Author Archives: Mr Heald

Romeo & Juliet – compiling evidence

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Mr Heald

My Y10s will recall that one of the reports on the examination for this paper noted that answers on Romeo & Juliet tended to be done less well than some others and commented: less successful responses usually took a chronological, narrative … Continue reading →

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EngLangList (weekly)

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Mr Heald

English: why the discipline may not be ‘too big to fail’ | Features | Times Higher Education Tags: no_tag Posted from Diigo. The rest of English Language Teachers group favorite links are here.

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Y10 Literature coursework

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Mr Heald

The other day I got a very impressive email from a student: As I am hoping to begin on the coursework at some point soon, I have been just creating questions for which I think would suit the task as … Continue reading →

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Essay Competition

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Mr Heald

Here are details of an essay competition for lower-sixth (Year 12) students that I discussed with my English Literature group earlier this week. Further discussion in the comments box would be welcomed. You may already be aware that Peterhouse (the … Continue reading →

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EngLangList (weekly)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Mr Heald

languagehat.com Regularly updated language blog: generally short and topical posts. Tags: no_tag – By Ant Heald Posted from Diigo. The rest of English Language Teachers group favorite links are here.

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Death of a Salesman – Author’s Craft

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Mr Heald

Here is an extract from the Chief Examiner’s report on this coursework unit: Moderators appreciated the sustained and detailed exploration of themes and ideas but judged that some students would have been more successful in addressing AO2 if they had … Continue reading →

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Death of a Salesman – Author’s Craft

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Mr Heald

Here is an extract from the Chief Examiner’s report on this coursework unit: Moderators appreciated the sustained and detailed exploration of themes and ideas but judged that some students would have been more successful in addressing AO2 if they had … Continue reading →

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Journey’s End

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Mr Heald

Year 12 English Lit students, this is the place for your analysis and discussion of the relationship between the sequence from the BBC production of Journey’s End that we watched yesterday and Sheriff’s script. I’d recommend composing your ideas in … Continue reading →

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Death of a Salesman – More analysis

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Mr Heald

Now you have seen a few examples of the kind of close analysis of the text that marks out a skilled reader, and had a go yourselves in the comments section of the last blog post, as well as in … Continue reading →

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Analysing Death of a Salesman

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Mr Heald

We’re still at a relatively early stage of our study of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman in Year 10, and I recently asked my class to use the first few questions from the ‘Keeping Track’ section at the back of … Continue reading →

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