WORK FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 7 OCTOBER – 11 OCTOBER
Below is a table with work set for each class I teach for the week beginning 7 October. You do not need to attend my lessons or be registered. But you must do the work set. This work will be checked in the week beginning 14 October.
CLASS
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DAY
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DATE
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WORK SET
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IB 2ND YR ST
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MON
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7/10
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Must do:
Select an episode from If This is a Man – not from chapter 17 and read and
make notes on the content, presentation of Levi and the language features
used and the impact of them. An example of an episode is the women on pages
148 – 150
Should do: Take stock and think about the variety of different prose conventions and writing techniques used throughout the autobiography. What conventions strike you as the most significant and effective? What do they contribute to your understanding of the text?
Could do: Continue
your reading of the poems of Akhmatova
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THUR
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10/10
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Must do:
Select an episode from If This is a Man – not from chapter 17 and read and
make notes on the content, presentation of Levi and the language features
used and the impact of them. An example of an episode is the women on pages
148 – 150
Should do: Take
stock and think about the variety of different prose conventions and writing techniques used
throughout the autobiography. What conventions strike you as the most significant and
effective? What do they contribute to your understanding of the text?
Could do: Continue
your reading of the poems of Akhmatova
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FRI
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11/10
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Must do:
Read through 1 or 2 handouts given out on Friday 4 October and consider and
make notes on A Streetcar Named Desire in relation to the handouts you have
chosen to look at.
Could do: Continue
your reading of the plays we will be studying later on
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AS LIT with Stephen
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MON
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7/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on You Hated Spain and 55 Eltisley and be prepared to
discuss these in class next week.
Should do: Make
a list of the different language
and literary features we’ve discussed in the poems we’ve studied so far.
Consider the impact or affect these have on a reader. Check the glossary on
the teaching blog to help you do this. http://davidsteachingblogone.blogspot.co.uk/p/key-words-and-phrases.html. Also read the article on this website http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/cambridgeauthors/hughes-student-writing-st-botolphs-review.
Could do: Continue
to read the poems from the anthology widely and make notes as you go in
preparation for class discussion
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THUR
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10/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on You Hated Spain and 55 Eltisley and be prepared to
discuss these in class next week.
Should do: Make
a list of the different language
and literary features we’ve discussed in the poems we’ve studied so far.
Consider the impact or affect these have on a reader. Check the glossary on
the teaching blog to help you do this. http://davidsteachingblogone.blogspot.co.uk/p/key-words-and-phrases.html. Also read the article on this website http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/cambridgeauthors/hughes-student-writing-st-botolphs-review
Could do: Continue
to read the poems from the anthology widely and make notes as you go in
preparation for class discussion
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AS LIT with Jamie
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MON
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7/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on You Hated Spain and 55 Eltisley and be prepared to
discuss these in class next week.
Should do: Make
a list of the different language
and literary features we’ve discussed in the poems we’ve studied so far.
Consider the impact or affect these have on a reader. Check the glossary on
the teaching blog to help you do this. http://davidsteachingblogone.blogspot.co.uk/p/key-words-and-phrases.html. Also read the article on this website http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/cambridgeauthors/hughes-student-writing-st-botolphs-review
Could do: Continue
to read the poems from the anthology widely and make notes as you go in
preparation for class discussion
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FRI
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11/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on You Hated Spain and 55 Eltisley and be prepared to
discuss these in class next week.
Should do: Make
a list of the different language
and literary features we’ve discussed in the poems we’ve studied so far.
Consider the impact or affect these have on a reader. Check the glossary on
the teaching blog to help you do this. http://davidsteachingblogone.blogspot.co.uk/p/key-words-and-phrases.html. Also read the article on this website http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/cambridgeauthors/hughes-student-writing-st-botolphs-review
Could do: Continue
to read the poems from the anthology widely and make notes as you go in
preparation for class discussion
|
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AS LIT with Kay
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MON
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7/10
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Must do:
Complete the homework set last week ready to hand in on Monday 14 October in
class.
Should do:
Conside, annotate and make notes on 2 or 3 of the highlighted topics in the
homework looking at other scenes we have studied in class.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on the play
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WED
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9/10
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Must do:
Complete the homework set last week ready to hand in on Monday 14 October in
class.
Should do:
Consider, annotate and make notes on 2 or 3 of the highlighted topics in the
homework looking at other scenes we have studied in class.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on the play.
