Narrative Writing Tips

Mr Bruff - excellent resources

Mr Bruff

Question 4

Who's For the Game?

Who's-for-the-Game?

First World Poems

twelve-great-first-world-war-poems

Year 9 'Dulce et Decorum Est' Wifred Owen

Prezi on Setting in Dr J and Mr H

Opening paragraphs

Literatures greatest opening paragraphs

Year 10 - both my classes. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde catch up sessions - sign up on my door!

If you would like any more help/note-taking sessions/practice questions on Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, then sign up on the sheet only door for a lunch-time session. Any requests for what you want covered accepted, too! See you there!

Secrecy Essay - this is two essays merged together but an example of a Level 6 - 29/30 marks

J&H Exemplar Answers 2

Revision Podcast on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Key themes of the novella

•duality of man

•good vs evil

•repression

•friendship and loyalty

•appearances

•science/medicine.

gothic mystery

•Genre: gothic mystery

•Social and cultural background

•Published in 1868, the novel explores the dual nature of man.

•It reflects the Victorian interest in science and medicine. The nineteenth century was an age of exploration that led to the discovery of new countries and cultures, and often the behaviours observed differed from what was deemed acceptable in Victorian society. Victorians considered themselves the epitome of civilisation but what lurked beneath was at times unsavoury. Victorian notions of public and private spheres underpinned respectability – but less admirable behaviour often occurred behind closed doors. Behaviour was thus governed by surface propriety.

•Setting

•Stevenson uses the setting of London to expose different parts of the city, which represent different things – order vs chaos. Descriptions of buildings and the weather are also used to heighten tension and add to the suspense.

•Many of the novel’s key events involving Mr Hyde happen in the dark, which adds to the sense of mystery and intrigue.

Other settings – old buildings, Jekyll’s laboratory, for example, are all used to build up tension and suspense.

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

One Minute Book Review

Overview of the novella Dr J and Mr H

Overview of the novella Dr J and Mr H

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde screencast - audio of book with commentary

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Summary Themes and Characters

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Summary Themes and Characters

Private Peaceful - Chapter One - Tommo analysis

What were your first impressions of Tommo?

He seems a sensitive boy who feels strongly that he is solely responsible for his father's death. He has a loving family who are poor and have had their hardships; father's death, Big Joe and being beholden to the landowner the Colonel.

We spoke about:
foreshadowing - predicting things to come
omniscient narrator - all-knowing 
motif - a recurring theme throughout the novel

Make sure that you understand these new terms, as we will be using them in our learning.

Private Peaceful Trailer

Mr Webb's Blog

Check out Mr Webb's Blog, too!

Welcome to Hastings High School English!

This blog is to help you in your English at Hastings High School. I will post homework, notes and links  to helpful websites. If you have missed a lesson due to a trip or illness, you can see here what we have done to enable you to catch up. You can look at the Blog if you are in another teacher's class - it should still have relevant information. It is aimed mostly at year 9,10 and then year 11 next academic year as the school 'grows'.

I will be posting information on
year 9
 'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo
War Poetry
Non-Fiction Reading and Writing
Macbeth - Shakespeare
year 10
'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
Non-Fiction and Fiction analysis
Conflict Poetry
Unseen Poetry