25th September 2020 Last week we completed a practice Paper 1 Unseen Essay. Here is the poem that I analysed and my essay with annotations from my teacher.I learnt that I need to work on how I structure my introduction, as I didn’t have on in the essay due to my misunderstanding about how I […]
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End of Plath Discussion – 25th September 2020
25th September 2020 Over the past few weeks, we have been exploring the poetry in Slyvia Plath’s poetry collection of Ariel. The poems were written in the months before her death, and show a perspective on her mental health struggles, her identity struggles and her struggles with motherhood. In class, we went through many of the […]
My Thoughts on ‘Ping’ by Samuel Beckett
1st September 2020 (from my perspective) In Ping, the short story could be portraying an individual that has lost their memory. Samuel Beckett uses basic language, and incorrect sentence structure to explain the individual’s perception of the world, and their attempts to make sense of the changes and connect them to what they already know. […]
CAS – Conversation with Classmates – LO7 & LO8
4th June 2020 Here is a conversation that a few classmates and I had this morning about our CAS Experiences. ————————————————————————————————————————— We took our questions from: LO7 Global Significance = Engaging with issues of global importance What did I learn about this issue? Why is this a significant issue? How have my actions had a […]
CAS Conversation #2 – 14th May 2020
4th June 2020 Here is a CAS conversation that my mentor, Mrs Healey and I had on the 14th of May.
Lockdown and Its Affect of the use of money – PSE
20/05/2020 PSE Session What have we learnt about money from the lockdown? 1. Stop buying things we don’t need! I have realised how many things people buy because of a trend or a random pop up ad, or while walking around a mall, and you see something you like, and you buy it. This saves […]
Atonement Chapter 10 Notes
Friday, 15.05.20 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fqi1eEEPrDX4Pjl02iWamLb4QeUKQCyE4F-BSvHsh6M/edit?usp=sharing I am doing Jane Austen’s Persuasion for my EE and I did Little Women by Louisa May Alcott for my group reads. I am also re-watching the tv show version of Pride and Prejudice with my mum. (There is also a reference to Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey at the beginning of the […]
Atonement – Moments of Tension (Chapters 1 and 2)
Wednesday, 6th of May 2020 Page 7 “A world could be made in five pages, and one that was more pleasing than a model farm” Using different words, or a different perspective could show a completely different story, a different world. Referencing to how the way people see this world is different depending on their […]
06.03.20 – Chapter 5, Home Fire
06.03.20 Chapter 5 of Home Fire, Thoughts on Parvaiz What we know about Parvaiz Chapter 5 (page 115) Present-day Parviaz is confident, He has changed his name and rejected his identity. “I am not Parvaiz anymore.” Flashback Parvaiz is insecure, not confident about his abilities, affected by his family’s opinions about him and their expectations. […]
Practice Oral Planning – Home Fire and Antigone
Wednesday, 04.03.20 We filled out an Oral Planning sheet for 2 extracts, one from Home Fire and one from Antigone. Here is a picture of my feedback: Key things to improve for next time: Reference the writers in all points Link to Global Issue Use specific examples Think about the transitions between points