Hello and welcome to Wemmick's Postbox!
This blog is designed to give you access to a treasure-trove of resources and intellectual curiosities to help you prepare for your GCSEs in English Language and English Literature (AQA).
Why 'Wemmick's Postbox'? In Great Expectations, Mr Wemmick is one of many memorable characters. His face is described as being 'square' and 'wooden', and his mouth was 'such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling.'
At home however, in his 'castle' at Walworth, his wooden, angular features soften and relax. His home, complete with gun battery and drawbridge, is his protection from the outside world and the harshness of London. Inside, he keeps a collection of curiosities which he has claimed as his 'portable property' from London's many rogues and criminals. Wemmick ends up being Pip's guide when it comes to navigating his course through London and its world of crime, poverty, wealth and privilege.
Like Dickens' London, your new GCSEs can be an overwhelming, dizzying place to be. You'll have lots to learn, lots to remember and lots to get your head around. And if you think you've worked hard this year, wait until Y11! But we're here to help...
So, this blog is here to:
1) Give you a Walworth of your own to come to when you need extra support in GCSE English
2) Keep drip-feeding you with extras: articles, links, resources - and all manner of curiosities to help make you a better English student.
3) Provide you with guidance and revision tips in pursuit of your own great expectations.
We'll be adding resources and writing posts over the coming weeks and months. Please keep checking us out.
The best way to keep up to date is to:
a) pop your email address into the 'follow by email' box on the right of the page for email alerts when new posts are added
b) follow us on Twitter
c) bookmark us
We hope you will find this blog useful.
Mr M
PS. A disclaimer - at no point in Great Expectations is Wemmick's mouth referred to as a postbox. It's always 'the post' or 'the post-office'. It adds to the idea that he uses it to correspond with clients in a distant, detached and business-like way.
But forgive me for misquoting - postbox just sounds better.
PPS. If you didn't get the metaphor:
This blog is designed to give you access to a treasure-trove of resources and intellectual curiosities to help you prepare for your GCSEs in English Language and English Literature (AQA).
Why 'Wemmick's Postbox'? In Great Expectations, Mr Wemmick is one of many memorable characters. His face is described as being 'square' and 'wooden', and his mouth was 'such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling.'
At home however, in his 'castle' at Walworth, his wooden, angular features soften and relax. His home, complete with gun battery and drawbridge, is his protection from the outside world and the harshness of London. Inside, he keeps a collection of curiosities which he has claimed as his 'portable property' from London's many rogues and criminals. Wemmick ends up being Pip's guide when it comes to navigating his course through London and its world of crime, poverty, wealth and privilege.
Like Dickens' London, your new GCSEs can be an overwhelming, dizzying place to be. You'll have lots to learn, lots to remember and lots to get your head around. And if you think you've worked hard this year, wait until Y11! But we're here to help...
So, this blog is here to:
1) Give you a Walworth of your own to come to when you need extra support in GCSE English
2) Keep drip-feeding you with extras: articles, links, resources - and all manner of curiosities to help make you a better English student.
3) Provide you with guidance and revision tips in pursuit of your own great expectations.
We'll be adding resources and writing posts over the coming weeks and months. Please keep checking us out.
The best way to keep up to date is to:
a) pop your email address into the 'follow by email' box on the right of the page for email alerts when new posts are added
b) follow us on Twitter
c) bookmark us
We hope you will find this blog useful.
Mr M
PS. A disclaimer - at no point in Great Expectations is Wemmick's mouth referred to as a postbox. It's always 'the post' or 'the post-office'. It adds to the idea that he uses it to correspond with clients in a distant, detached and business-like way.
But forgive me for misquoting - postbox just sounds better.
PPS. If you didn't get the metaphor:
- You are Pip
- We are Wemmick
- Your English GCSE course is London.
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