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A2 LANG LIT with Kay
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WED
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9/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on the poem Follower by Seamus Heaney. Focus on the
presentation of Heaney’s father and Heaney himself. Comment on the
relationship between father and son. What similarities and differences can
you find between this poem and Digging. Also note the different language and
literary techniques Heaney uses to communicate his ideas. We will use these
notes for our class discussion in the week beginning 14 October.
Should do: Write
2 or 3 analytical paragraphs and or comparative analytical paragraphs using
this poem and Digging.
Could do:
Continue reading poems from the anthology.
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FRI
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11/10
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Must do:
Read and make notes on the poem Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney. Focus your
attention on the presentation of Heaney and the other members of his family.
Also note the different language and literary techniques Heaney uses to
communicate his ideas. We will use these notes for our class discussion in
the week beginning 14 October.
Should do:
Write 2 or 3 analytical paragraphs and or comparative analytical paragraphs
comparing the presentation of Heaney’s father using this poem and Follower.
Could do:
Continue reading poems from the anthology.
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A2 LIT with Jon
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TUE
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8/10
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Must do:
Homework – write four analytical paragraphs presenting the character of Lear
in the first 3 Acts of the play – or up to the point we have covered in
class. Deadline 16 October
Should do:
Look back over the play so far and identify scenes, passages or quotations
that refer specifically to the three concepts we discussed in class. These
concepts are; nature, nothing and madness. Comment on the presentation of
these concepts in the play so far.
Could do: Continue
reading and making notes on scenes 5, 6 & 7
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WED
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9/10
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Must do:
Homework – write four analytical paragraphs presenting the character of Lear
in the first 3 Acts of the play – or up to the point we have covered in
class. Deadline 16 October
Should do:
Look back over the play so far and identify scenes, passages or quotations
that refer specifically to the three concepts we discussed in class. These
concepts are; nature, nothing and madness. Comment on the presentation of
these concepts in the play so far.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on scenes 5, 6 & 7
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AS LANG LIT with Lucy
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TUE
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8/10
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Must do:
Read over scene 3 and carefully annotate and make notes on the presentation
of Stanley, Stella, Mitch and Blanche. What motivates what they say and how
they behave?
Should do:
Read scene 4 carefully. Comment on Blanche’s long speech to Stella. What prompts
her to speak in this way? What is she hoping to achieve here? How does Stella
respond to this speech? Note Stanley’s entrance and short dialogue with
Stella at the end of the scene. Comment on the significance of Stella’s
reaction to Stanley’s appearance? What if anything has changed?
Could do:
Continue reading the play and make notes as you read.
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THUR
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10/10
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Must do:
Read over scene 3 and carefully annotate and make notes on the presentation
of Stanley, Stella, Mitch and Blanche. What motivates what they say and how
they behave?
Should do:
: Read scene 4 carefully. Comment on Blanche’s long speech to Stella. What
prompts her to speak in this way. What is she hoping to achieve here? How
does Stella respond to this speech? Note Stanley’s entrance and short
dialogue with Stella at the end of the scene. Comment on the significance of
Stella’s reaction to Stanley’s appearance? What if anything has changed?
Could do:
Continue reading the play and make notes as you read.
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A2 LIT with Clare
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WED
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9/10
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Must do:
Homework – write four analytical paragraphs presenting the character of Lear
in the first 3 Acts of the play – or up to the point we have covered in
class. Deadline 18 October
Should do:
Look back over the play so far and identify scenes, passages or quotations
that refer specifically to the three concepts we discussed in class. These
concepts are; nature, nothing and madness. Comment on the presentation of
these concepts in the play so far.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on scenes 5, 6 & 7
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FRI
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11/10
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Must do:
Homework – write four analytical paragraphs presenting the character of Lear
in the first 3 Acts of the play – or up to the point we have covered in
class. Deadline 18 October
Should do:
Look back over the play so far and identify scenes, passages or quotations
that refer specifically to the three concepts we discussed in class. These
concepts are; nature, nothing and madness. Comment on the presentation of
these concepts in the play so far.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on scenes 5, 6 & 7
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AS LIT with Jerome
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WED
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9/10
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Must do:
Complete the homework set last week ready to hand in on Wednesday 16 October
in class.
Should do:
Conside, annotate and make notes on 2 or 3 of the highlighted topics in the
homework looking at other scenes we have studied in class.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on the play
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THUR
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10/10
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Must do:
Complete the homework set last week ready to hand in on Wednesday 16 October in
class.
Should do:
Conside, annotate and make notes on 2 or 3 of the highlighted topics in the
homework looking at other scenes we have studied in class.
Could do:
Continue reading and making notes on the play
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