Advice to students who are working on their Romeo and Juliet project on how to prepare for their essay on fate.

A set of questions to support the metacognitive analysis of The Lost Thing by Shawn Tan according to the principles set by the King’s college “Let’s Think in English” programme.

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 over to waugh11.www.edutronic.net/ for their class blog and links to the individual students’ work.

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/

This visualisation was created by Soren as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Belfast Confetti” by Stevie Smith

The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

 

 

This visualisation was created by Kamrul as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Hawk Roosting”

The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

This visualisation was created by Alex as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Come On, Come back” by Stevie Smith.

The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

The students were given 30 minutes to find a location, script and record a modern interpretation of a self-selected scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This is what happened…

Find out more: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/shakespeare/

As part of her class’ Romeo and Juliet ProjectEmily made this filmed interpretation of a scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Have a look at other students’ interpretations

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

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 here: http://waugh8.www.edutronic.net/category/shakespeare/

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/

The students of a London Nautical School Year 7 English class spent much of the year working independenty on their “Reading Passports”. This is a film of excerpts from the presentations they devised based on thoughts that arose from this wide reading programme.

Michelle Cannon, film in education theorist and researcher extraordinaire, put together this video capturing moments of the Film in a Day project – a collaboration between The London Nautical School, The Institute of Education and the British Film Institute. To see the films the boys made and their commentary, check their class site at nauticalf7.wordpress.com/ and to read more from a pedagogical point of view, Michelle’s site is a goldmine of reason and an exhortation to put these ideas into action:fashioningandflow.wordpress.com/

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This visualisation was created by Luke as part of his initial approach to the poem, “The Right Word” by Imtiaz Dharker

The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

You can also hear the poem

This visualisation was created by Angus as part of his initial approach to the poem, “Belfast Confetti” by Cairan Carson.

The lesson materials surrounding this work can be found here: http://waugh11.www.edutronic.net/interpret-in-images/

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