GCSE, A Level English Tuition: W B Yeats' When you are old.
When You Are Old WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, … Read More »GCSE, A Level English Tuition: W B Yeats' When you are old.
Janet Lewison
I am a highly approachable Independent Expert Private English/English Literature Tutor located in Greater Manchester with over twenty years teaching and tutoring experience from Secondary to Postgraduate Degree level.
Daphne Du Maurier and The Birds!
My daughter and I were watching a sweet gathering of small birds on our bird table over breakfast today and I asked her what would happen if the birds decided… Read More »Daphne Du Maurier and The Birds!
English Entrance Examinations: The Creative Writing essay with a little inspiration from Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book.
Writers are often questioned about their early, formative ‘influences’ or about other writers who may have inspired their work. For students undertaking the entrance examinations for schools such as Bolton… Read More »English Entrance Examinations: The Creative Writing essay with a little inspiration from Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book.
English tuition encourages greater confidence and articulacy.
English Tuition encourages confidence in YOU because YOU are the the main focus of your lesson. YOU are the centre of attention and this attention gives you the opportunity to ask… Read More »English tuition encourages greater confidence and articulacy.
Daphne Du Maurier in overalls: Kiss me again, stranger!
The poet Keats once famously avowed that writers were like ‘camelions’- chameleons in the sense that they enter ‘into’ their characters and then even ‘become’ their characters for a while.… Read More »Daphne Du Maurier in overalls: Kiss me again, stranger!
The Old Man by Daphne Du Maurier: A twist with a twist!
Reading this story on my inversion table just now seemed to double the peculiarity of the experience. For not only did I jolt out of ANY expectations I may have… Read More »The Old Man by Daphne Du Maurier: A twist with a twist!
Susan Hill’s story: The Boy who taught the beekeeper to read.
I first read Susan Hill’s collection The Boy who taught the beekeeper to read in June 2003. I can’t remember if that June was a sunny month, but I always… Read More »Susan Hill’s story: The Boy who taught the beekeeper to read.
Does Jane Eyre ever escape the ‘red room’ or is she metaphorically incarcerated there for the entire novel?
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre is locked up in the ‘red room’ early in the novel and there suffers mental anguish and torment because of her cruel treatment by her… Read More »Does Jane Eyre ever escape the ‘red room’ or is she metaphorically incarcerated there for the entire novel?
How can English Tuition BOOST your grades?
I have just discusssed the GCSE Descriptive writing ‘challenge’ for students in my previous blog. Before I retire to read the Sarah Waters’ Novel,The Nightwatch, I wanted to add AN ESSENTIAL… Read More »How can English Tuition BOOST your grades?
English tuition and GCSE Descriptive writing.
Oddly enough many students feel under confident about the descriptive writing component of the GCSE English curriculum. I say oddly enough as my personal taste always veers strongly in the… Read More »English tuition and GCSE Descriptive writing.
Sarah Waters' Fingersmith- revisited!
But Briar crept on me. Briar absorbed me. Now I feel the simple weight of the woollen cloak with which I have covered myself and think, I shall never escape!… Read More »Sarah Waters' Fingersmith- revisited!
Sarah Waters: The Night Watch
Sarah Waters’ novel The Nightwatch is dramatised tonight. I must confess I started the novel when it was first published and then abandoned the experience, disappointed by the careful restraint… Read More »Sarah Waters: The Night Watch
English Tuition: Why reading matters!
English Tuition can provide a very dramatic boost to pupils’ understanding and appreciation of language. The ‘aha’ moments when students realise the value of language and its power to change… Read More »English Tuition: Why reading matters!
Jamie Smart with Manchester Business NLP and EI Group: July 5th 2011.
A Smart light: Inner knowing, self-constructed reality. A stream of stimuli meeting higher level or lower level thoughts. Knowing what we feel, feeling what we know. Yes! By Moira… Read More »Jamie Smart with Manchester Business NLP and EI Group: July 5th 2011.
When is your Independence Day? July 4th everyday!
July 4th is the USA’s National Day of Celebration. Independence Day is celebrated by Americans all over the world, enjoying the powerful awareness that experiencing Independence from the ‘shackles’ of dependency… Read More »When is your Independence Day? July 4th everyday!
We are the animal Kingdom-Life is confidence!
Today the young blackbird I’d scooped off the patio, panting, motionless head down on the paving, took an initially faltering return into the world as good as new! Last night… Read More »We are the animal Kingdom-Life is confidence!
What risks are you taking by staying where you are?
‘The awful daring of a moment’s surrender, which an age of prudence can never retract.’ ( T.S.Eliot, The Wasteland.) This quotation stopped me in my tracks whilst reading Aidan… Read More »What risks are you taking by staying where you are?
English Tuition in Bolton, Bury and Manchester!
I offer Expert English Tutoring from Horwich, Bolton, just 5 minutes from the Reebok Stadium and the M61. Students travel from many parts of the North West for English tuition,… Read More »English Tuition in Bolton, Bury and Manchester!
Finding the can of magic beans!
I have been reading my second copy of Aidan Chambers’ novel, Dance on my grave, after having a temporary break during a visit to a physiotherapist for my back, when… Read More »Finding the can of magic beans!
Katherine Mansfield- The Journal and the Collected Stories.
Katherine Mansfield – Collected Stories ISBN: 1840222654 ‘I haven’t written a word since October and I don’t mean to until the spring. I want much more material: I am tired… Read More »Katherine Mansfield- The Journal and the Collected Stories.
Resource yourself indefatigably!
Words have the power to shape the smallest moment. Our lives are experienced from moment to moment, shaped around our words as particles of feeling. And sometimes, these feelings seem… Read More »Resource yourself indefatigably!
Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits: My top 10 Novels!
‘Barrabas came to us by the sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. She was already in the habit of writing down important matters, and afterward, when she… Read More »Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits: My top 10 Novels!
Magic Happens when you pay attention at 9am in Bolton!
Today I noticed a man paying complete attention to a field of sheep. He stood looking calmly at the sheep and as far as I could tell, they stood looking quietly… Read More »Magic Happens when you pay attention at 9am in Bolton!
English Tutoring: Paying attention brings magical results
Everyone on this planet loves attention. And by attention I mean respectful care. A form of listening that is awake to your personal presence and individual spirit. A listening that… Read More »English Tutoring: Paying attention brings magical results
Virginia Woolf makes a promise!
Today significantly involved the relaunch of Tusitala English Tuition and an improvement in my back pain! Naturally I rushed to the computer in order to try out both the back… Read More »Virginia Woolf makes a promise!
Looking around Tusitala!
The sunshine has reappeared, the light is bright and Tusitala has had a new makeover! I feel as if I am walking around a new house with changed carpets and… Read More »Looking around Tusitala!
The balanced day!
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. ( Gandhi) Here you have balance, congruence and integrity!
Eleanor Farjeon’s It was long ago
I’ll tell you, shall I, something I remember? Something that still means a great deal to me. It was long ago. A dusty road in summer I remember, A mountain,… Read More »Eleanor Farjeon’s It was long ago
The letter under the door. Can you hear it?
Imagine a letter under your door, posted by hand a hundred years before. It has your name on it and the ink is old ink, and yes, the writing is… Read More »The letter under the door. Can you hear it?
Gerry McGovern's 6 cs of Killer Web Content: Inspired advice.
I am a great believer in synthesis. All effective writing involves synthesis- combinations of ideas and sensory impressions that powerfully communicate to the reader. Today I am synthesising the 6… Read More »Gerry McGovern's 6 cs of Killer Web Content: Inspired advice.