Metre in poetry and Shakespeare’s blank verse
Sep16

Metre in poetry and Shakespeare’s blank verse

Today we set up our books properly and put some of the work we’ve been doing on metre into action. We’re raring to go on our study of Macbeth, but this preliminary work is going to make literary scholars of us all!

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Future Dystopia
Sep01

Future Dystopia

Welcome to your new Year 8 class. Moving on for Year 7 can be a shock to the system as the pace and complexity of the work accelerates without warning. Notwithstanding this, Year 8 English is a fascinating, academically challenging and mature programme of Learning. Choosing Future Dystopia as your English programme for Year 8 will see you entering a world that bears a notable resemblance to the one we know, yet something is askew. The...

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