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30 minute essay on 'No Problem' and 'The Man he Killed' collaboratively written in revision tonight (complete with typos). This uses only one quotation from 'No Problem' (the opening line) but would still access grade 7. Food for thought!

Some arty shots of year 8 yesterday

bl.uk/shakespeare/ar… May none of our students involve themselves in 'mischief following anger'. Great contextual info on witchcraft and Macbeth bl.uk/shakespeare/ar…

Update on Globe/Tate arrival time: Looks likely we will be back as early as 5pm. It's been a good traffic day. Please spread the word as many of our students' phones are out of charge...

We've all had a lovely day in London with year 8 today. Coaches loaded up with students and expected to be back at 5.30 as planned.

Romeo and Juliet workshop going down well :-)

A few more snaps of our day so far.

A little reminder of this genius complaint letter written in 2009. Worth a look at when thinking about transactional writing that stands out from the crowd.... telegraph.co.uk/travel/traveln…

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… Will be doing my utmost to work these into lessons next term. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

If you haven't seen this before you should watch it while it is available. Mainly because it is hugely important to remember Stephen and the courage of his... bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Look - rap style revision for power and conflict poetry m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3tR7L… m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3tR7L…

Some great print out and use-to-revise flashcards here for Macbeth and Jekyll and Hyde. Thanks to Luke Richardson and his blog post here:... facebook.com/77513232916622…

Here's an exemplar response to a question on Journey's End. The highlighting shows the balance you need to achieve across the various assessment objectives: Yellow= showing you understand the... facebook.com/Stbenedictseng…

Macbeth revision notes:

Choice of English Revision on Monday

Great Revision notes available here: 'An Inspector Calls is a morality play disguised as a detective thriller...' Read through and make notes @year10and11 bl.uk/20th-century-l… bl.uk/20th-century-l…

Well done Demi!

Some excellent poems from Kammy in year 7 here. This young lady has a real way with words.

ticketsource.co.uk/event/281227 A great opportunity to see (another) Macbeth at the Headgate Theatre. We have a little too much on to organise a trip to this ourselves but this would be a great idea for students in years... ticketsource.co.uk/event/281227

I posted a new video to Facebook facebook.com/Stbenedictseng…