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Types of Plot
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for English| August 04, 2025 Thinking about starting that first novel? Or do you just want to write a story for any occasion? Below is a brief overview of the different types of plot that can help you to get through the first stages. Various types of plots are commonly… Read More Types of Plot
How to teach the short story – Unit Plan for 4 Weeks
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English| January 18, 2025 Exploring the World of Short Fiction Teaching short stories offers a wealth of opportunities to engage students in the exploration of literature. Through the analysis and creation of short fiction, students develop critical thinking, analytical skills, and a deeper appreciation for the written word.… Read More How to teach the short story – Unit Plan for 4 Weeks
Downloadable Lesson Plans for English Verbs
Julie Tagg| January 03, 2025| Think and Write for English A and B Download for Lesson Plan
A Comprehensive Guide to English Verb Types for High Schoolers
Julie Tagg| January 3, 2025| Think and Write for English A and B ______________________________________________________________________________ High school students typically learn different types of verb types as part of their grammar and language studies. Here’s a breakdown of the main types of verbs they should be familiar with: 1. Action Verbs 2. Linking Verbs 3. Helping (Auxiliary)… Read More A Comprehensive Guide to English Verb Types for High Schoolers
5E Lesson Plan: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Julie Tagg| January 3, 2025| Think and Write for English A and B Grade Level: Middle School/High SchoolDuration: 45-60 minutesObjective: Students will identify prepositions and prepositional phrases in sentences and use them to enhance their writing and comprehension. Lesson Outline Engage (5-10 minutes) Explore (10-15 minutes) Explain (10 minutes) Elaborate (15 minutes) Evaluate (5-10 minutes)… Read More 5E Lesson Plan: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Analysis of the Genre of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B Twelfth Night is a famous Shakespearean comedy that encompasses almost every aspect of the genre. The play revolves around a wedding, mistaken identities, misunderstandings, physical comedy, and a happy ending. As with all of Shakespeare’s comedies, the play concludes with a wedding. In this… Read More Analysis of the Genre of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
How to create conflict in your story or novel?
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English What is Story Conflict? Story conflict is a fundamental element of any narrative, emerging when a character encounters obstacles that prevent them from achieving their goals. It creates tension and drama, driving the plot forward and deepening the emotional connection between your characters and the audience. Conflict… Read More How to create conflict in your story or novel?
Sample Essay – Themes in Poetry (English B) – Man’s Cruelty in ” A Lesson for this Sunday” and Birdshooting Season”
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B The speakers in “A Lesson for this Sunday” and “Birdshooting Season” present acts of cruelty. The speakers in each poem witness these acts. With close reference to the poems, write an essay that discusses the experience of the speaker in EACH of these poems.… Read More Sample Essay – Themes in Poetry (English B) – Man’s Cruelty in ” A Lesson for this Sunday” and Birdshooting Season”
Sample Essay – Themes in Poetry: Hopes and Desires in “It is the Constant Image of Your Face” and “Dreaming Black Boy”
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B The poems ‘It is the Constant Image of Your Face’ and ‘Dreaming Black Boy’ both address the themes of confessions of hopes and desires.” Write an essay in which you discuss the theme of hopes and desires that are portrayed in EACH poem. Finally,… Read More Sample Essay – Themes in Poetry: Hopes and Desires in “It is the Constant Image of Your Face” and “Dreaming Black Boy”
Sample Essay on The theme of Dreams and Aspiration in Orwell’s “Animal Farm”
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B In the novel, the animals’ initial vision contrasts greatly with the eventual outcome. Compose an essay that delves into the animals’ aspirations on Animal Farm. Within your composition, you must explore the infrastructure that was implemented to achieve this dream and examine the use… Read More Sample Essay on The theme of Dreams and Aspiration in Orwell’s “Animal Farm”
The theme of change in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B “Change is the only constant in life.” Orwell presents the theme of change in Animal Farm. Write an essay that assesses three major changes on the farm after the rebellion. You should also discuss the impact that these changes had on the animals. In… Read More The theme of change in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
