Week 5 - Essay due Wednesday

Thanks so much to everyone for presenting really intelligent, interesting and well-researched seminars on your assigned poems. I really have been impressed with your efforts, and am continually struck by how much effort some of you are putting into your studies. This augers well for the remainder of the year, and I will be eager to hear of your progress even when I'm on maternity leave...so please maitain your efforts so we can all celebrate together next August when thos results come through :)

Essay:

How does 'Tintern Abbey' demonstrate Wordsworth's belief in nature's importance in the development of the individual's mind?

Discuss with reference to Romanticism and at least one other poem you have studied.

Date due: Wednesday 1/10/08

(I suggest you consolidate your understanding of the poem by reading the additional notes on the poem in the booklet)

Good luck!

In tomorrow's class I will be asking for final numbers of students who wish to do an English re-take (later in the year).

Please come to class ready to complete the necessary form, and know that you will have to pay £15 per unit. This money must be paid directly to Ms Markly in the administration office by 10th October. It is your responsibilityt o ensure you have:

• provided me with your details tomorrw (I'll pass these onto Ms Markley), and
• to pay Ms Markly by the aforementioned date.

I'm looking forward to your seminar presenttaions tomorrow!

Missing essays

The following students have not yet handed in their essay (due Wed Wk 3):

• Damon
• Jessie (printing issues??)

Please ensure you bring it along with you on Monday to our lesson in the library. I don't want you falling behind.

All students will have the chance to discuss coursework progress with me, and to give me your final coursework topic. Please be ready to do so.

Week 2 - Preparation for poetry seminars next week

Please read the following poems as they will be presented in our Poetry Seminar next Wednesday:
Lines.... p.85
Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree p.30
The Foster-Mother's Tale p.26
Lines written near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening p.97
The Last of the Flock p.72
Anecdote for Father's p.56
We are Seven p.59
The Nightingale p.32
The Mad Mother p.78
Expostulation and Reply p.99
The Tables Turned p. 101

Week 1: Yr 13

Welcome back...our onward journey to success and greater knowledge continues!

I have still received only ONE research assignment - you had a month last term to be working on this, as well as the summer break. I will not mark any work submitted after Friday.

Essay:

Justify the inclusion of 'The Female Vagrant' in Lyrical Ballads. Suggest how this poem links with one other poem we have studied.

In your essay you should address:

• Romanticism (definition, dates, etc)
• Social/cultural/historical context
• all Assessment Objectives - refer closely to the marking criteria on p.2 of your green Reader.

Ensure you include the essay question typed on the top of your essay.

Date due: Monday 8th Sept.

Reminder: Coursework

You need to complete reading your novels, and prepare a possible task question to submit and discuss with me by the first lesson in Week 3. We need to be working on your coursework regularly so you have sufficient time to edit and refine your work.

Congratulations!!

Wow - congratulations on some excellent AS results!! Many of you have made a brilliant start to your A level studies and are well on the way to success in 12 months time :) I'm super-keen for us to maintain the momentum.

I look forward to seeing you all in our double lesson, p3 & 4, on Wednesday (tomorrow).

Please ensure you bring along your research assignment on the context and content of Lyrical Ballads - I will be marking your work this week as we begin our great dive into some more fabulous poetry, and your research in this task will underscore your understanding of Texts in Time.