The virtual hub of Mr Waugh's Year 8 Engish class
On Tuesday the 24th of March, 2013, the London Nautical School Year 8 class presented a 30 minute live programme of investigative journalism. It consisted of a live video stream, two radio streams and a range of newspaper articles. You can still read the articles and listen to the radio archive via the following links: […]
Investigative Assignment One: Thursday 7 February 2013 In your crews of 2-3 technicians and journalists, select your investigative inquiry: An internal inquiry into an area of controversy or public interest within the London Nautical School Remember: you must pursue a question that allows the sourcing of information from primary sources Decide whether you’re going to […]
As part of their Romeo and Juliet project, some students submitted film interpretations of the original Shakespearian script. Here are some samples of what we saw: Hal’s Interpretation Elliott’s Interpretation Barnaby, Alistair and Bruke’s Interpretation Peter and Arthur’s Interpretation
Later this term the Year 8 English Bunker will be transformed into a thriving, adrenaline-filled newsroom. Those of you who follow the Year Plan will already be expecting this development. British journalism has reached a crisis. Big business has a stranglehold on the mainstream media, and the Guardian has made a massive miss-step with its latest […]
Included in these slides are some starter ideas for the answering of the two included essay questions. The essay writing officially starts on Monday, and the students will have 3 classroom periods and 2 weeks of homework time to complete their project, of which this essay is a major component. The word limit for the […]
You must select 3 options from the following grid – you must all do the analytical essay, but can choose freely from the other options. The more granular detail: times, word counts etc, will be defined soon, but for the time being you should be thinking about which of the options best suits your way […]