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Completing practise papers is a core element of preparation for final exams. Write them in one session, under timed conditions (90 minutes) and by hand. If you scan or photograph your paper and upload it to your blog I will be notified and give feedback.
A description about a place in a single specific moment in time. Using student writing inspired by Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood as a starting point, you will then choose your own scene and develop a description which evokes a sense of being there, of the place, its people, its sights and sounds.
Example Written Short Stories: The Zero Metre Diving Team - by Jim Shepard Example Storytelling: http://kayakid.mtaspiring.edutronic.net/storytelling/ http://laura.neale.mtaspiring.edutronic.net/storytelling/ http://bensblog.mtaspiring.edutronic.net/storytelling/...
Magical Realism 2.4 Genre Investigation - Chris WaughDownload
This programme will explore way English can be used to extend our perception of reality and in doing so, to open our minds to what is right in front of us.