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[MASSOLIT @massolit]

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[GCSE MACBETH @GCSE_Macbeth]

Kingship in Macbeth.

(with love to @NooPuddles for the inspiration!)

There are 3 kings in the present of the play Macbeth, and others implied who will reign in the future.

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[MASSOLIT @massolit]

As promised, here are the fifteen threads – one for each of the poems in the Power and Conflict cluster – that we wrote over the last couple of months.

Over 40,000 words in total, I think, so you might want to make yourself a cup of tea before diving in ...

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

How to Spend the First 5 Minutes if the Named Poem is 'Kamikaze' https://t.co/61DoTgYMOl via @YouTube

[GCSE MACBETH @GCSE_Macbeth]

Today I revisited Macbeth's conversation with Lady Macbeth in Act 3 Sc 2. This passage is VERY revealing and worth exploring in detail, and to glean some little-used quotes!

This is from his "We have scorch'd the snake" speech: he complains about "terrible dreams".

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[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Right, time for our next thread on the poetry in the Power and Conflict cluster. This time, we are thinking about Carol Rumens’ ‘The Emigrée’.

This time, I’m going to go through the poem sentence by sentence, and think about its ‘blurriness’.

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[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

How to Spend the First 5 Minutes if the Named Poem is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade': https://t.co/BaLkkO3OsX

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

🧵 In my interview with poet Beatrice Garland, she discusses her poem ‘Kamikaze’, delving into the inspiration behind it, the perspective it's written from, and how it relates to themes of power and conflict. #poetry #Kamikaze

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Okay, let’s do another thread on the Power and Conflict poems. This time, we’ll be talking about Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’ 🧻📚👷🏢

In particular, we focus on the power of paper and poetry, and the idea that some things are better if they *don’t* last.

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[Literature Fanatic @litfanatic]

🕵️‍♂️📞AN INSPECTOR CALLS 🕵️‍♂️📞
An 11 page PDF of essay plans for key characters and themes. My students have these glued in on the left hand side of the books and then on the right hand side they make notes, zoom in and analyse.
https://t.co/mzAuOZBYCv

[Hannah @hkateaching]

Help!! @GCSE_Macbeth I’m struggling to explain how and where bravery is presented in Macbeth. How could I get students to link Shakespeare’s messages to bravery?🙃

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Okay, time for our next ‘Power and Conflict’ thread. This time, we’ll be talking about Jane Weir’s ‘Poppies’ 🌺😔

In particular, I want to think about ‘Poppies’ as a poem in which different layers are flattened into one – like felt.

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[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Right, time for our next ‘Power and Conflict’ thread.

This time, we’ll be talking about Simon Armitage’s ‘Remains’ 🏦🔫

In particular, I want to talk about ‘Remains’ as a poem that is *about* the writing of war poetry.

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[Literature Fanatic @litfanatic]

Power and Conflict
'How are the power of humans...?'
3 alternative essay plans for this question, using a range of poems. Each plan includes: quotations, suggestions, analysis and an exploration of big and/or shared ideas.
Check out the effects of war version too!
Link below:

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Okay, time for our next ‘Power and Conflict’ thread.

This time, we’ll be thinking about Seamus Heaney’s ‘Storm on the Island’ 🏝️⛈️

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[The Brilliant Club @BrilliantClub]

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[GCSE MACBETH @GCSE_Macbeth]

Revisiting key quotes from Macbeth:

Act 1 Sc 2
SOLDIER: "His brandish'd steel / Which smoked with bloody execution."

The soldier's account of Macbeth's exploits in battle establish him as a fierce warrior capable of bloody violence.

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[BurtonBoroughUni @BBSUniversity]

CORRECTION! One of these students is in year 9! How impressive is that!

[BurtonBoroughUni @BBSUniversity]

So it's @BrilliantClub graduation day! 14 @BurtonBorough year 10s have come to @OfficialUoM to celebrate their fantastic achievements on the scholars programme. We were even lucky enp7gh to meet up with an ex-BBS student to hear about her journey to Manchester. A great day!

[BurtonBoroughUni @BBSUniversity]

A BIG shout out to Emily who volunteered as our 'Spoke Scholar' today. No other school had anyone brave enough and she spoke wonderfully and eloquently about her experience on the programme.