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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by Christopher Waugh | Mar 18, 2015 | Analytical Writing, Extended Reading, Homework, Modern Texts, Reading, Resources, Teacher Presentations, Writing
Tonight's homework is to complete, on your blog, an analysis of the implications of the details Harper Lee provides about the town Maycomb. Attached is the presentation supporting your identification of these underlying ideas. Download (PPTX,...
by Christopher Waugh | Mar 2, 2015 | Analytical Writing, Extended Reading, Homework, Reading, Resources, Whiteboards, Writing
In the initial description of the courthouse we have detected a wealth of possible symbolism. Everything from the concrete pillars being too big for what they support to the rusty unreliability of the victorian clock appear to have...
by Christopher Waugh | Feb 11, 2015 | Analytical Writing, Extended Reading, Reading, Resources, Whiteboards, Writing
To Kill a Mockingbird Writing Exercise What evidence is there of Harper Lee's moral position in the text. How does she communicate this position, and to what extent is the position left to the reader to decide for themselves. Refer to one (only one) of the following...
by Christopher Waugh | Dec 7, 2014 | Assessment, Assessment Specifications, Creative Writing, Creative Writing Coursework, Exemplars, Featured, Homework, Writing
Coursework: Component 2(a): Transformation Transformation Exemplar: Roost Last Homework Outrageous fortune – Hamlet’s Soliloquy Nov 5, 2015Today's work, to be completed by the end of tomorrow is to translate the entirety of Hamlet's "to be or not to be"...