Alex's English Journal

Which is the lit. exam that we do first- poems or the books?

May 18, 2014 0

Touching the Void- Useful quotations for GCSE English Literature

Page 53- symbolism- “As if, in some way, the nature of the game was controlling me towards a logical but frightening conclusion.” The ‘game’ metaphor appears when the climbers reach the summit, and supports the idea that climbing and the… Continue Reading →

May 5, 2014 0

Creative Writing Complete- newspaper article on advert

Creative Writing Dancing livestock? Laughing-stock! Who’s seen Three’s latest advert? The advert with the horse prancing around to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’ on top of an graphically touched up cliff top. Your opinions? Hilarious, I’m sure. But have… Continue Reading →

February 7, 2014 0

Creative writing article

Creative Writing Dancing livestock? Laughing-stock! Who’s seen Three’s latest advert? The one with the horse moonwalking to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’. Your opinions? Hilarious, I’m sure. But have you even considered what it took for them to make… Continue Reading →

February 6, 2014 0

Creative writing preparation

Dancing ponies. Amusing animals. Clichéd, no? These animal ‘jokes’ turn graceful livestock into laughingstock. Cruelty to animals.

February 4, 2014 0

Broken dreams in of mice and men, gcse controlled assessment.

“He ain’t no good to you candy, he ain’t no good to anyone!” Steinbeck employs foreshadowing here to show the key theme of broken dreams. ” but not us! An why? Because…because I got you to look after me and… Continue Reading →

January 30, 2014 0

Of Mice and Men Controlled Assessment

Have a go at assessing your last Controlled Assessment against the AQA criteria [gview file=”https://theamazingkeith.student.edutronic.net/files/2014/01/Of-Mice-and-Men-Alex-Mackay-Howse.docx”]

How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? GCSE Controlled Assessment Final piece

How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text on stage, on screen and in the classroom? Extremes of emotions are a vital part to… Continue Reading →

January 29, 2014 0

Of mice and men- the destruction of dreams. Notes for gcse controlled assessments

dreams George and Lenny pg 15 – having a house Crooks pg 86 – wanting to join their house Pg 88 Curly’s Wife – wanting to be an actor Pg 100 Curly’s wife – meeting a guy Destruction of dreams… Continue Reading →

January 28, 2014 0

How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? GCSE Controlled Assessment Day 5

How have extremes of emotion expressed in Titus Andronicus and selected WW1 poetry been effectively created by the writers’ craft and performance of the drama text onstage, on screen and in the classroom? Extremes of emotions are a vital part… Continue Reading →

January 24, 2014 0

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