Derby High English Department

Reasons to choose an English Degree ... #alevelresultsday2019

Congratulations to our U6 English students. We are very proud of you all and wish you every success in your next steps. Remember that a good book can take you anywhere. Best wishes from, Miss R, Mrs. W and Mrs. S ⤵️

Thank you to @BumblebeeTrust for a fab morning learning all about why bees are important and what we can do to help them. Not strictly an 'English' post but perhaps #nature may inspire you to do some creative writing. Thank you to the lovely Mrs. Hough for organising it . 🐝🐝🐝

Anyone who doubts the power of reading should know there are about 20 bunny rabbits wrecking my garden and they’d be dead now if I hadn’t read Watership Down when I was 8.

@derbyhigh6th I will be asking you to speak in Old English during English meetings 😁 ...😉 👍

An example of Old English from the poem, #Beowulf. OE was spoken until about 1100. For comparison, Shakespeare's use of English was 'Early Modern'. Listen to this man reading from #Beowulf: youtu.be/7CpKlEiahtI I can't be alone in thinking it sounds wonderful, can I ? 🤔

Beowulf vanished but here it is again !

13/15 marks for this response to the 'evaluate' question. Top band response. #GCSE #EdexcelEnglishLanguage Paper 2 The candidate could have squeezed in one or two more evaluative words or phrases for 15/15. One more English exam to go for U5! 👍✍️

14/15 marks for this answer to the 'language and structure' question on #EdexcelEnglishLanguage Paper 2 #GCSE . Remember that this question is worth a lot more marks than on Paper 1 so you need to make a wide range of analytical points.

@SiobhanKBishop @Team_English1 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' and 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' due to interesting contextual parallels across different periods...they lead to interesting comparisons in terms of the subjugation of women.

Still struggling with text choices for edexcel A-level. What prose choices to people recommend and why? @Team_English1 #teamenglish #teach #english

U6 English students: great questions today! #EdexcelEnglishLiterature

@DHSMaths1 It creates meaning so perhaps a language of sorts. #pragmatics

@EnglishDHS1 PS - #language *and* #maths? Is maths not a language...? #discuss 🤓

#Language and #maths...a very long word for you! @DHSMaths1.

Free #mindmapping app which lets you add links, images and collaborate on #revision. Ideal for condensing key information and visual learning.

Many students believe learning English as a foreign language would be easier than French, German or Spanish. Take a look at this and see for yourself...it’s not! @EnglishDHS1

#Linguistics factoid. #DiscourseAnalysis (analysing conversations). Previous research by Louann Brizendine at the University of California found that women speak an average of 20,000 words daily compared to only 7,000 words for men. If so, why?

#LinguisticEvolution or annoying ? Read what @DrBrianMay has to say about using 'like' instead of 'said'. So, I was like, 'Mama, just killed a man'... And they were like, 'Bismallah, no! we will not let you go!' And I was like, 'Let me go !'😂 #GuitarLegend and #physicist 🎸

youtu.be/AkiKO7l2Pe4 How to compare anthology poems to achieve a level 8 or 9 in the GCSE Literature exam. #EdexcelEnglishLiterature #PoetryAnthology

youtu.be/0moxZ4D7iVc #Othello quote song for revision. I'm not sure if U5 will cover this in their TOTP performance next year though 😉 #ALevelEnglishLiterature #Edexcel

@DHSMaths1 @derbyhigh6th Been there! Fab place.

@EnglishDHS1 @derbyhigh6th Number 4... 😍

oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/super… @derbyhigh6th Some examples of super-curricular activities #post16 #GCSE #ALevel #UCAS