AS Comms - Twilight class

What is culture?

Click here to hear some different viewpoints: which do you agree with most?

For next week, ask 10 people how they would define culture - record their answers either in your books or on your phone (ask their permission first). Make sure you bring this to next Thursday's lesson.

AS Comms - How we see ourselves

Click here to watch 'A Girl Like Me'.
To what extent is our own sense of identity shaped by factors external to us?

AS Lang Lit - how often do you use exclamation marks?

A recent article on the BBC News website (click here to read it) comments on the increasing use of exclamation marks with the development of digital communication. Reflect on your own use of - and attitude towards - exclamation marks. Do you use them more when texting, emailing or on Facebook? Have you noticed any patterns - e.g. that women use them more than men?

AS Comms & Culture - Welcome to the course!

Welcome to AS Comms and Culture - I really hope you enjoy studying the AS course with us this year. This blog is the place to come for support and extension work outside of the classroom. Please make sure that you check it regularly and save it as a favourite.

Your timetable:

Tuesday 9am - 1E5
Wednesday 3.05pm - 1E5
Thursday 1.50pm - 1E5
Friday 11.30am - 1E5

Don't hestitate to come and see me if you want to talk about the course and how it is going - I can be found in either 1D11 or D8 when I am not teaching.

A2 Comms - welcome back!

Welcome back to A2 Comms  - this blog is the place to come for extra help as well as for extension work to push you harder.

There is a course book for A2, which you might want to buy:

AQA Comms & Culture (click here for link to Amazon)

If you are looking for other texts to buy to help support your study in the second year, you might consider the following:

Marx: a very short introduction (Amazon link)
Postcolonialism: a very short introduction (Amazon link)

Advice from previous A2 students: click here

A2 Literature - Welcome back!

Hello and welcome back to English Literature!

This is the place to come for extra support, guidance and extension work. First things first:

Timetable:
Monday 10.15 - 1E6
Wednesday 9.00 - 1D7
Thursday 10.15 - 1E6
Friday 3.05 - 1D7

Texts you need to buy for my side of the course (coursework):
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (click here for link to Amazon)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (click here for link to Amazon)

{No need to buy our 3rd text, Collected Poems by Philip Larkin, as I will give you a booklet with them in.}

AS Language and Literature: Welcome to the course

Hello and welcome to AS Language and Literature.

Try to get into the habit of checking both this blog and the materials placed on Moodle regularly in order to gain as much support as possible for this subject. Good luck for the year ahead!

First things first:

Timetable
Monday 9.00 - 1E7
Tuesday 10.15 - 1E1
Thursday 12.35 - 1E6
Friday 1.50 - 1E1

There is one text that you must buy for my side of the course:

All My Sons by Arthur Miller (click here for link on Amazon.)  

I would also recommend the following if you are looking for further texts to support you in AS Language and Literature:
AQA course book
Usborne Grammar
Usborne Punctuation

(These last two look a bit childish but are great for explaining grammar and punctuation)

If you have a smartphone, I'd also like you download the following 3 (free) apps:

• Socrative student
• The Guardian
• iGE lite

Please don't hesitate to come and see me if you are worried about anything on the course - I can be found in either 1D11 or D8 when I'm not teaching.