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Phoenix writers met for a critique session last week, before the summer break. I wrote this in my sunny yard, trying to make a conversation between two people carry an… Read More »Creative Writing Tuition: Bolton Manchester and Bury.(GCSE English Tutor Bolton)
They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. Not any more, though. Now, when a murderer pays the penalty for his crime, he does so up… Read More »My Cousin Rachel By Daphne Du Maurier: English GCSE/GCE Tuition Bolton Manchester
‘Go on,’ whispered Mrs Danvers. ‘Go on, don’t be afraid.’ I shut my eyes. I was giddy from staring down at the terrace, and my fingers ached from holding to… Read More »Rebecca By Daphne Du Maurier: Analysis of Mrs Danvers’ ventriloquism of Rebecca- fallen language?
(Chapter 14 Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca. ) This chapter intrigues students because it is Gothic and unsettling. The Gothic elements interface sexuality, secrecy and wealth. Here, the house-keeper Mrs Danvers,… Read More »GCSE English Language Revision: Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca- the window scene!
Tusitala has been resurrected this week after yet another hacking. Many thanks to Shaun Kirk for giving CPR to my site! I am very pleased to discover my blog once… Read More »English Tuition Bolton, Manchester and Bury: Summer 2017
Descriptive Writing: GCSE English. Here are several famous examples of descriptive writing. Can you identify how they create a sense of place, atmosphere and time? Pick up any techniques which… Read More »GCSE English :Descriptive Writing Examples. ( Bolton English Tuition)
Prompted by Jenn Ashworth ‘s lively and expansive talk at Horwich’ s Thyme Coffee Shop, (hosted by the Thyme to Read Book Group), I downloaded Ashworth’s most recent novel Fell,… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester: Jenn Ashworth’s Fell Analysis and Review
Joanna Cannon’s best-selling first novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep explores the secrets of seventies’ suburbia through the eyes of two ten year old detectives, who decide to spend… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Review: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
The writer Ann Caldwell delivered an excellent session last week about dealing with time in narratives. She gave us several exercises and prompts. I tried ‘ I thought I heard a… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton Manchester: Phoenix Writers Horwich with Ann Caldwell
PEEL Paragraph with Dickens’ Great Expectations. (GCSE English Literature). Read the extract from Dickens’ Great Expectations and then answer the questions that follow. Answer the questions in order… Read More »GCSE English Literature Tuition Bolton Manchester: Great Expectations and PEEL
The cul de sac prompt at Phoenix Writers’ Group a few weeks ago brought up a vivid recollection of being ill as a child; specifically being ill with pneumonia. The… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton GCSE English Tuition :Writing Prompt -The Cul-de-sac or Avenue!
Today, following on from Anne’s unicorn on the bus, we are going to create another extraordinary story world. This world will be shaped around an AVENUE or CUL… Read More »Edward Gorey Creative Writing Prompt Summary: English Tuition Bolton Manchester
The cul de sac has long been a fascination for me with Carol Ann Duffy’s wonderful Stafford Afternoons evoking a lost time of melting tarmac and challenged innocence. I am a… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton: Phoenix Writers-Creating an Extraordinary Story with Edward Gorey!
The poignant misery of dawn begins to grow . . . We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy. Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army … Read More »Wilfred Owen ‘ Exposure’ Analysis Stanza Three: AQA GCSE English Literature
Watching, we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire, Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles. Northward, incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, Far off, like a dull rumour… Read More »AQA English Literature GCSE Tuition : Exposure by Wilfred Owen Analysis Second Stanza
Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us . . . Wearied we keep awake because the night is silent . . . Low drooping flares… Read More »AQA GCSE English Literature ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen: English Tuition /Tutor Bolton Part One!
Several weeks ago Phoenix writers enjoyed an excellent workshop on Memoir Writing by Anne Caldwell. We were asked to create a short scene of about 500 words in which conflict… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton Manchester Phoenix Writers : Conflict and atmosphere!
A Christmas Carol: Stave One. Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with… Read More »GCSE English Literature – A Christmas Carol: Analysis and Exercise for Creative Writing
Pictures can provoke writing in many different ways. Last week we enjoyed a fascinating session using old photographs including this one which is apparently the old Co-Op in… Read More »Creative Writing Bolton: Phoenix writers. ( English Tuition Bolton Manchester)
June 21 1918. ”What is the matter with to-day? It is thin, white, as lace curtains are white, full of ugly noises (e.g. people opening the drawers of a cheap… Read More »GCSE English Journal Writing: Bolton Manchester English Tuition
Here’s an easy prompt exercise for your writing rubbish ! Songs are perfect gateways to memory, mood and incident! Give yourself an initial FIVE minutes. Then add on another… Read More »English Tuition Bolton Manchester: Write Rubbish for Higher Grades- Juke Box Prompt!
AQA GCSE English Example: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. (Question 4). A student having read this section of the text said: ‘‘The writer brings the very different characters to… Read More »AQA GCSE English Example: Jamaica Inn By Daphne Du Maurier(Question 4)
Dr Jekyll’s compelling descent into the degeneracy and evil of his double, Mr Hyde, is succinctly summarized in the revealing line to Utterson:’ You must suffer me to go my… Read More »GCSE Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: ‘You must suffer me to go my own dark way.’ Analysis
Here’s a quick way to generate ideas for your essays and stories. All you need is paper, three pens or pencils and a bright highlighter pen. And a timer of… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton: Writing Rubbish for Better Grades and Creativity-Two
The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death.… Read More »DR Jekyll and MR Hyde Analysis of Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case: GCSE English Literature AQA
Mercutio’s violent death in Act 3 Sc1 of Romeo and Juliet is dramatically necessary, for his death precipitates a chain of ill-considered events, culminating in the tragic double-suicide of Romeo and… Read More »Mercutio’s Death In Romeo and Juliet(ACT 3 Sc1) Analysis- GCSE English PEEL Paragraph Revision Bolton English Tuition
Writing a story or an analysis essay can feel very difficult. You look at a blank screen or a blank page and feel the ticking of the clock. You… Read More »GCSE English Writing TIP: WRITE RUBBISH!!! (Best Tip for stress and writer’s block! (English Tuition Bolton Manchester Bury)
A successful piece of writing depends upon the relationship between different elements. When you examine how these elements work together(or don’t in some cases) then you can formulate a convincing… Read More »GCSE English : How to analyse ANY written text. A few thoughts! ( Tuition Bolton Manchester)
Text. Six o ‘clock struck on the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr. Utterson’s dwelling, and still he was digging at the problem. Hitherto it… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde GCSE English Literature AQA: PEEL paragraph Analysis- Utterson’s Dream
Romeo’s first glimpse of Juliet takes place at the Capulet’s Ball, where their masked presence allows them to fall in love and adds a deliciously provocative aspect to the scene.… Read More »GCSE English Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Sc.5 : PEEL Paragraph example TWO
