Wilfred Owen Research

Please see the websites below for contextual information about Wilfred Owen and his poem 'Dulce Et Decorum Est...'

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/305

http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html

http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen

Shakespeare Summer Reflection

As you will be continuing with preparation for your CA on Much Ado About Nothing in September, it would be good to do the following before your first lesson back:

1) Read through your quote grids, thinking about your Points and Explanations. Could you develop them further?

2) Practise writing small chunks of your essay. Try an opening/introduction. What will your conclusion look like? Plan some ideas.

3) Do some wider reading about key ideas/themes in the play and the characters of Beatrice and Benedick. See the links in previous posts.

4) The GCSE Bitesize link here is also worth looking at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamuchado/

Look at the sections on Character, Themes and Language in particular.


Have a lovely summer!

It has been a pleasure working with you all this year.

Mr Long

Shakespeare CA - Success Criteria

1. Show a clear understanding of Shakespeare's key ideas/themes and characters in the play

2. Show some clear understanding of the significance of when the play was written (context)

3. Show a clear understanding of Shakespeare's use of language and dramatic techniques

4. Use relevant and appropriate quotation effectively

Planning structure

'Much Ado About Nothing' - Key themes and ideas

Please some websites below for further reading about the play with regards to its key themes and ideas. You should try to show a 'clear understanding' of some of these in your Controlled Assessment.

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/themes.html


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamuchado/4drama_muchado_themerev1.shtml

http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/muchado.pdf


Please use the comment box here to summarise and develop your understanding of these key themes/ideas with each other once you have done some reading.

Shakespeare Comedy Conventions

Click on the links below for further reading from today's lesson on the conventions (ingredients) of Shakespearean comedy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_comedy

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/elementsofcomedy.html

Much Ado About Nothing | 2012 | Royal Shakespeare Company

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Trailer

David Tennant and Catherine Tate star in Much Ado About Nothing - Availa...

Visualisation - 'Of Mice and Men' opening

Here is Mr Long's amazing visualisation of the opening. No laughing please!

 

 





In front of a tree, there was a ray of light.

Here is the opening line we created today. Please post your story openings here or in the image 2 comment bank. Great stuff! Well done everybody!

Creative writing - Setting the scene

In class today we listened to (and read) the opening of John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' to explore how he establishes setting and character.







Creative thinking and images 2

Creative thinking and images 1

Thoughts from listening to Barber's 'Adagio for Strings'

What is 'creativity'? What does it mean to be 'creative'?

Exploring Creativity

Today we started to explore how music and images can inspire creative thinking. Please leave any comments here in response to the lesson and ideas we discussed.