assassinate: to murder, to kill a political leader or other public figure assassination: murder, killing of a political leader or other public figure by a sudden violent attack assassin: the killer of a political leader or public figure Research task… Continue Reading →
Extended reading – Short Story Reading and Research project – 2 weeks How will we be working? You will work in pairs – to choose somebody to work with you need to be sure that you will both contribute… Continue Reading →
Please complete your comparison of Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl and Hey You Down There by Harold Rolseth and hand this in to Ms Wilson during your English lesson on Wednesday 24th October 2012. See previous posts for… Continue Reading →
To find a copy of Lamb to the Slaughter go to: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.html You are now in the process of writing your comparison of the two stories. You want to explore what is similar, different and what features or ingredients of… Continue Reading →
Thank you to Nehemiah for finding Hey You Down There on the internet for us. Here is the link: http://julie-cfahs.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hey+You+Down+There
Short stories have an added attraction – you don’t have to spend a long time reading! So if you are one of these very busy people who claim you have no time to read, here is your next challenge. We… Continue Reading →
We have started to read the next short story in our unit on short stories. We will go back to Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl once we have completed this current story, but as we read I would… Continue Reading →
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