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Comprehension / Expression…

Anti-Thatcher songs (2): Red Wedge

17 Mar 202026 Mar 2020
This post is the second in a series of four focusing on anti-Thatcher songs and song-writers. In this installment, we focus on the Red Wedge movement through the analysis of…
Grammar

Revisions – Writing tips

2 Apr 2019
This activity offers opportunity to revise various elements relevant to writing - link words, tenses, syntax in indirect speech, vocabulary. The basis for the exercise is an adapted extract from…
History

Monarchy – Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

27 Mar 201927 Mar 2019
This activity is designed for a history class on the Tudors. The document under study is a secondary source - an excerpt from a chapter by historian Susan Doran on…
Comprehension / Expression

Dress codes (4) – Footnotes on the Power of the Hoodie

27 Mar 2019
This is the fourth activity of a thematic unit on dress codes. The aim of the activity is to encourage students to do some research on the cultural references contained…
Comprehension / Expression

Witches (4) – Politics of witch representations

9 Mar 20199 Mar 2019
This is the fourth activity of a thematic unit on witches. Students work on an academic article on the representations of witches. The article is conceptually demanding but the proximity…

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