Betrayal in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B “Betrayal permeates George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ serving as a central theme that underscores the complexities of power and manipulation. Using TWO examples from the novel, write an essay that discusses the theme of betrayal. In addition, assess the way that Napoleon betrays any TWO… Read More Betrayal in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
Assess the theme of Oppression in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B Animal Farm by George Orwell is a satire on equality where animals are free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major, a wise old boar, inspires the animals to rebel against their oppressive owner, Mr. Jones. They plan a revolution to overthrow… Read More Assess the theme of Oppression in Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Essay
The theme of Deception Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” Essay
One of main themes in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” is deception. Discuss the theme as it appears in the play. In your essay, be sure to cite at least TWO different moments when deception is used and the effect that ONE type of deception has on the characters in the play. In addition, discuss the use… Read More The theme of Deception Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” Essay
Essay question and answer on Viola’s role in Shakespeare “The Twelfth Night”
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B Essay Question Viola is the protagonist of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” With close reference to the play, discuss the role of Viola and her contribution to one of the themes. You should also assess the dramatic effect that her character has in the play. Viola,… Read More Essay question and answer on Viola’s role in Shakespeare “The Twelfth Night”
Discuss the play Twelfth Night as a Comedy Essay
Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B The play Twelfth Night is a type of comedy that has a painful aspect to it. Your task is to write an essay in which you describe two different instances of comedy from the play. In your essay, you should discuss how the humor… Read More Discuss the play Twelfth Night as a Comedy Essay
Themes in “For the Life of Laetitia” by Merle Hodges Essay
This novel, despite its seemingly simple narrative, addresses a number of significant issues or themes that are prevalent in Caribbean society. The role of education and women in society One of the most important themes explored in the story is the role of education and women in society. Through Anjanee’s story, the author reveals that… Read More Themes in “For the Life of Laetitia” by Merle Hodges Essay
ENGLISH B SAMPLE QUESTION AND RESPONSE for Poetry – Love
THEME: LOVE As the exams are approaching, it is crucial to start preparing early. One of the best ways to prepare is to practice with sample questions. Practicing with sample questions will help you to identify areas where you need to focus more and reinforce what you have already learned. Additionally, you should gather all… Read More ENGLISH B SAMPLE QUESTION AND RESPONSE for Poetry – Love
Conflict – Merle Hodge “For the Life of Laetitia”
Lacey and the Community Lacey, a young girl, is facing several challenges in her life. Her Maths teacher, Mrs. Lopez, doesn’t seem to like her and makes it clear that she wasn’t wanted at the school. Lacey has already proved her talent by winning a place in a government secondary school, but Mrs. Lopez’s foreign… Read More Conflict – Merle Hodge “For the Life of Laetitia”
Disguise in the play “Anansi” by Alistair Campbell
Julie Tagg: April 03, 2027 The play explores the theme of disguise, which is portrayed by blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The protagonist, Girl, is forced to endure the cruelty of her slave owners and uses her imagination as a coping mechanism to keep her spirit alive. In one scene, she is confined… Read More Disguise in the play “Anansi” by Alistair Campbell
Personification in Alistair Campbell’s “Anansi”
Personification In this play, Girl narrates her journey from Africa and describes the river as having human qualities that carry her further and further away from her mother on its great brown back. This personification not only shows the force of nature but also highlights how Girl is helplessly separated from her birthplace. The playwright… Read More Personification in Alistair Campbell’s “Anansi”
Similes and Metaphors in Anansi by Alistair Campbell
Similes and metaphors play an important role in the play. They bring out the playwright’s perspective on the characters, highlight the key issues of the play and help the audience to better visualize the images to be conveyed. To illustrate Girl’s struggle and devise a method of survival, Woman tells her to “weave your little… Read More Similes and Metaphors in Anansi by Alistair Campbell
CSEC SBA – Outline
