Category: Writing

  • Romeo and Juliet: The Boys

    Romeo and Juliet: The Boys

    This is a sample of the scenes you wrote and presented based on Act I, Scene i of Shakespreare’s Romeo and Juliet. Everyone was successful at maintaining the nuances of the meaning of the original script while adapting it for a contemporary ‘South London’ location. It’s a far cry from Verona, but not so far…

  • Dystopian Fiction – Writers’ Workshop

    Dystopian Fiction – Writers’ Workshop

    In The Crysalids, John Wyndham created a fictional world that expressed the contemporary anxiety about the nuclear threat posed by the Cold War arms race. Told from the point of view of a naive narrator, David, The Crysalids explores the post-apocalyptic landscape of strict religion, civil conflict and extraordinary genetic mutation. This task supports students…

  • Advanced Extended Writing – Introductions and Structure

    Advanced Extended Writing – Introductions and Structure

    A presentation giving some pointers towards methods of improving the quality and sophistication of extended analytical and report writing for the students and teachers at the London Nautical School