BE CURIOUS: Resources for A LEVEL LITB AQA Literature & AQA GCSE LANG/LIT.

Monday, 12 June 2023

AN INSPECTOR CALLS PODCASTS.

Here are TWO podcasts that I created for the study of Priestley's classic play. They may be useful for teachers or students delivering this fantastic text to GCSE LIT students.

I have found that the creation of AUDIO resources for my students has been extremely beneficial. Students who struggle with literacy skills have found these resources useful. FEED YOUR EARS.

https://soundcloud.com/fishymedia/an-inspector-callspart-one

I have not used this BLOG for a long time because my school uses GOOGLE CLASSROOMS..BUT I AM BACK! I will be posting material for the AQA GCSE ENGLISH/ENGLISH LITERATURE course and the AQA LIT A Level course.

I received a message asking me why I had stopped posting material. I originally created this blog for ALL students, not just the poor souls unfortunate enough to have to endure me as their English teacher....so here we go again. RESOURCES FOR EVERYBODY.

Below is a link to a film that I made last year to promote A Level LIT study. FEED YOUR MIND.

https://vimeo.com/743871157?share=copy

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

A CHRISTMAS CAROL...

The 1951 film....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jnm6RypkmQ

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

GRETA...

Speech at Austrian World Summit..July 2021..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6eQwAi2U18

Speech..Youth 4 Climate summit in Milan 2021..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceIE_ehQhtc

I think these THREE films on the IPlayer are essential viewing. I think they need to be shown in ALL schools.

GRETA THUNBERG: A Year To Change The World.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p099f5jj/greta-thunberg-a-year-to-change-the-world-series-1-episode-1

Friday, 8 October 2021

THE MUSIC of V...Tony Harrison..

The coal in the photograph above is known as SHILBOTTLE COBBLES....

Herman Darewski...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6Qo0PrUEA&list=PL1YBeOI62FT9O-ZpQ-Gxko8x2UE8qCocC&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCjB46HmP9Q

Alban Berg...LULU...THIS OPERA IS INCOMPLETE..Berg died before completing the final act..Tony Harrison's wife is Teresa Stratas.. an operatic soprano singer famed for her version of Berg's LULU..This explains the line..' Shillbottle cobbles, Alban Berg, high D lifted from the source that bears your name,..'

I think this section of the poem with Harrison UNITED with his wife, listening to music, and enjoying the heat of a coal fire is quite a significant moment..WHAT SAY YOU??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLuLsFjnCjI

Here is the Alban Berg LULU suite...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025dWp9OVYA

HOW IMPORTANT IS MUSIC IN HARRISON'S V? What is the symbolic significance?

In a previous lesson I referred to VAUGHAN WILLIAMS and The Lark Ascending being a pice of classical music that very often makes me cry..and I'm not sure why!! LEND IT YOUR EARS..Read the You Tube comments...Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8

I also mentioned the SEX PISTOLS and how when I first heard their album NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS in 1978 I found it terrifying and exciting. Here is the track that inspired the fear and engagement...I had never heard music like this before!!! I also include the classic GOD SAVE THE QUEEN that was banned from the radio but still made it to number ONE in the UK charts. I think V is a SEX PISTOLS of a POEM!

Holidays in the SUN...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ah1JM9mf60

God Save The Queen....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvMxqcgBhWQ

In a recent lesson I also mentioned how much i love the music of Bjork..MIGHTY MUSICAL MAGIC..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4XrAF-Yc8