What is the most expensive object on Earth?

Click here to find out!

China in Queues

Click here for an interesting short video.

G7 - The world's worst nuclear disaster

If you were really interested by our Ray Bradbury story, why not watch this?

G10 - Act IV Qs

Have the Act IV Qs from the study pack finished by next Tuesday's class.

Also, all three of the 'missing' pieces of homework were found. Hooray!

Shakespeare Links

If you like Top Trumps, click here.
Click here for fun games.
Here's  a link to the Globe theatre.
Another gook link can be found here.

Finally, if you type 'Shakespeare' in the search bar at the top, you can find some of the older stuff that I've posted.

G7 - Literary Elements Test

The test will be on Wednesday and Thursday.
Here are the page numbers to help.

84, 220, 388, 534, 672, & 792.

G6 & G7 Literature Terms

Click here.

UK Test

Click here.

The Universe

Click here to go on a cosmic journey.

Shakespeare's Classroom

If you want to see Bill's classroom, click here.

G9 - Julius Caesar Essay

Click here for the deadline.

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Here is the link to the podcast that I mentioned last week.

Hitchens on Orwell

If you would like to read more about the context of Animal Farm, click here. 

G10 - Two Options for HW

Choose one of the below. It will be due next Tuesday, April 26th.

1. Aristotelian Antics

Write about Henry, and how you view his approach to courage. Explain the reasons he doubts himself, and the ways he seeks to overcome these fears. Also, make a similar analysis of Pistol and/or Nym.

If you want to really push yourself, use this to help find ideas.

2. Henry the Tweet

Look at the three pages of tweets that are below. You are to write te tweets that capture the first four acts of Henry V. Don't forget to include the chorus.

 

MS Inspiration Sentences

Click here.

G9 - Cicero Mondays

E-mail to me, as a .docx, before class on Monday.

10pts for the summary

20pts for the connection to Julius Caesar.

G7 - Rubric for Monday's Presentations

G6 - WTG 29 - 30

 

G7 - WTG 27 & 28

EWL Historical Fiction Timeline

Monday to Tuesday - Write

Wednesday - Peer editing

Thursday - Print and move on to next focus

G6 - Playwrights

Click here.

G7 - Description HW

Do 1-15 for homework.

G10 - Arte

After my brief foray into Arte with those odd Shakespearean soliloquies, I went back for more. Whilst procrastinating on some work over the weekend, I came across this gem. If you don't have the stamina to watch it all, start from 6' 31''.

G9 - Cicero on Friendship

Click here, and scroll down until you find VII.23. With your partner, you need to do two things:

1. Summarise the excerpt
2. Write a brief explanation of how this is relevant to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

G6 - Drama Groups

G6 - Letter to Principal Deadline

The final deadline for me to have received BOTH of the texts (letter and recommendation) is 3pm, Wednesday April 6th.

G6 - Goal HW

What are three goals that you have?

For each goal, write at least four sentences that explain why this goal is important to you.

G7 - WTG 25 & 26

 

G6 - WTG 27 & 28

G9 - Act III Qs

                                                                                                For Wednesday

EWL - Idiom Test Tomorrow

Don't do what the guy below does, study!

The Literary Present

Click here  to read.