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This is my teaching blog for classes of A Level Literature, Language & Literature, Communication & Culture and IB English. Please find regular course updates, useful links and extra resources below, or click on the name of your course for more information.

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Welcome to English and Comms @ RuTC

Welcome to the English & Comms department and thank you for finding this blog. Lit students, click HERE for book recommendations by the comedian Josie Long (one of which most of you are definitely studying this year) and Comms students should find THIS interesting.

Monday, 5 March 2012

A2 Comms

Some useful sources for your podcasts:

Shaquille
THIS is perfect
Shahina try
THIS
Bridie
HERE'S Charlie Brooker on his first festival experience
Medina click
HERE

Monday, 30 January 2012

A2 Literature

A series of relevant articles for our study of Dreams From My Father (Significantly, two of these articles are by bestselling novelists - Zadie Smith and Colm Toibin):




A2 Comms

Some more research ideas:

Serifat: HERE
Wunmi: HERE
Beth: HERE
Robyn: HERE
Gigi: HERE
Medina HERE

AS Comms and Culture

As you start to decide upon the content and style of your own audio-visual coursework piece, you might like to watch some projects from other Comms students around the country. They are easy to find on YouTube, start with this thoughtful piece on life as a female footballer: