Page 92 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

The English Department This has been a very excit- partment linked with the character! In addition, Year ing year for the Eng- History department to fo- 11 and 12 both delved into lish department as our cus on the study of Shakespeare, learning results continue to War Literature. Our year about the times in which grow. As the year has pro- 10 students produced from Shakespeare lived - we gressed one of our aims very impressive work as even had some lessons ex- has been to promote they analysed the works of ploring Elizabeth I's favour- creativity in the English some great war poets such ite dances! The famous classroom. as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried plays then read and ana- Sassoon and Rudyard lysed in class were the KS3 Kipling. tragic 'Romeo and Juliet' and brutal 'Macbeth' - All of our year 8 students some strong opinions were The Bellfort action movies GCSE English Language In September 2014, those are going on an adventure expressed on character ac- tions and on the plots! in term 3 as they focus on and adventure sto- who study Literature will ries. They are working on have the opportunity to writing their own creative stories, as well as becom- watch the hilarious, heart- warming and tragic show in ing world class film crit- giving the text life and ued to work hard on their media language and a GCSE studies with teachers critical vocabulary. committing the play to ics—getting to grips with Year 11 and 12 have contin- the Grand Opera House, memory. exploring a wide range of Our year 9’s had a very in- texts, speeches, poems and teresting term 2 as they allowing the students to AS English Literature delved into the depths of explore their own experi- Gothic literature! Pupils ences through personal We were very excited this explored the works from writing. Both year groups year to reintroduce AS Eng- authors such as Edgar Allen will be sitting their unit lish Literature to Dunclug Poe and explored how 1 GCSE exam this year so College. Our students have gothic literature has been we look forward to seeing delved deep into the life of portrayed in Hollywood how all of their hard work F. Scott Fitzgerald and ex- through films such as The has paid off! plored the swinging 1920’2 Woman in Black. through their in-depth GCSE English Literature study of The Great Gatsby. They also infil- In English Literature this trated the great mind of year, the Year 11 pupils ex- Arthur Miller as they ap- plored the gripping and proached the creative writ- heart-wrenching novel 'Of ing coursework Mice and Men' by John and added a new scene to Steinbeck. Steinbeck's some of his most famous tale, although short, is ac- plays. tion-packed and was en- Year 10 travelled back in joyed by all who read it; time and the English de- everyone has a favourite 92