Hi everyone,
I am setting you independent work today. There are a few tasks you need to catch up with before the end of term and I know that many of you are at different points with your work and some of you were absent for our last poetry lesson, so I would like you to find a computer and work on the following tasks today.
1. Did your mock exam highlight any areas that you feel you need to do more work on? I.e. using terminology and integrating this into your answer, structuring PEE paragraphs, knowing your context or knowing the texts in general? Use today to try and fill in these gaps in your learning.
2. Please read the end of A Heartbreaking Work, and write up some analysis of the following questions on your blogs:
- Are you as a reader satisfied with the ending of the memoir? Why/Why not?
- Why do you think Eggers chose to end the text in this way?
- Do we get a sense of the narrative coming full circle?
- How far does the ending of the text suit Eggers' idiosyncratic style? Give literary and linguistic examples.
3. In preparation for Thursday's poetry lesson, I set you all a task 2 weeks ago. This is to read 'To Autumn' by John Keats, and also to try and tap into the ideas, thoughts and feelings that inspired the Romantic poets. As well as reading and annotating the poem, I asked you all to find 1 hour (or half an hour at least) to go outside and try to appreciate your surroundings. Go and sit outside, turn off your phone and free yourself from any other distractions. Sit and take in the scene around you. Write down what you see, feel, hear and smell (and taste, if relevant), and try to find the beauty and peace in your surroundings. Be descriptive, and try to use some techniques in your observations. Bring these to class on Thursday as we will be doing more work on the Romantic period.
Today is a beautiful day, so it's a perfect opportunity for you to do Task 3.
Make sure you update your blogs
Claudia
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