"Wind" Essays - Topics, Themes and Ideas

I have uploaded a Word document containing a copy of the words and phrases we collected on the board of the topics and themes you could construct your paragraphs around in your essay to our Glow group site. I have also added a couple more ideas to the document, if they help. You can access our group site here. Obviously, you will need your password to get in!

Basically, you are to use these to help you construct topic sentences for each paragraph of your essay. You can then go on to discuss the examples from the poem that link to that idea or topic.

Remember, the esssays are due in next Monday (31st January).

Good luck,
Mr K.

3rd Year Drama – Refugee Devising Unit: Links on Immigration and Asylum Seekers

Dear 3rd Year Drama Sort,

Below is a list of links and articles that will certainly be useful over the next few weeks, as we explore the issue of Refugees in Drama. Believe me, there is some good stuff here (and some pretty disgusting views too).

Refugee Stories

Stories of refugees who have settled in U.S.

BNP Website – pretty repulsive stuff

Migration Watch – Anti-immigration organisation

Article on Immigration in Daily Mail

Racist Letter to Daily Mail

Press Coverage of MuslimsLife and Death of an Asylum Seeker

Asylum Seeker Takes Own Life

More Refugee Stories

Take care,

Mr K.

Twitter-ise Me!

Children / Young People / Fledgling Adults,

You can now follow me on Twitter, to get the latest updates on homework and materials, as well as reminders and my most excellent wisdom. If you have a Twitter account (or if you create one), you can search for my username - mrmkirkham - and then follow me. You can also contact me for little if you want a little help with homework on Twitter at @mrmkirkham.

Obviously, if you contact me with anything inappropriate, rude or offensive, you will be blocked.

We'll see how it goes over the next month or so and treat this as a trial period.

Mr K.

4th Year - The Italian Job

My excellent and eager academics, here, as promised, are the documents you need for your essay on The Italian Job. Sorry they are a little late. Click on each link and it will take you to the file you want.

The Italian Job Critical Essay PowerPoint (the one we have used in class).

A Word document with the same information in it as the PowerPoint.

The booklet on The Italian Job we have been using in class (a fairly large file).

The teacher's notes on the above booklet - which will only be of help if you use then thoughtfully.

Hope these all help. Good luck and have fun!

Mr K.