English Language
Work hard. Be loving. Do the right thing.
WATCH
Watch a variety comedy sketches and work out how humour is created – what maxims are broken?
READ
All of these can be accessed via the School LRC
LISTEN
Check out the articles available on E-mag (Ask your teacher for login details).
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
Troublesome Words – A Guide to the English Language by Bill Bryson
Read this interesting article about the history of language
WRITING
RESEARCH
Write an article on either a topic you have studied this year as part of your course or one you are interested in outside of the course.
Start up a ‘Poem of the Week’ and share with your peers (it could be a blog or something via social media) and check out this link.
Arrange a visit to a local primary school to research how students learn to read and write
CREATE
VISITS
Create an ‘article of the week’ page via Google Classroom where you share an article of interest with other A Level students.
Deliver a talk to your peers about an area of language/linguistic investigation.
Submit a blog to the English Language Google classroom
Set up a blog where you write about an issue or subject important to you
Visit Samuel Johnson’s House in London - www.drjohnsonshouse.org