Category: Writing
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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…
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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…
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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