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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.

Monday, 26 September 2011

IB English

As we focus on 'Perfume' this week and iconic 90s band Nirvana are being remembered as 'Nevermind' turns 20, here's Kurt Cobain's take on Grenouille:

A2 Communication and Culture

As you're deciding on whether or not Feminism is relevant in 2011, check out THIS article from The Guardian.

Also, listen to THIS excellent radio discussion on the topic.

Thursday, 9 June 2011

ALL SUBJECTS

CALLING ALL ENGLISH AND COMMS STUDENTS!

Your performance at A2 / IB Year 2 will benefit from a knowledge of a wide range of literary texts. For the remaining three weeks of term, film adaptations of classic texts will be shown in room 1E5 during lunchtimes.

GREAT BOOKS ON FILM!
Monday 20th / Tuesday 21st: Madame Bovary
Wednesday 22nd / Thursday 23rd: The Trial
Friday 24th / Monday 27th: Love in the Time of Cholera
Tuesday 28th / Wednesday 29th: The Handmaid’s Tale
Thursday 30th / Friday 1st: Lolita
Monday 4th / Tuesday 5th: A Picture of Dorian Grey
Wednesday 6th / Thursday 7th: Crime and Punishment

EVERY LUNCHTIME IN 1E5

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

A2 Literature



Obama is NOT Othello! Do you agree? Read THIS article which gives a very specific angle to the play's contemporary relevance.

A2 Communication & Culture

Remember to visit http://www.communicationandculture.co.uk/ as part of your revision

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

IB English

Reminder: Your review of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' is due in tomorrow (Thursday). HERE's another example of a personal review of the novel.

AS Communication & Culture

Following on from our discussion of advertising, it's worth reading the press surrounding THIS new film.