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Year 12 & 13
Year 12 & 13
Read
1. Invent a detective who would adhere to generic conventions but would appeal to modern audiences.
2. Write and record a short podcast episode (5 mins max) explaining a concept like accent prejudice, gendered language, or how slang spreads.
Listen
1. Philosophize This podcast Episode #178 – Susan Sontag – How Much is Your View of Everything Affected by Metaphors?
2. Michael Rosen’s ‘Word of Mouth’ Podcast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtnz/episodes/player
3. Radio 4’s Fictional Detective series - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02lm3s0
4. Lucy Worsley’s ‘Ladykillers’ podcast.
Watch
1. Lucy Worsley’s A Very British Murder series on BBC iPlayer.
2. David Crystal - Will English always be a global language? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc
3. Inside a Victorian prison on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azza7Q-hw_Q
Research
1. The Western Canon - Harold Bloom (explores most referenced texts in literature, e.g. Dante’s Inferno, the Bible)
2. What’s the role of gender neutral language in 21st-century English? I.e. the singular use of ‘they’, inclusive job titles (firefighter instead of fireman)
3. The history of niche crime fiction, such as Nordic noir or hard-boiled detective fiction.
Visit
1. Walker Art Gallery to visit Isabella by John Everett Millais.
2. Museum of Liverpool - “Talking Liverpool” Exhibition.
3. Liverpool Library to explore their vast collection of Crime texts.
Creative
1. Invent a detective who would adhere to generic conventions but would appeal to modern audiences.
2. Write and record a short podcast episode (5 mins max) explaining a concept like accent prejudice, gendered language, or how slang spreads.
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