Archive for January, 2009

The Orwell Diaries

January 25, 2009

If you’re studying 1984 this year you might be intersested in following the Orwell Diaries.  Since August last year the Orwell Prize has been blogging George Orwell’s 1938 diaries, each diary entry published on the blog exactly seventy years since Orwell wrote it.
You won’t hear much about 1984, he hadn’t written it yet, but it’s [...]

Are you ready yet?

January 25, 2009

Well I think I  have all the essential to begin. My context books, in this case the books from ‘Encountering Conflict’, my group 1 books (1984 and Look Both Ways) And of course my trusty EnglishBook. Yes, I’ ready.
Are you?

Getting Organised

January 19, 2009

Okay, well it’s been a great summer, or more truthfully a little on the cool side so far, and you’ve had a great holiday. Year 11 seems light years ago. Now it’s time to think about 2009 and getting organised for starting Year 12 in earnest next week.
By now you should have read all your [...]