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Personal Essay Plan
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cKuQ7Fpf0k__MV378XlEzz4XvvMniCpqBoV3TjLDro/edit Continue reading
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WB Yeats Teaching Slides
Here is a link to Google slideshow to teach the poetry of WB Yeats. I have also added it to the “links to slides” section on this site. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vjyZ77AUA0dG-noNEvjIbv2xGqwCBzXw-oITlcrqOhE/edit Continue reading
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Junior Cycle Writing Advice
Here is a link to a Google Doc on improving your writing at Junior Cycle: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xli1Zx66jD3tKuCOhgw1BVllokPlbEawtDDR7HOQOg0/edit Continue reading
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Base Details Notes
Siegfried Sassoon The poem is written in the subjunctive mood, where the speaker imagines themselves as a “scarlet major” who spends his time “at the base” sending young soldiers to the front while he eats and drinks comfortably in “the best hotels”. The poem is a biting critique (a strong criticism) of the military elite Continue reading
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George Milton MindMap
Click here to enlarge https://www.mindmeister.com/map/2667967031 Continue reading
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The Role of Kent in King Lear
Overview: The character of Kent performs a number of dramatic functions in the play: Kent is the epitome of fidelity in the play- he remains absolutely and unquestionably faithful to Lear throughout and serves as a foil to the treacherous and immoral characters as well as providing much needed relief from the cynical evil and Continue reading
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The Wild Swans at Coole
In this poem, Yeats once more explores the natural world and his relationship with it. He describes standing on the shore of a lake at Coole Park in Co. Galway and watching the swans who populate it . Yeats is clearly fascinated by the swans but he also envies their seemingly eternal youth and beauty, Continue reading
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
WB Yeats The Lake Isle of Innisfree was written by Yeats while he was living in London in the late nineteenth century. It describes his yearning to live alone on an idyllic island on Lough Gill in Co. Sligo where he can enjoy the island’s natural beauty and serenity. The poem opens with the emphatic Continue reading
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Dulce et Decorum Est Notes
Poem: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen The poem is set at the Front during the First World War, a protracted and violent struggle that was characterised by trench warfare. Life in the trenches was bleak and soldiers from both sides died in their millions. Poets such as Wilfred Owen and his friend Siegfried Continue reading
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About Me
Ms. Cotter’s Class is a run by Claire Cotter, a teacher and SEN Coordinator in Christian Brothers College Cork.
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