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sPoKeN wOrD pRoJeCt WiTh FrEd AgAin

JCJanuary 9, 2025

You are going to work on a spoken word project that speaks for the experience of being you - and of being a teenager! Let's get started! This is what Fred..... Read More...

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CrEaTiVe wRiTiNg & TeXt ReViSiOn WiTh DeAd PoNy

JCDecember 10, 2024

Dead Pony's music fills you with an energy that absolutely needs to be unleashed. Get ready to go crazy... ACTIVITY 1 Read the notes below then watch Dea... Read More...

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LaYeReD aNaLySiS WiTh dAmNaTioN, FrAiL bOdy & PeRtUrBaToR

JCDecember 10, 2024

Damnation Festival always plays host to the most thrilling metal and alternative bands on the planet. Let's listen to two of the brilliant acts - Perturbator and Frail Body - billed for 2025 and practise layering our analysis while we're at it! ... Read More...

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PoEtRy WiTh DuA LiPa

JCNovember 28, 2024

Every writer makes a zillion different choices. Explore the impact of that decision-making with the kaleidoscopic Dua Lipa! ACTIVITY 1 Watch the 'Hou... Read More...

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tHe PoP sOnG & tHe SoNNeT

JCOctober 30, 2024

14 lines, written in iambic pentameter and inextricably linked to feelings of love - the short and sweet sonnet packs as much punch as your favourite three-min... Read More...

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EtHeL cAiN, NoAh GuNdErSeN & TeeNaGe PoEtRy

JCOctober 14, 2024

The best poetry is BEAUTIFUL. And while it's true that songs and poems do have lots in common, there aren't many lyrics that you would mistake for poems. Here, though, are two songs that you absolutely could. Let's use them as inspiration for our ow... Read More...

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LoVe PoEtRy WiTh CoLdPLaY

JCOctober 4, 2024

Coldplay's music is the sound of LOVE. ACTIVITY 1 Watch the video clips below. It will become clear that Coldplay made 'Moon Music' with LOVE. How do... Read More...

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RhYmE WiTh ChArLi XcX, WiLkiNsOn, CoLdPLaY, AyRa StARR & MorE

JCMay 17, 2024

Let's listen to some brilliant songs and then write a poem with real focus on rhyming for effect! ACTIVITY 1 We can start by hearing what the experts... Read More...

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cOnTeXt WiTh NiRvAnA

JCMay 10, 2024

When we read a text, we have to consider the time at which it was written. We need to understand whether the author's ideas aligned with the majority - or if those ideas actually served as challenges to the 'norm', thus underlining the writer's own ... Read More...

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AnDrEw McMaHoN & wRiTiNg PoEtRy

JCDecember 10, 2023

Listen to the brilliant Andrew McMahon and then have a think about your own brilliant life! For lots of my generation, Something Corporate and Jack's Ma... Read More...

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making your teenagers read with against the current

AgAiNsT ThE cUrrEnT & TyPiCaLiTy

JCApril 10, 2022

The more you read, the easier your life as an English student gets. And yet sometimes the thought of actually picking up a book which is not on the A-Level ... Read More...

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