English Language & Literature
Key Stage 4 Super-Curriculum Resources
Things to read ...
Charles Dickens- Bleak House
Isabel Allende - A Long Petal of the Sea
Akala - Natives
Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
Sorrow and Bliss - Meg Mason
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45000 Mile Adventure- Monisha Rajesh
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Things to watch ...
TED: My year reading a book from evey country in the world.
TED: The healing power of reading.
TED: What reading slowly taught me about writing.
TED: How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader.
TED: The inspiring truth in fiction.
Youtube: Yann Martel interview (author of The Life of Pi).
Youtube: Writing advice from Neil Gaiman.
Youtube: Margaret Atwood's top 5 writing tips.
Dua Lipa- discussion of the importance of reading at a woman's prison- https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/really-inspiring-dua-lipa-invited-to-see-books-unlocked-prison-project
https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com
Watch the News daily- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews
Things to listen to ...
POD- The Rest is History
POD- The Rest is Politics
POD- Empire
POD - Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
POD - On Purpose with Jay Shetty
POD- This is History with Dan Jones
POD- Today in Focus by the Guardian
Audiobook - Stephen Fry Mythos
POD- The News Agents
POD- Newscast
POD- You're dead to me
POD- Desert Island Discs
POD- BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/podcasts/all-podcasts
Places to visit ...
Visit to the Globe theatre. https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/
Visit Watersmeet: https://www.watersmeet.co.uk/whats-on
Visit Watford pump house- https://pumphouse.info/events/
Visit Watford Palace- https://watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/
Visit RSC- https://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
Vist the National theatre- https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Go on a historic walking tour around London - https://www.walking-london.co.uk/
Musuem of London - Virtual Victorian walking tour - https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/fun-home/virtual-tour-victorian-walk
I'm good at English, what job can I get?Â
Website: What can I do with an English degree?
Website: What can I do with an English degree?
Website: University taster courses.
Website: UCAS careers planner - getting you to think about life post-GCSE.
Website: https://www.ucas.com/explore/subjects/english
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company-article/what-s-it-like-to-work-in-publishing-part-1
Website: What is it like to work in Marketing?
Teaching: https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/
Journalism: https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-get-into-journalism#:~:text=What%20do%20journalists%20do%3F,become%20journalists%20after%20an%20apprenticeship.
Activities
Competitions for young people from Young Writers https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions
Write an article for Emagazine around a theme of your choice.
Create a spoken word poem and find a local competition or poetry slam.