THE LITERATURE AS STOODLE: January 2012

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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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Wider Reading Poetry List

You don't have to read them all. Do access the sites suggested to get background information and listen to some of the poets performing their own work.

Suggestions for Wider Reading in Poetry

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Wider Reading Poetry

The poetry of resistance is very much about the struggle for identity.

Try Poetry by Benjamin Zephaniah, Langston Hughes, Bobby Sands and Lemn Sissay.

Poetry of Lemn Sissay Click here