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Evil cackles, gruesome ghouls and violent battles have been the subject of our lessons this week. What really makes a monster? What are the metaphorical monsters that plague us? Is violence in literature acceptable? These are just some of the… Continue Reading →
In the last two lessons we have explored how to perform ‘Beowulf’ through frozen physical pictures (tableaux). We considered why this was important: because it was from a useful tool to help us understand the story because it made the… Continue Reading →
Today we explored the idea of what a quotation was and when we would use this in English. It was a challenge trying to figure it all out but we got there in the end! We decided that a quotation… Continue Reading →
Today we had fun considering what made an hero. You came up with some fantastic heroic qualities and I was moved by the amount of you who stated that your parents were your heroes. I was also impressed with the… Continue Reading →
So today we started thinking about our first text – ‘Beowulf’ and we discussed what makes an epic story. We even created our own epic story in the oral tradition of story telling – there were monsters, zombies and three… Continue Reading →
There was some excellent work today and some of you managed to get your name on the tick list – well done! Those of you who didn’t make it this time, don’t worry – you have plenty of lessons to… Continue Reading →
Welcome Year 7
Sticky postHello Year 7 and welcome to your blog. I hope that you will enjoy visiting this blog and using it to keep up with what we are studying and your homework. I will also use the blog as a venue… Continue Reading →