All posts by Renee Plunkett

Teacher of English at Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka, New Zealand.

Tense Types

An overview of the common tense types and how to use them.

Show, Not Tell

A crash course in showing something to a reader.

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Figurative Vs. Literal Language

Exploring the difference between figurative and literal language.

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The Gatsby Essay

The final task for our Gatsby study and our first formal essay of the year.

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Essay Writing 101

Our first foray into essay writing.

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Analyzing The Great Gatsby

The close up examination of our core text which followed our first full reading.

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Exploring The Great Gatsby

This post unfolded as we read and discussed our core text, The Great Gatsby. Chapter One In this chapter, we are introduced to Nick Carraway, the man who will be narrating the story. He visits

Course Outline

Find out what is in store in this NCEA Level 1 program in 2020.