Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage – Assessment Outline
Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage – Romeo and Juliet
Fate, Free Will and Figurative Language
Today we explored via the attached presentation, Shakespeare’s use of metaphor. The activity at the end should be completed for homework.
Homework: Act 1, Scene 4
This evening’s homework is to complete the scene summary in your book for Act 1, Scene 4 and to copy this last speech of Romeo in the scene into your book, with a line between for a translation.
Homework: Modernise Act 1 Scene 1 “The Boys”
This period we look at Romeo and Juliet as a play – examining the features of the text that are typical of what you’d expect from a play text – intended to be viewed rather than read. The attached presentation explores these features, provides a guide to annotation and contains an excerpt of a filmed interpretation to demonstrate how much of a play’s interpretation is left to the actors and director. Your...
Romeo and Juliet – The Rhythm and Language of Fate and Free Will
What better way to begin Year 11 English than with the Bard himself? We are incredibly lucky to be able to walk the same streets as Shakespeare did and here at the London Nautical we don’t take this privilege lightly. We launched our Shakespeare study today by diving straight into his language and exploring intricacies of the Prologue to the famous play Romeo and Juliet. Throughout this programme we will be reading this play as a...
Extended Writing – Practice Examination Task Outline
Monday’s examination slot is being used as an opportunity for you to practice writing a controlled assessment style essay. Attached to this post is the task outline which should allow you to prepare yourself for this session. Your practice essay will be marked and you’ll be able to use this feedback to support your formal assessment next term. To prepare: Write a bullet point outline of the structure you’re going to...
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