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Reading for Character
It is almost a certainty that the unseen passage will contain reference to, or even focus entirely on, particular people - or characters. If it is a prose extract then you will have little or no context...
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Reading for theme or motif
In the end, of course, we typically find ourselves reading literary works in order to explore what they seem to 'say' to us about particular subjects or issues. And when certain ideas seem to carry particular...
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It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers
Sometimes giving students poems bit by bit can encourage them to pay closer attention to the details of how an author is constructing meaning; it is a strategy that also gives them time to consider significant...
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"Read, my child. Read." Free
Watch the short video below of civil-rights campaigner and congressman John Lewis accepting America's National Book Award for young people's literature last year. He won the award for the third volume...
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Why choose Richie Cunningham over the Fonz? Free
Or, to clarify the analogy which I am now going to stretch well beyond breaking point, why study Literature rather than Language and Literature? This is the choice we present to our students each year...
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Welcome to the website Free
The site is divided between elements that are relevant to the four 'parts', as well as those which are more generic - including an ever growing section with material relevant to your teaching of individual...
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Properties of language
Although the course in no way demands close analysis of the linguistic properties of literary language, a fairly 'scientific' examination of the linguistic means through which texts are constructed can...
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Speaking and listening
Although very few teachers would (presumably) disagree with this sentiment, teaching practices in this area can easily become stale. In a conventional classroom, for example, points raised in discussion...
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Practise Paper 1 Skills: poetry
Poetry is typically seen by students as something 'difficult', abstruse or even indecipherable. It is not unusual, for this reason, to hear students say that they approach Paper 1 determined to choose...
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Reading for Action
The particular events of an extract are inevitably going to present you with material for comment. However, term 'Action' can be used to describe any event that creates a sense of narrative interest. ...