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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde assessment

Year 9, I know you found some of the questions on the novella difficult today – I suggest that you go on-line to reread the chapter called Incident of the Letter again (this is chapter 5.) You will be retelling… Continue Reading →

Romeo and Juliet – The Prologue and its purpose.

Last week we translated the prologue as a class and considered the question ‘Why does Shakespeare tell us the ending at the beginning?’ Ebeneezer made the well-observed comment that it forces the audience to react differently to the play. We… Continue Reading →

Romeo and Juliet – Initial discussions

This week we have started to delve into Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’.  The first task you approached with gusto was galloping around the classroom to the rhythm of iambic pentameter.  We established the natural rhythm and then went on… Continue Reading →

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