Poems of the Decade Conference Evaluation

Hello year 12s,


Please take a minute or two to complete this survey on the trip on Tuesday.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PoD2017Student

Thanks,


Mrs Stroud

An Interview with Benedict Cumberbatch on playing Hamlet

https://issuu.com/shakespearemagazine/docs/shakespeare_magazine_08

Poems for your End of Year exam

Hello year 12s,

 

Here is the list of poems you will need to revise for your End of Year poetry exam:

 

• A Minor Role
• An Easy Passage
• Eat Me
• Effects
• Genetics
• History
• Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn
• On Her Blindness
• The Furthest Distance I've Travelled
• The Gun

 

Good luck!

 

 

ECM Poems of the Decade Student Conference

Hello year 12s,


You can find additional information about your trip to the Poems of the Decade conference here:
https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/poems-of-the-decade-2017-emagazine-student-conference-in-partnership-with-forward-arts-foundation


You will be meeting Mr Gun-Why at Friends House at 10am.
Friends House
173-177 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ


I hope you have a lovely day out.


Mrs Stroud

Why is Gatsby Great?

Hello year 12s,


You might find this Guardian article useful:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/10/great-gatsby-fitzgerald-jay-mcinerney?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


Mrs Stroud

Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump

Hello year 12s,


I thought you might enjoy this article on the significance of The Handmaid's Tale in the age of Donald Trump.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/books/review/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-age-of-trump.html?_r=0


Do let me know what you think!


Mrs Stroud

Trips and Opportunities

Hello year 12s,


Here is a reminder of the upcoming trips and taster days:


Tuesday 13th June - Queen Mary University London
Tuesday 27th June - Poems of the Decade Conference
Tuesday 4th July - 'Hamlet'


Friday 16th June - Taster day at Royal Holloway (English and American Literature)
https://tasters.gradsintocareers.co.uk/courses/details/RH1728#
Monday 26th June - Taster day at King's College London (Liberal Arts)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/liberal/index.aspx?utm_campaign=taster%20courses&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=52555988&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91tbIfPTkKDpcPboZZAAUvvesrHfhhFNIx5M-B8nABa1e4-YeotguWv0j68jYjOCmvKGgNa1OjigU7LJX2PUgBlTK6zqKAv3L6MdcgVa9Vl6R8a5o&_hsmi=52555988


Your End of Year Exams are:
Tuesday 4th July / Wednesday 5th July - Poetry (TBC)
Thursday 6th July - Drama


Mrs Stroud