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  • Mercutio, Nurse essays

    ‘Mercutio and Tybalt are trouble-makers who are presented by Shakespear as thugs who cause many of the problems in the play.’ In the light of this statement, analyse Shakespeare’s presentation of these two characters, saying whether you agree with it or not.   OR   ‘In attempting to solve the problems of the two lovers, […]

  • A suspenseful story

    ‘His fingers squeezed around my throat, I felt myself starting to choke…’Using this first line as a starting point, continue this story remembering to use the same person (the first person pronoun) and write in the past tense. (Make sure that you structure your story carefully, and you use the FIVE SENSES and FIVE Ws […]

  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: key points and imagery

    Task: Read through the Ancient Mariner, and using Powerpoint devise a Powerpoint summary of the poem, using suitable images from the internet and KEY LINES AND QUOTES from the poem. To do this: Read through the poem in pairs, lifting key lines from the poem, and summarising it. Then find images to match your quotes. […]

  • Travel brochure based on the Ancient Mariner’s experience

    Using Microsoft Word or Publisher, devise a travel brochure based on the Ancient Mariner’s experiences. Look up some travel brochures on Google and learn about how these brochures use language, then using this type of language, write your own brochure. You MUST use statistics in your brochure. Detail exactly how much time will be spent […]