YEAR 13 Monday 13th Feb 2017.

Today's session contained a feedback to the quality of the last set of essays and considered possible content for the essay question:
'POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROTEST WRITING SHOWS THAT, IF PEOPLE ARE TO EFFECT CHANGE, THEY NEED TO GROUP TOGETHER.'
To what extent is this true of HARD TIMES?

HOMEWORK: I expect this essay to be handed to me after half-term. I also expect students to read ALL the poetry of Tony Harrison and synthesise the HARRISON resources posted elsewhere on this blog.
http://becuriouslit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/year-13-monday-6th-feb-2017.html
http://becuriouslit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/year-12-27th-june-16.html

YEAR 12 LITERATURE JAN 2017...

The mocks are over and we rush forth inside Shakespeare's OTHELLO. The aim of the sessions throughout January was to familiarise students with this fantastic play. Here are some resources for students to digest:
The Tragedy resource. This is the definition of dramatic tragedy. It's ace. Synthesise the content:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSr6mP-zxUc
OTHELLO resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoCIwJn9Ic
Ewan McGregor talks about playing Iago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dF921GLl7g
Is Othello a racist play?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcmVH8vqZw
The role of Othello:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNOd1tUaaw

HOMEWORK: Before our lesson on Tuesday 7th Feb, students should have read/watched/listened to the first THREE ACTS of the play.

YEAR 13 Monday 6th Feb 2017.

The Poll Tax riot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o98_hia8tA
Ken Loach and Orgreave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO2hoGW2mLM
The Miners and the 84/85 Strike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzwATFfA1Lo
The Battle of Orgreave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jH53e6_jQ

Today's session was an introduction to Tony Harrison and the session explored the historical context of the Thatcher moment. This was a time of incredible social division and students need to be aware of the conflict that inspired Harrison's V poem. Click on link below to access resources linked to TONY HARRISON. These resources will inform your reading.:
http://becuriouslit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/year-12-27th-june-16.html

HOMEWORK: READ V and read Gray's ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. Students must be familiar with the similarities between this famous 18th Century poem and Harrison's 20th Century version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G76uhV4QIY4