Thursday, 9 October 2008

Oooohhh! You guys....!

Thank you so much for your lovely card and yummy chocolates. I'll really miss this class and your lively discussion...who knows...if I have a son I may even call him...well I'm sure you can guess.

I may moonlight on here from time to time to see how you're all going, so you may not have seen the end of me just yet!

Ollie - here is your coursework topic. I hope this matches with what we discussed in class this week :)

Compare the presentation of hope in George Orwell's novel 1984 and Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road.

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Week 6 - Final coursework topics

Following feedback from the English KS5 Advisor, please see your approved coursework topic below:

Yr 13 A2 Coursework Topics

Student
Coursework topic:
Bates, Lauren
Compare the presentation of the treatment of the individual by their society in the novels One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey and J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye.

Kyle, Belcher
Compare the presentation of the idea of the totalitarian state as presented in Adolus Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s novel 1984 .

Clement, Damon
Compare the presentation of the exploration of the future by novelists Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and George Orwell’s 1984.

Davies, Sophie
Compare the presentation of how the idea of religion has been explored in the science fiction novels Dracula by Bram Stoker and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Dewick, Jessie
Compare the presentation of the representation of women in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea.

Fields, Craig
Compare the presentation of social class and historical context in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and Ian McEwan’s Atonement.

Harding, Alice
Compare the presentation of the use of diction in _______ A Clockwork Orange and Irvin Welsh’s Trainspotting.

Holden, Oliver
You need to see me this week to finalise your topic; otherwise discuss this with Mrs Latif or Miss Thrussell!

Newbegin, Paul
Compare the presentation of the narrative style and use allusion in Angela Carter’s novel Wise Children and John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things.


Stone, Beau
Compare the presentation of tension by the novelists Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley Dracula and Frankenstein.

Vardy, Grace
Compare the presentation of political satire in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Joseph Heller’s Catch 22.

Wallduck, Lucy
Compare the presentation of the representation of identity in different cultures in the novels A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and The Reluctant Fundamentalist by ______.

Our last lesson together is tomorrow (Wednesday)...

Monday, 6 October 2008

A quick note from your new teacher.

Hi everybody!!
I just thought I would say hello and let you know that I am online and here to help.
Miss Thrussell.

Friday, 3 October 2008