Christmas Holiday Homework

Hello year 13s,


I have really enjoyed discussing the first half of 'Hamlet' with you this half term. Your homework over Christmas is to answer the following essay question (in your essay books please).


Why does Hamlet find it difficult to revenge his [father's] foul and most unnatural murder?


You will find a PowerPoint to help you out if you follow the link below.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiSkw1c25BQ05tdm8/view?usp=sharing


You will also need to re-read Frankenstein and The Handmaid's Tale to prepare for your lessons with Mr Gun-Why next half term.


Thank you for all your hard work this term on your coursework.


Merry Christmas!


Miss Ryall

Please use this template to submit the next draft of your assessment.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiVjh1RUYzNXRiYUk/view?usp=sharing

'A Streetcar Named Desire' - Young Vic Production

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B03INY9QozOhNkpMVmhEQXYzU0U?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4634361845

Coursework - Critical Theory

Liberal Humanism
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiUXhJTWZOWllBRDg/view?usp=sharing
Feminism
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfibUJXYi02dnNudWc/view?usp=sharing
Marxism
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakficGE2d1prRW5xTE0/view?usp=sharing
New Historicism
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiZkxaQlR3ZmczRk0/view?usp=sharing
Psychoanalysis
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiVEJSVXBtMTYtdmM/view?usp=sharing

Mock Exams

Hello year 13s,


As promised, I have put the links below to my copy of 'Poems of the Decade' and the teacher guidance notes from the exam board. Please use both of these resources as a starting point to build on your own knowledge of the poems.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiSnRab3g5alI2R1k/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiRXFvcGhTeTlxRGs/view?usp=sharing


Below is the list of poems you are required to study from the collection:

Poem	Poet
Eat Me	Patience Agbabi
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass	Simon Armitage
Material	Ros Barber
Inheritance	Eavan Boland
A Leisure Centre is Also a Temple of Learning	Sue Boyle
History	John Burnside
The War Correspondent	Ciaran Carson
An Easy Passage	Julia Copus
The Deliverer	Tishani Doshi
The Map Woman	Carol Ann Duffy
The Lammas Hireling	Ian Duhig
To My Nine-Year-Old Self	Helen Dunmore
A Minor Role	U A Fanthorpe
The Gun	Vicki Feaver
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled	Leontia Flynn
Giuseppe	Roderick Ford
Out of the Bag	Seamus Heaney
Effects	Alan Jenkins
The Fox in the National Museum of Wales	Robert Minhinnick
Genetics	Sinéad Morrissey
From the Journal of a Disappointed Man	Andrew Motion
Look We Have Coming to Dover!	Daljit Nagra
Fantasia on a Theme of James Wright	Sean O’Brien
Please Hold	Ciaran O’Driscoll
You, Shiva, and My Mum	Ruth Padel
Song	George Szirtes
On Her Blindness	Adam Thorpe
Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn	Tim Turnbull

Your mock exam is on Monday 28th November at 9am.
Paper 1 - 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 1hr15mins
Paper 3 - unseen poetry and 'Poems of the Decade' 1hr15mins


There will be a mock exam revision session this Thursday at 3.45 in room L108. I will upload your 'speed dating' poems this week - watch this space.


Miss Ryall

Unseen Poetry Revision

Hello year 13s,


Here are the two documents I promised this lesson. Please read the advice on answering unseen poetry questions before tomorrow's lesson. You will be at a disadvantage without this background understanding.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiREdzZC1McXFIdDg/view?usp=sharing


Here is an example of a good response to an unseen poetry question. I have annotated it to show you why it is good.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByjTQpSbakfiQUtBbjVzQ2NBMm8/view?usp=sharing


Please don't forget that your coursework (second draft) is due this Thursday in Mr Gun-Why's lesson. You can book an appointment to see me before this date to discuss your progress.


See you tomorrow.
Miss Ryall

RSC's 'Hamlet'

Hello year 13s,


Thank you for spending your morning in the library with us today to watch the live broadcast of 'Hamlet' from the Royal Shakespeare Company. I hope it gave you a different perspective on the text and helped you to understand the relationships and themes being portrayed. I was particularly impressed by those of you who read along for the entire performance and asked for clarification when things got confusing. Well done! I thought the choice of setting to enhance the theme of the supernatural was particularly interesting and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the production in our lessons next week.

Have a nice weekend,


Miss Ryall