English Resources (page 71)

Examine two or three examples of one of the following forms to illustrate its main features: ballad, sonnet, elegy, couplets, blank verse, free verse. How does the form relate to the ...

The obvious cause of the culminating deaths at the end of the play would appear to be jealousy. This, however, is a superficial assumption as there are many other emotions that help d...

Many schools report that the six week summer holiday is too long for some children, who forget some of what they have learned during the previous year. It is quite common to find t...

'Asian Shakespeare is changing not only how we understand the plays but reshaping debates about the relation of east and west in the emerging landscape of global culture' (Alexander H...

I am still astonished at how drama techniques are rarely used by the conventional English teacher in order to help students to understand difficult characters or plot lines within tex...

Elizabeth Dalton describes Antoinette`s sense of self in Wide Sargasso Sea `as damaged goods` (Dalton, 2000). Discuss this claim in the context of your own reading of Rhys`s text. Fur...

Despite the cultural mix of most twenty-first century schools, the level of cultural awareness or empathy with the wider environment appears to be lacking. During my Phase A teaching ...

Hi I am writing this article because for anyone who is sitting or about to sit GCSE`s. The GCSE results are exceptionally important to you. It is imperative that you do well in the...

Understanding and Writing about Poetry 1. Comment on Structure and how it adds to meaning To work out the meaning of the poem it often helps to focus on the title. Then focus on the...

"I read my first book when I was nineteen years old," I confessed. The hall became strangely quiet and dozens of heads turned in my direction. A little discomforted by the reaction...