What Do You Think?

Jean-Jaques Rousseau wrote, '“ Man is born free; and is everywhere in chains.” Post your thoughts below.

Year 9 Romantic Poetry

Year 9. Your homework tonight is to read the article on poetry by Carol Ann Duffy here. Post a comment giving your opinion on what she says.

Year 10 - GCSE Paper 2 - Poetry From Different Cultures

The mock GCSE exam for year 10 will take place at the end of June. In order to prepare for this you need to make sure you are familiar with the requirements of both exam papers. This week we are focussing on Paper 2: you will be asked to write an essay comparing 2 poems and to produce a piece of descriptive writing.

To prepare for this your first H/W this week is to read the two examples of A/A* poetry essays and post a comment below to show that you have read them. You can access both essays by clicking here.

Poetry becoming more popular

Poet Laureate Carol Anne Duffy argues that poetry is 'on the up' amongst young people who, in her view, 'make the best poets.' Read the full Telegraph article here

Year 12 - Plato's Cave Allegory

A useful summary and animation of Plato's cave allegory in 'The Republic'. This may aid your understanding and interpretation of Tennyson's 'Lady of Shallot'.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: An adaptation in clay from Michael Ramsey on Vimeo.