Advice to students who are working on their Romeo and Juliet project on how to prepare for their essay on fate.
Alfie presented the findings of his Theme Investigation into the nature of success to a select group of students and parents.
Mark presented the findings of his Theme Investigation into the human soul to a select group of students and parents.
Our Year 7 Class have been exploring the use of figurative language in the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This is a teacher presentation designed to support this analysis.
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…”
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/
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/
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, seventh, presentation brings the 4 weeks’ learning together and sets up the outline for the students’ ‘expert group’ session on annotation and evaluation. For further information, samples of the students’ work and the associated lesson plans, check the site http://chris.edutronic.net/professional-journal/learning-resources/grammar-for-writing-dystopian-openings-outline/
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.
Chris Lewis discusses his investigation into the idea of communism through the viewing of some iconic films
Jack Daly presents the results of his reading and viewing theme study where he investigates the anti-hero.
Kai Harper of the London Nautical School presents the results of his extended reading and viewing project on the theme of “Antihero”.