Episodes
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Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss an extract question on violence in Chapter 11. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.
Don't forget to download the handout here.
The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will read the lecture, quoted below, and talk you through how you might be able to use this in an extract or a whole text essay.
Bibliography:
Gonzalez, Alexander G. “The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in ‘Othello.’” South Atlantic Review, vol. 50, no. 4, 1985, pp. 35–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3199381. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024. -
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In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.
Don't forget to download the handout here.
The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will read the lecture, quoted below, and talk you through how you might be able to use this in an extract or a whole text essay.
Bibliography:
Gonzalez, Alexander G. “The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in ‘Othello.’” South Atlantic Review, vol. 50, no. 4, 1985, pp. 35–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3199381. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024. -
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.
Don't forget to download the handout here.
The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will read the lecture, quoted below, and talk you through how you might be able to use this in an extract or a whole text essay.
Bibliography:
Gonzalez, Alexander G. “The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in ‘Othello.’” South Atlantic Review, vol. 50, no. 4, 1985, pp. 35–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3199381. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024. -
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.
Don't forget to download the handout here.
The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will read the lecture, quoted below, and talk you through how you might be able to use this in an extract or a whole text essay.
Bibliography:
Gonzalez, Alexander G. “The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in ‘Othello.’” South Atlantic Review, vol. 50, no. 4, 1985, pp. 35–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3199381. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024.
Stern, Tiffany. Making Shakespeare from Stage to Page. Taylor and Francis, 2013. -
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are tackling the whole text question.
Don't forget to download the handout here.
The following lecture is an excerpt from Alexander G. Gonzalez’s essay ‘The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in Othello (1985). I will read the lecture, quoted below, and talk you through how you might be able to use this in an extract or a whole text essay.
Bibliography:
Gonzalez, Alexander G. “The Infection and Spread of Evil: Some Major Patterns of Imagery and Language in ‘Othello.’” South Atlantic Review, vol. 50, no. 4, 1985, pp. 35–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3199381. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024. -
Two of our Year 11 students, Amelie and Evie, present a podcast on the presentation of Father Amadi. Don't forget to download the handout here.
This is a great way to revise. Why don't you take a past question on the novel and write your own essay plan along the same lines? You could even record a podcast with a friend if you wanted. Here are a few questions you could try: PH - Ending.docx; PH- Papa's-Death-Phone-Call.docx; PH - The-Painting.docx; PH - Tense-and-Shocking-Moment-(Feet).docx; and PH - Politics-and-Society.docx. -
Ms Yemenakis and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Snowdrop'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis talk about 'Football at Slack'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Evans and Mr Forster talk about the presentation of relationships in 'The Other'. Download the handout here and do check out this documentary if you want to find out more about Hughes's relationships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsNXUXIiRo
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Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss the brutality of the natural world in 'Relic'. Don't forget to download the podcast here.
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In this episode Ms Yemenakis talks with two of our Sixth Form English scholars, Evie and Nat, about 'A Memory'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster explore one of the more tricky poems: 'Cat and Mouse'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'The Horses'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss Ted Hughes' poem, 'The Jaguar'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Roe Deer'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss an extract question on chapter 14 of the novel. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Briggs and Ms Yemenakis discuss Ted Hughes' 'Telegraph Wires'. Here is a link to the handout.
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Mrs Bale and Mr Forster talk about 'Hawk Roosting'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Mr Biddle discusses 'The Thought Fox' with some of our U6th scholars. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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