Calling all English students!

This is where you will find help and resources for all your English (and drama) needs!

I will title all of the blog posts with your class name, so you know which posts to look at. There will be general help available for you as well, so explore any post.

This will help you strive towards and beyond your target grades - but remember - it's all down to you in the end!

Happy blogging! Mrs J x

Thursday 24 February 2011

My lovely Yr 11s!...

Why do I only have Ryan and Mario's peel points?! Come on! How will you know if you can do it?! Only trying to help yo remember!!! I expect to see more on the lord of the flies page! Thank you darlin's!!! Mrs J x

Friday 18 February 2011

Jess Mutti

Hi Jess, completely forgot to give you your reference! Please forgive me!!! I've posted it to your home address to make up for it!!! You should get it Monday- hope that's in time?! When is your college interview? Mrs J x

Sunday 6 February 2011

11 lit - For Josh and any other year 11 who is getting in my good books and studying at home!

http://www.zbths.org/165310818145034323/lib/165310818145034323/_files/LOTF.pdf

This link will lead you to the Lord of the Flies book online - if you haven't finished chapter three by next lesson, we will leave you behind! BE WARNED! I will also post the link on the LOTF page too - just wanted to make sure you would see it as soon as you logged onto the blog!

Enjoy! Mrs J x

Thursday 3 February 2011

11 lit - Lord of the Flies - part 2 extract...

11cDr - change of plan!

We are going to leave 'Dice House' for a few weeks and come back to it - so you are working on that on the run up to the external examiner coming in. Everything you have done still counts but we are going to put it down and pick it back up again later - the main reason for this, is because I can't rely on full classes after the Easter hols! You will have exams and practicals in other subjects - I've spent a day studying unit 1 and am pretty sure we can get through it and out the other side in 7, maybe 8 lessons! I hope to be back tomorrow, so we will make a start - if we don't your unit 2 efforts will be wasted, as we will not have time to go back and do unit 1! Heads down, and we can manage it - I PROMISE! See you in morning - hopefully - you best go easy though! As only one of my legs works!!! Mrs J x

11cDr - Unit 1 stimulus

Wednesday 2 February 2011

Year 11 lit - Lord of the Flies extracts...

I haven't worked out how to post videos on your pages yet - so they will have to go on the home page for now! Watch these tomorrow - especially if you are in the classroom and not a computer room! Mrs J x




Today's classes...

Mrs Bernard just rang me to tell me how wonderful you all were today - thank you so much! It makes me feel so much better that you will all be good and make me proud, even though I'm not there! It's your way of looking after me! At this rate I'll be better in no time! Hope to be back Friday so hang on in there and keep up your hard work! Mrs J x

To all and anyone!...

You ok today? Mrs J x

How you all doing?!

Feel so useless not being there to help you! Someone keep me posted how you are- let me know you're not wasting this time. If I could be there I would, but need you lot to keep working away! Mrs J x

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Period 5- 9yen2...

Hey you lot! Sorry to be off but you can cope without me for today and I'll be back tomorrow- please make me proud and show the staff covering how wonderful you are please! I can't wait to read your letters that you wrote yesterday! If you need time to finish them off today then you can. New jobs for you to get your teeth stuck into- do these in any order: design a DVD case and film poster to advertise the film version of Animal Farm, pretend you are your favorite character, write a diary entry of your thoughts and feelings about major dying and things at the farm changing! Good luck and be as good as you always are! Mrs J x

Period 4- 10yen2...

Sorry I'm not there. Please make me feel like I can trust you. I know you won't let me down! I want you to rewrite (as script) a conversation between characters - remember your groups from last lesson! And act out - sensibly, or you will not have fun lessons when I get back, for at least a week! Perform at the end of the lesson and get ready to show me next lesson- if you are not in the mood to act you can choose from these two tasks: 1. Draw and label with quotes, the setting of the opening- either the river or the bunk house. 2. Create comic strip of novel so far- what could happen next do you think? Mrs J x

Period 2 Yr11 English...

Missing you yr 11 but will be no good to you today! Will rest and be back Thursday; promise! Hoping you are now in a computer room and so can email and post anything you might need help with, if not you will need to do your best for me- I know you won't let me down! This won't hurt anyway: it will give you a chance to see that you need me less and less now- you have the skills to study and analyze any literature! Books are in my room and I've posted a link to the book online- copy and paste quotes! (oh yeah!) I need you to put together a literary case study on the novel: images, quotes, themes, hist/soc/cult etc. And post it on the blog for me to mark your understanding and analysis- use exam questions to guide you in your study- they will be on your joint page for you in a sec! This will be ongoing, so don't think it's pointless cover work- you do NEED to do it! If you want to do short stories instead, you can, just apply this guidance. Success= electronic presentation of study, include Todorov, exam questions, quotes, etc. Show how much you know, questions about things you don't and what this novel teaches you about social order! If you can't get computer room, do it by hand for now- no moaning please! Use prezi - sign up for free, or use ppt and upload to slideshare- send me link and I will embed on the blog. See your joint pages for help and an example. Oh my goodness- can talk forever even on this! Mrs J x

Period 1- yr 11 drama... I need a volunteer to read this out in a 'Ull accent please?!

Sorry I can't be here today my star drama class! I miss nagging, I mean teaching, you!!! Please don't waste this lesson, your external examiner has been booked and you need to impress him! Get rehearsing Dice House! Will be there next lesson and can't wait to see them! Production team- ork together please! No wandering James and George! Joe- BEHAVE for me please, remember you were going to work with Ash and Ollie, don't mess them about! Also you will need the book to find an extract no one else is using. Good luck you lot and perform your heart out! Perform at the end of the lesson and help each other out to get yourself at your best. Email me on ajohnson5tr7@nsix.org.uk any time today, or post on the blog- will check all day in case you need anything and will help from home if I can. Make me proud in front of other staff please, like you have before. Mrs J x

Luke L, 11 media studies...

Hey u, your mock media grade is B and your prediction is a merit in Btec extended certificate in creative media production. Hope you get this as Mrs Bernard said you need it for interview tomorrow. Good luck! Knock 'em dead! Can someone let Luke know this msg is on here, in case he doesn't see it please? Mrs J x