by Christopher Waugh | May 7, 2016 | Analytical Writing, Assessment, Essay Writing, Exams, Modern Texts, Non-Fiction Reading, Online References, Resources, Video
Last Homework Homework: Touching the Void – Read Chapter 1 Jan 13, 2016 You homework, which is due Monday 18 January: Read to the end of Chapter 1 of Touching the Void Write a very short entry in your blog summarising 3 key events from this chapter and including...
by Christopher Waugh | May 6, 2016 | Analytical Writing, Assessment, Essay Writing, Exams, Extended Reading, Featured, Modern Texts, Non-Fiction Reading, Non-Fiction Reading, Novel, Reading, Worksheets, Writing
The attached sheet lists a range of page references that contain quotes rich in thematic reference and language use that is typical of the Author’s work in Touching the Void Your task is to locate these references, make a copy of the full reference and annotate them...
by Christopher Waugh | Nov 30, 2015 | Analytical Writing, Anthologies, Assessment, Assessment Specifications, Essay Writing, Reading, Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage, Whiteboards, Writing
Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage: Poetry, Hamlet and Forces Beyond our Control Download (PDF, 145KB) Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage...
by Christopher Waugh | Sep 25, 2015 | Reading, Shakespeare, Summaries, Whiteboards
Hamlet – Act 1, Scene 1 Hamlet The first stage of our Shakespeare study is under way - and our iconoclastic approach to the study of these seminal texts continues as we explore the notion that even Hamlet can fit the classification of a teenage anti-hero. The...
by Christopher Waugh | Jul 7, 2015 | Anthologies, Assessment, Conflict Anthology, Essay Writing, Exams, Exemplars, Featured, Homework, Poetry, Poetry Across Time, Reading, Writing
“Conflict” Poetry Anthology As a class we are developing an anthology of critical responses to the “conflict” poems we’re working with. These will ultimately be combined with the recordings of the poems read by heart that we’ve already created. The following...
by Christopher Waugh | Apr 21, 2015 | Analytical Writing, Extended Reading, Homework, Modern Texts, Reading, Teacher Presentations, Writing
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