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Is It Ever Too Late for Toilet Training?
Howcast - Find out if it is ever too late for toilet training in this Howcast video featuring potty training specialist Ashley Hickey.
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Exploring Traditional Laundry Practices in Asia
Traditional laundry methods in Asia showcase a blend of cultural heritage and environmental awareness. In India, for instance, community-centered practices involve labor-intensive hand washing and the use of natural cleaning agents....
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How to Get Oil-Based Paint off Skin
If you're using oil-based paint and you end up with more on your hands than on the object you're painting, try these methods to remove it.
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How to Get Traffic to Your Website
Want to drive people to your website? Increase traffic with these tips.
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Crazy Process of Installing Gigantic Wind Turbines in Middle of the Ocean
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, we discover how massive offshore wind farms and oil rigs are built, operated, and maintained in some of the world’s harshest environments. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea...
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How to make amaretto sour
Miriam Nice shows us how to make a classic amaretto sour with her step-by-step video. Learn how to make the boozy version or a mocktail alternative.
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‘Macbeth’: exploring evidence and including context in an essay on Lady Macbeth
Pupil outcome: I can explain what happens in Act 1, Scenes 5 to 7 of ‘Macbeth’ and begin to evaluate the character of Lady Macbeth. Key learning points: - Topic sentences need to be clear and linked to the question - Judicious quotations...
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Writing an analytical essay about Lady Macbeth as a Machiavel in ‘Macbeth’
Pupil outcome: I can write a well-structured and convincing analytical essay about how far Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a Machiavellian villain. Key learning points: - An introduction can start with a general statement about the...
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Finding my own voice: planning a poem inspired by Maya Angelou
Pupil outcome: I can plan a poem inspired by the ideas and methods in Angelou's poetry. Key learning points: - When writing a poem inspired by a particular writer, their ideas and / or methods might inspire you. - You could use Angelou's...
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Writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'
Pupil outcome: I can write a poem inspired by Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'. Key learning points: - Maya Angelou uses stanzas and a refrain to structure her poem, 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'. - 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me' uses...
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An introduction to Maya Angelou's distinctive voice: ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’
Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' with a focus on the speaker's distinctive voice. Key learning points: - Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet and civil rights activist. - Angelou's poems...
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Comparing poems: 'Brueghel's Winter' and 'The Hunters in the Snow'
Pupil outcome: I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two poems inspired by the same painting. Key learning points: - The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraphs main...
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Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' (1922): exploring character foils and symbolism
Pupil outcome: I can explore Katherine Mansfield’s use of character foils and symbolism in her short story, 'The Fly'. Key learning points: - Mr. Woodifield and the boss are foils to one another. - Symbolism is when writers use something...
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Analysing Puck's epilogue in Act 5 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Pupil outcome: I can explore the language of Puck’s epilogue, linking it to other moments in the play. Key learning points: - ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ends with an epilogue given by the character of Puck. - Puck’s epilogue breaks the...
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Finding my own voice: writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou
Pupil outcome: I can write a poem inspired by the ideas and methods in Angelou's poetry. Key learning points: - You can use a poet's work to inspire your own creativity. - You can plan each stanza of a poem by considering its focus,...
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Maya Angelou's poetic voice
Pupil outcome: I can comment on Maya Angelou's poetic voice, referencing a number of her poems to support my ideas. Key learning points: - We can explore Angelou's poems as a collection, as well as individually. - Exploring Angelou's...
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'The Twisted Tree': introducing thesis statements
Pupil outcome: I can write a clear thesis statement about 'The Twisted Tree'. Key learning points: - An introduction to an analytical essay should include a clear thesis statement. - A clear thesis statement should introduce your...
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Maya Angelou’s influences: exploring ‘Sympathy’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Pupil outcome: I can explore the poem 'Sympathy' and use it, and the poem 'Caged Bird', to inspire my own writing. Key learning points: - Angelou was inspired to write 'Caged Bird' after reading a poem called 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence...
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Analysing the presentation of the gas attack: Ian Beck's 'Propping Up the Line'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Ian Beck presents the gas attack in his short story, ‘Propping Up The Line’ in a well-planned analytical paragraph. Key learning points: - The gas attack, and its aftermath, is the central focus of Beck’s...
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Vivid descriptive writing using Ian Beck's ‘Propping Up The Line’ as stimulus
Pupil outcome: I can write a vivid description inspired by Ian Beck's 'Propping Up The Line' which captures some of Alfred’s experiences and memories of the front line. Key learning points: - Many writers use vivid description to convey...
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How is Puck presented in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
Pupil outcome: I can select quotations which help me explore how Puck is presented across Acts 2 and 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Key learning points: - Some people argue Puck is the most important character in the play because of...
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Comparative paragraphs: 'The Silence of the Girls' and 'The Song of Achilles'
Pupil outcome: I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two extracts inspired by the same mythological character (Achilles). Key learning points: - The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence which...
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Exploring the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh's ‘One Thousand and One Nights’
Pupil outcome: I can plan and write two analytical paragraphs which explore the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh’s ‘One Thousand and One Nights’. Key learning points: - You can make connections between the frame story of 'One Thousand...
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Exploring the presentation of the boss in 'The Fly' by Katherine Mansfield
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Katherine Mansfield presents the character of the boss in her short story, ‘The Fly’, in clear and well developed analytical paragraphs. Key learning points: - A topic sentence states the focus for a...