Shakespeare's Form and Language - Concept Map

No doubt, I've forgotten some key ideas!

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How to read Shakespeare - Concept Map





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Gustave Freytag's method of understanding structure in five act plays

This should prove useful for students' understanding of the structure of "Othello" or any of the "big" tragedies. Often, novels and short stories have a similar structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_structure#Freytag.27s_analysis

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AS Poetry: the theme of home

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Creative Revision: how to write a sonnet in iambic pentameter for Unit3

Creative Revision for Unit 3 Exam
(1) Try writing a sonnet in the voice of one of the characters that you read from a novel.  For instance,  you could choose "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" or "The Great Gatsby." You could select an appropriate chapter or passage and formulate your sonnet around the one or more the novels' significant themes: the position of women, history and the past, honour/dishonour, war and waste, parental or filial love, romantic love, madness, etc. Choose a chapter and consider its main theme/idea for your topic! Why not incorporate some the the novel's key images, motifs, symbols, style, etc. from this chapter. Get a friend to see if he/she can apply one or more interpretations of your text for AO3. How would your sonnet be read for AO4?

(2) Alternatively in prose, try your hand at changing the form of a chapter, say writing a letter or journal entry which enables you to produce a character's thoughts as they reflectabout an significant event in a chapter; aim to write in the style of an author you have studied. After changing the perspective in a passage or chapter try to produce a passage of writing which "confronts readers with powerful emotions." How would your passages be read over time? What approaches to your texts by other readers would be most appropriate and why?


(3) In pairs: produce a concept/mind map on at least two exam texts based on a past exam question. Use colour, images and appropriate symbols, etc. and AO3-4 to bring your maps to life.

A Concept Map For Form and Structure in Poetry

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Basic but enough to get by for AS English Literature. 

Homer Simpson's Guide to Writing Essays

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The Key Feature of A Poem for AS poetry

Essay Planning for AS English Literature Exam Essays ( Concept Map )

On the right you will find a generic plan for planning AS English Literature essays for comparing poems in the Edexcel Exam. Try it out by adding brief, phrase-like notes from each poem to see whether it helps you plan and write better essays. Aim to select poems that enable you to compare (what is similar) and contrast (what is different) in how each poet presents the theme of "home".

Of course, if this method of planning is not as effective as the one you use, ignore this post.

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For a method that works even better, try the acronym S. T. R. I. D. E. and add Form and Structure to it. It might also be a good idea to add Voice, including First or Third person narrator

See this link for a fuller explanation of this effective method:
http://goforgold-dog.blogspot.com/2007/07/strive-or-stride-help-with-reading-and.html

What to Look for in Narrative - Narrative Structure - Concept Map

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What to Look for in Narrative - Time and Genre in Narrative - Concept Map

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Events that affect/change characters in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" - Concept Map 3

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Events that affect/change characters in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" - Concept Map Part 2

Events that affect/change characters in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" - concept map

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What to look for in narrative - Prose and Imagery Concept Map -AS

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Land as a Theme in Poetry - AS English Literature

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What are the key features of a poem? A concept guide to analysing AS poems

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Januarie from Chaucer's "The Merchant's Tale" - part 3

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Januarie from Chaucer's "The Merchant's Tale" part 2

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Januarie from Chaucer's "The Merchant's Tale" - part 1