VIDEO: The Boys
This is a sample of the scenes you wrote and presented based on Act I, Scene i of Shakespreare’s Romeo and Juliet. Everyone was successful at maintaining the nuances of the meaning of the original script while adapting it for a contemporary ‘South London’ location. It’s a far cry from Verona, but not so far at all from Shakespeare’s own turf, after all.
Fate, Free Will & Figurative Language
This presentation explores references to fate and the use of figurative language in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Treading the Boards: Act I, Scene 1
This period we look at Romeo and Juliet as a play – examining the features of the text that are typical of what you’d expect from a play text – intended to be viewed rather than read. The attached presentation explores these features, provides a guide to annotation and contains an excerpt of a filmed interpretation to demonstrate how much of a play’s interpretation is left to the actors and director. Your...
Romeo and Juliet – Project Outine
What better way to begin Year 9 English than with the Bard himself? We are incredibly lucky to be able to walk the same streets as Shakespeare did and here at the London Nautical we don’t take this privilege lightly. We launched our Shakespeare study today by diving straight into his language and exploring intricacies of the Prologue to the famous play Romeo and Juliet. Throughout this programme we will be reading this play as a...
Politics and Corruption
Welcome to your new Year 9 class. This is the last year of Key Stage Three. It is an opportunity to consolidate the skills that will be tested in GCSE, and to develop a stronger personal voice in a learning environment that is a very constructive blend of demanding standards and freedom of creative expression.. Choosing Politics and Corruption as your English programme for Year 9 means that you’ve got one of those minds that...
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