Preparing for AS and A Level English Literature. Think bored examiners,' says the 'meretricious but not disingenuous' Mr Irwin to his elite class in Alan Bennett. So how can your students bring out the best in the examiner - and in themselves? Base it on the text. Communicate clearly, coherently and cogently. Word of the day.
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Literary Connections: Wilde's 'A Woman of No Importance'
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Cast list from the first production of the play in 1893. My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth, I. Dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty. While you said it, which is much more important, Lord. Illingworth would tell us. Lady Hunstanton, Act II scene ii. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). A Woman of No Importance. As a play A Woman of No Importance. Is nought; it merely consists of a few scenes borrowed from French drama, dropped into an impossible social milieu. It includes picture...
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