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Increasing “P” Marks in a Studied Poetry Response

Here is a very useful exercise which can be used for the following: To scaffold notes on a poet To revise poetry and retrieve previously learned knowledge To work on increasing “Clarity of Purpose” marks Begin with this document: (I have used Emily Dickinson as an example) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQE3QCpbfxY6uo6ovrx9i8x-BrFKaF0GGzOxDuCxPnw/edit Using your notes (or notes on this Continue reading
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JC English Study Guide
The following is a link to a Google Doc for JC students to use as a way to guide their study coming up to the exam in June. It is designed to be completed over 4 weeks and covers all of the studied elements of the course. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xUIvmy9q5emZNAMFP0JKUGUGweMSyfC1hPwjoWy4aiU/edit Continue reading
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Structuring a Paragraph
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5o1wVGbcS7qoFg6cXNuh9B8FWZlKtjvtuHEOvfUgwE/edit Continue reading
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Poetic Techniques Bingo
This is a nice way of encouraging students to find and comment on various poetic techniques in both unseen and studied poetry. Students tick all that apply and are then expected to provide examples from within the poem. Continue reading
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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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About Me
Ms. Cotter’s Class is a run by Claire Cotter, a teacher and SEN Coordinator in Christian Brothers College Cork.

