Welcome to the Literature As Stoodle

You will find lots of links to resources, lessons and suggestions for wider reading on this blog. Check the recommended reading bar to the right. Wider Reading is very important for your exam question, Section A: Contextual linking. This is where you will be given an extract to analyse and link to your wider reading on the Struggle for Identity.
The Struggle for Identity areas are : Gender, Class, Political, Social, Indidividual, religious and sexual.
One very, very useful text is the New Oxford Student Text which contains extracts of prose, drama and poetry as well as useful comments.
To get the best out of this Blog, click on the labels to the right which will group posts on the same topic. Also click on the links to other sites to improve your studies. You can download resources and save them to your own computers. You might even want to keep your own Blog.
Enjoy your course and check in regularly.
Mrs Sims
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Monday 18 January 2010

Little Redcap Carol Ann Duffy Lesson

Little Redcap For those of you who missed the lesson today and had to take an exam. We read the original "Little Red Cap" and worked our way through the first three boards to where students chose 3 relevant interpretations. See you Thursday. mrs Sims x

Themes Past and Present in Streetcar

A Streetcar Named desire Revision and extra help

Wednesday 13 January 2010

Allen Ginsberg reading part of his poem, "HOWL"

Wider Reading Extracts

Click here to see a copy of the book at AmazonHere's a link to Amazon and a collection of extracts all based on 'The Struggle for Identity'. It's a really useful book to buy - especially if you feel you've got a it behind with that wider reading...

Wider Reading Journal

How to Keep a Wider Reading Journal

SNOW DAY WORK

What a nightmare eh? Never mind, you can make really good use of this time at home by preparing for your exam and the wider reading element of the paper. You can also use the power point below to work on that exam question I gave you. Don't try doing it in timed conditions yet. Do it well and spend more time on it.

Check in regularly as I update this page.

You need to get your wider reading notes into a useful format.
Soooooo. You must be able to refer to all three genres: Poetry, prose and drama. I think you are lacking in some poetry wider reading so I will post a few poems in the next hour for you to analyses in terms of 'The Struggle for Identity'

Keeping notes:
Collect apt, SHORT quotations from your wider reading texts which fit under the main areas of 'The Struggle for Identity'
GENDER
RACE
SOCIAL/POLITICAL
SEXUAL
RELIGIOUS
 
You can also organise your notes chronologically (by date published)
For every quotation you select, make sure you write a comment about the effect.
Check out that booklet I gave you at the beginning of the year about how to approach the wider reading. It's uploaded on this Blog.
You can send me a message by e-mail or post a comment on this page.
PS. Does anyone know Katie's e-mail address? She can't access the Blog and I left her e-mail at school
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Contextual Linking Section A Exam

How to Approach the Contextual Linking Question Copy