The virtual hub of Mr Waugh's Year 8 Engish class
In The Chrysalids, John Wyndham created a fictional world that expressed the contemporary anxiety about the nuclear threat posed by the Cold War arms race. Told from the point of view of a naive narrator, David, The Chrysalids explores the post-apocalyptic landscape of strict religion, civil conflict and extraordinary genetic mutation. Your task is 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 […]
Now that everyone has started writing their essays, it is time for some direct feedback. I have made the undertaking that I will give detailed feedback to every student at least once BEFORE the deadline next Friday. This will allow you to take on board the advice when it matters. After that, I will simply […]
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 […]
Observed by 15 school principals, teachers and administrators from Germany, the Year 8 English class outdid themselves in their creative re-interpretations of key scenes from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. To follow are samples of their scripts and re-enactments for your reading and viewing pleasure: Sample 1: Script of a modernised version […]
Completed in 30 minutes of class time, this documentary explores the ideas that Baz Luhrmann used to interpret the original script of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his film Romeo + Juliet. To follow is the result: