Category: TOPICS
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Macbeth Soliloquy – Hasan
As part of his class Macbeth project, Hasan learned and presented a soliloquy.
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Ibby – Romeo and Juliet Soliloquy
Ibby unlocked the Soliloquy Badge with this piece as part of his Romeo and Juliet project
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Hal’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet
As part of his class’ Romeo and Juliet Project, Hal made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Have a look at other students’ interpretations
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Crossed Paths – Film Club 2014
The London Nautical School Film Club concentrated on the art of the long take this year and after 9 months of study, practice and development, created this short film ‘essai’, demonstrating what they’d learned. Let us know what you think.
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Drama: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
As part of their Year 7 Drama programme, these students devised interpretations of scenes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Grammar for Writing – Part 2 – Noun Phrases
As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, second, presentation is an introduction to the subject of Noun Phrases. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the…
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Montel and Meshach’s Version
This film was produced in one day as part of the London Nautical School “Film in a Day” project. Using Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as their stimulus, the boys filmed an interpretation on location in London’s atmospheric South Bank. The results speak for themselves…
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Theme Study Presentation: Success
Alfie presented the findings of his Theme Investigation into the nature of success to a select group of students and parents.
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Grammar for Writing – Part 5 – Subordinate Clauses
As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, fifth, presentation is an introduction to the subject of subordinate clauses. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the…
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Year 9 Drama – Devised Tragedies
Students were given the task of devising a modern-day version of a Greek tragedy in which the hero falls from a position of greatness as a result of a tragic flaw such as greed, jealousy, ambition…
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Visualisation of the poem “Flag” by John Agard
This visualisation was created by Jack as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Flag” by John Agard. The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Harry, Jose and Lucas’ Edit
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Grammar for Writing – Part 6 – The Final Piece
As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, sixth, presentation brings the 4 weeks’ learning together and sets up the outline for the students’ final piece and its subsequent…
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Year 9 Drama – Devised Pieces
Students were given the task of devising a modern-day version of a Greek tragedy in which the hero falls from a position of greatness as a result of a tragic flaw such as greed, jealousy, ambition…
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But soft. What light…
As part of their Romeo and Juliet project, students from the London Nautical School learned and presented dramatic monologues. This is Barnaby performing the eternal “But soft…”
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Touching the Void – The Court Room Drama
As part of their preparation for the GCSE English Language Examination on Touching the Void, These students engaged in an improvised role-play set in a court of law. They explored in this context the premise that Simon Yates was being tried for manslaughter. To find out more about this class and their learning programmes, head…
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Kai Harper – Anti Hero
Kai Harper of the London Nautical School presents the results of his extended reading and viewing project on the theme of “Antihero”.
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Imagery in Poetry – Teacher Presentation
The data presentation to accompany my 30 minute demonstration lesson on the topic of “Imagery in Poetry”. Presented to the foundation level of the UCL Academy on 25 March 2013 Find all the resources here: http://www.edutronic.net/edutronic/UCL.html
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Peter and Arthur’s Interpretation of a Scene from Romeo and Juliet
As part of their class’ Romeo and Juliet Project, Peter and Arthur’s made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Have a look at other students’ interpretations
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Year 8 Debating: Should Mobile Phones be Allowed in the Classroom?
Students from the London Nautical School Year 8 English programme debated the use of mobile phones in the classroom – here is a preview of debate one.
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Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet
An explanation of what the word ‘interpretation’ means and some examples of how Baz Luhrmann has interpreted Romeo and Juliet in his film version. This will support the students in their extension work, which involves exploring the contrasts between the play and the film. The lesson sequence that this presentation fits within can be found…
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Romeo and Juliet: The Hand of Fate
Some students captured Mr Waugh presenting a 5 minute discussion on the action of Fate in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The whole learning sequence can be found here: http://waugh9.www.edutronic.net/category/reading/shakespeare/
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Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet
The presentation that accompanies a lesson introducing the process of language analysis to a Year 9 English class. In this lesson the students are shown an example of metaphor – and then are given a different excerpt from the text and asked to detect and explain the metaphor they find in it. All the lesson…
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Romeo and Juliet – Modern Interpretation
As part of their Romeo and Juliet Project, these students re-enacted a scene from the play in a more, let’s say, contemporary, context.
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Investigative Journalism – Is Mr Waugh Evil?
As part of their journalism project, students from Year 8 experimented with creating video packages of their investigation into events by questioning primary sources. More from the Journalism programme can be found here: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/journalism/
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Drama: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
As part of their Year 7 Drama programme, these students devised interpretations of scenes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Jack Daly – Anti Hero
Jack Daly presents the results of his reading and viewing theme study where he investigates the anti-hero.
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Grammar for Writing – Part 3 – Adverbials
As part of the Grammar for Writing programme, where Year 7 students from the London Nautical School are developing their own opening to a piece of Dystopian fiction, these presentations are being developed. This, third, presentation is an introduction to the subject of adverbials. For further information and the associated lesson plans, check the siteedutronic.net/edutronic/lessons.html
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Lady Macbeth – Unsex Me Here
As part of his Macbeth Project, Tobias unlocked his Soliloquy badge by learning and presenting this speech by Lady Macbeth.
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Theme Study Presentation – Remi Ojumu
Remi Ojumu presents the results of his longitudinal theme study on the topic of “Overcoming Adversity”. Find out more about this Theme Study programme by visiting his class’ site at http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/category/reading/theme-study/ or by visiting his own blog at the address remio7.student.edutronic.net/