Julie Tagg – Think and Write for CSEC English A and B January 25, 2024 The School Based Assessment (SBA) (Paper 3/1) portfolio requires that the candidates create an individual portfolio on an issue/topic/ theme or event that is current in the society. Candidates will work in groups. The topic is selected as a group. The topic… Read More CSEC SBA – Outline
Literary Devices
A Lesson for this Sunday by Derek Walcott
The growing idleness of summer grass With its frail kites of furious butterflies Requests the lemonade of simple praise In scansion gentler than my hammock swings And rituals no more upsetting than a Black maid shaking linen as she sings The plain notes of some Protestant hosanna— Since I lie idling from the thought in… Read More A Lesson for this Sunday by Derek Walcott
Sonnet Composed Upon Westminister
Bridge, September 3, 1802 – William Wordsworth Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open… Read More Sonnet Composed Upon Westminister
Landscape Painter, Jamaica (for Albert Huie) by Vivian Virtue
I watch him set up easel, Both straddling precariously A corner of the twisted, climbing Mountain track A tireless humming-bird, his brush Dips, darts, hovers now here, now there, Where puddles of pigment Bloom in the palette’s wild small garden. The mountains pose for him In a family group Dignified, self-conscious, against the wide blue… Read More Landscape Painter, Jamaica (for Albert Huie) by Vivian Virtue
“Death, be not proud” (Holy Sonnet 10) by John Donne
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest… Read More “Death, be not proud” (Holy Sonnet 10) by John Donne
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple? I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem. I went to school there, then Durham, then here to this college on the hill above Harlem. I am… Read More Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
Analysis of Mirror by Sylvia Plath
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful ‚ The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, with speckles. I have… Read More Analysis of Mirror by Sylvia Plath
An African Thunderstorm By David Rubadiri
From the west Clouds come hurrying with the wind Turning sharply Here and there Like a plague of locusts Whirling, Tossing up things on its tail Like a madman chasing nothing. Pregnant clouds Ride stately on its back, Gathering to perch on hills Like sinister dark wings; The wind whistles by And trees bend to… Read More An African Thunderstorm By David Rubadiri
Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara
Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but that’s gone, son. Now they shake hands without… Read More Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara
West Indies, U.S.A. by Stewart Brown
Cruising at thirty thousand feet above the endless green the islands seem like dice tossed on a casino’s baize, some come up lucky, others not. Puerto Rico takes the pot, the Dallas of the West Indies, silver linings on the clouds as we descend are hall-marked, San Juan glitters like a maverick’s gold ring. All… Read More West Indies, U.S.A. by Stewart Brown
South
Kamau Brathwaite But today I recapture the islands’ bright beaches: blue mist from the ocean rolling into the fishermen’s houses. By these shores I was born: sound of the sea came in at my window, life heaved and breathed in me then with the strength of that turbulent soil. Since then I have travelled: moved… Read More South
Test Match Sabina Park
Stewart Brown Proudly wearing the rosette of my skin I strut into Sabina England boycotting excitement bravely something badly amiss. Cricket. Not the game they play at Lords, The crowd- whoever saw a crowd At a cricket match? – are caged vociferous partisans, quick to take offence. England sixty eight for none at lunch. ‘What… Read More Test Match Sabina Park
The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed her Son By Lorna Goodison
Her son was first made known to her as a sense of unease, a need to cry for little reasons and a metallic tide rising in her mouth each morning. Such signs made her know That she was not alone in her body. She carried him full term tight up under her heart. She carried… Read More The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed her Son By Lorna Goodison
This is the Dark Time, My Love
Martin Carter This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about. The shining sun is hidden in the sky Red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow. This is the dark time, my love, It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. It is the festival of… Read More This is the Dark Time, My Love
Orchids by Hazel Simmons-McDonald
I leave this house box pieces of the five-week life I’ve gathered. I’ll send them on to fill spaces in my future life. One thing is left a spray of orchids someone gave from a bouquet one who makes a ritual of flower-giving sent. The orchids have no fragrance but purple petals draw you to… Read More Orchids by Hazel Simmons-McDonald
Walcott’s Ti-Jean and His Brothers :Sample Essay questions
Additional Questions for the play
