Year 9 Homework and Exam Preparation

'It started on a warm summer's evening in ancient Greece circa 434 BC' Meet Socrates - the man who taught Plato and Xenophon and was mentioned in plays by Aristophanes and works by Aristotle. He was a thinker and not a writer so remains an enigma. What we do know about him was that he enjoyed thinking about thinking and how we could challenge ourselves to think better and he was sentenced to death by drinking a fatal concoction having been convicted......

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Final Of Mice and Men Preparation

Quick post before the weekend to allow you all to practice over the weekend. First of all Layers of Meaning Top Band work will peel back the layers of meaning that made Steinbeck a Pulitzer Prize winning Novelist (Grapes of Wrath) and to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Firstly identify the surface level understanding of the characters and relationships from your quotation. This is our initial impression. Then peel back the first layer......

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Year 11 Example Paragraphs

In lesson today we looked at evidence of two pieces of writing and graded them against the mark scheme. I am not saying whether I agree with your marks or not but below is what you agreed as a class. Band 4 - Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE ......

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Of Mice and Men - Year 11

As I hit the umpteenth time of teaching this text, I can honestly say I have had an outstanding week with the preparation that you guys have done. You've shown that you have come a hell of a long way since the beginning of Year 10 and I'm greatly looking forward to marking the work you have done on the text. Attached below are the key areas you've looked at so far with the multimedia we've used. The level of work done is a credit to you all. Remember......

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