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Poetry: Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

“Weep You No More, Sad Fountains” BY ANONYMOUS   Weep you no more, sad fountains; What need you flow so fast? Look how the snowy mountains Heaven’s sun doth gently waste. But my sun’s heavenly eyes View not your weeping, … Continue reading

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The role of global learning in staff development and school improvement

Schools looking to other countries for ideas, professional development and best practice are reaping the results, writes Kerry Eustice Schools looking to other countries for ideas and practice are reaping the results. Photograph: Hans Peter Merten/Getty Images “When we talk … Continue reading

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The Poetry I Like

Choose two poems we have read. Find the connections. Compare and contrast them and make a presentation. Find another poem written by one of the writers chosen and say why you have chosen it, state the theme and say in … Continue reading

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“Continuum”

Poem and writer Biography of Allen Curnow: a New Zealand poet and journalist was born in Timaru grew up in a religious family generally wrote satirical poetry reflecting his childhood into his poems emotional connectivity greatest poet in his country … Continue reading

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A Different History: the poem and the poet

Listen to the poet reading the poem. How effective do you find the final two lines of the poem? Do they find anything amusing in the poem? The writer: Sujata Bhatt was born in Ahmedabad, and brought up in Pune until 1968, when she … Continue reading

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The Great Gatsby: review for the exam

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“Pied Beauty” and “Pike”

Watch this video about the poem we discussed in class. Video Students’ task Prepare a presentation like this about “Pike” using pictures from the web. Watch this video produced by Mechi A, Cande Z, y Santi M: pike2 Pipe, Tadeo and … Continue reading

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A Poison Tree

Look at how this poem was illustrated. Do you think the pictures explains the poem? Explain. What is your reflection on the poem? Choose a line you like and say why.

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Senior I and their great creativity at work!

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