Y12 Pride and Prejudice Timelines

Take a look at this site to make your Pride and Prejudice timelines. Make sure you have AT LEAST a dozen events on it. You can even embed it on your blog, if you can figure it out. Make sure that we are going to be able to see it this Friday.

If you have not already read it, get to it quick!

Y12 Heloise and Abelard

More on their story.

Heloise and Abelard

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Y12/13 Marlowe

Marlowe was a contemporary of Shakespeare who was hugely popular in his time. He's also one of my favourite characters from history thanks to the strange stories and conspiracies surrounding him.

You will need a decent working knowledge of Marlowe for next year. Start at teh fountain of knowledge that is wikipedia.

Y12: lesson journal

Thank you all for your hard work in today's lessons. I realise that some of the things we were doing were quite difficult, but I felt you all coped really well with it. If some things are still not clear, try explaining them in your lesson journal (i.e. your blog) and see if anything becomes clearer. If not, please say and I'll try to help you out. Overall, things will probably become clearer when we start looking at the text properly (If you haven't already read The Kite Runner, I advise you get started pretty quick as we will not be reading all of it in class together).

As this is going to be your first entry in your Lesson Journal, I'll give you a quick run down of some of the activities we did today (If you are not yet doing so, I advise you start taking your own notes in lessons to help you remember).

Sequence
1. Pictures in different orders
2. Looking at Memento and Time Traveler's Wife extracts
3. Looking at The Secret History extract
4. 4 places from which to start a Crime narrative.
5. Reading of Digging to America extract
6. Summaries of The Interpretation of Murder, On Chesil Beach and Brave New World

Remember: You don't have to write about each part of the lessons! What I want from this activity is for you to be able to process some of the thoughts you might have had in today's lessons and for me to be able to see what those thoughts are in order to help and stretch you in future lessons.

How you write down your thoughts is up to you. It could be in chronological order, or it could just be an exploration of one individual idea that you found of particular interest. And please: don't be dull in your responses; say something interesting. Be creative. (It can be informal; just don't write it in text-speak - that's not going to help you with your written expression! (AO1))

Looking forward to seeing your responses!

Ssssssssssuper.

Y12 Your Mission

This summer, you will need to read the three main texts (Doctor Faustus, Dracula, The Bloody Chamber).

As you do so you will need to keep a journal of your thoughts, in order to help you actively reflect on what it is you are reading.

I would expect at least six or seven posts over the summer. Although these do not have to be evenly spread out, I would insist that they are genuine - please do not make them up in hindsight.

I would recommend that you post before you start each book and talk a little about your expectations of the text, what you have heard about it that interests you or, conversely, what might make you apprehensive about reading it.

I would also ask that you post at some point before you finish the text and say what you are finding good or difficult about it.

Oh, and it goes without saying that I would expect you to say something once you have finished the text - did it live up to the hype? What worked or what, in your opinion, didn't? Did any characters stand out to you? Were any events you read about strangely significant to the story?

Please don't forget to look at and comment on each other's blogs - that's why I insisted you follow them.

That's all for now.

Have a super summer.

P.S. Have a look at Frankenstein, if you find the time - wonderful story.