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Macbeth: Online Masterclass

I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be running my first ever online masterclass at the beginning of March. It will be a group session aimed at helping students perfect their knowledge and skills on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Sunday the 7th March / 10am (GMT) / Online via Zoom

Click here to reserve your spot now!

Natasha in Drama, English Literature, Events, Shakespeare | 54 Words

A Lot About a Little #2: Handmaid’s Tale Extract

Handmaid's Tale Extract

A close reading of a sentence from Chapter 10 of The Handmaid’s Tale (extract), with reference to CAIE A-Level English Literature 9695 marking criteria.

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Natasha in A Level, CIE, English Literature, Essay Technique, Writing Skills | 874 Words | Comment

Macbeth: Act 1 Scene 6 Text, Summary + Study Questions

Macbeth Summary and Study Questions

Act 1 Scene 6 is a key scene in Macbeth, even though the tragic hero isn’t in it himself!

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Natasha in Drama, English Literature, Essay Technique, Shakespeare, Writing Skills | 813 Words | Comment

A Lot About a Little #1: Small Island Extract

A Lot About A Little Small Island Extract

A close reading of a sentence from Chapter 17 of Small Island, with reference to CAIE A-Level English Literature 9695 marking criteria.

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Natasha in A Level, English Language, English Literature, Essay Technique, Writing Skills | 930 Words | Comment

Descriptive Writing Task: How To Describe an Object

Descriptive Writing Task: How to describe an object

In this mini-lesson, I’ll go through the basics of how to describe an object in detail – and not just in a boring way!

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Natasha in A Level, English Language, Essay Technique, Writing Skills | 803 Words | Comment

Learn how to write a Perfect Conclusion

How to write a perfect conclusion

“There’s no point bothering to write a conclusion” is something I hear quite a lot from my students.

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Natasha in English Language, Essay Technique, Writing Skills | 295 Words | Comment

Descriptive Writing: What it is and How to do it

Descriptive writing

Almost all English exams require students to do ‘Descriptive Writing’ at some point, and on most exams that I teach this is the highest marked question on the paper – worth up to 50% of the paper as a whole.

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Natasha in English Language, Writing Skills | 620 Words | Comment

Macbeth and Tragedy

Macbeth and Tragedy

Shakespeare’s Macbeth fits within the genre of a ‘tragedy’, and it follows by and large tragic conventions.

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Narrative Writing: Student Example “On The Run”

Narrative Writing Student Example

This example narrative essay was written by one of my 15-year-old students, with my detailed notes on feedback and marking.

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Natasha in AQA, English Language, Writing Skills | 1,061 Words | Comment

Macbeth: Act 1 Scene 1 – TEXT + STUDY QUESTIONS

Macbeth Study Questions

In this article you’ll find text and study questions from Act 1, Scene 1 in Macbeth.

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