9ENGA+Literature

Welcome to 9ENGA - Year 9 English for the Academic Academy.

Term 1 Theme: "Who am I? (Identity)


 * __Short Stories__**

We are studying short stories to begin the year, before we write some of our own. Here are some that we have been reading and discussing:



[|"The Fat Boy" - Owen Marshall]

"The Urupa" - Patrica Grace


 * __Creative Writing__**

[|Class Writing Tasks] in Mr. Millen's Google documents

Term 3 Theme -


 * __General Shakespeare Information__**



From [|Internet Shakespeare Editions] - produced by the University of Victoria, Canada:

This section of the __Internet__ Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of __books__, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the __page__ header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics.
 * There is a detailed [|biography] of his __life__ (and we actually know quite a lot about him).
 * There is a book about [|the stage] Shakespeare wrote for.
 * And __one__ that explores [|the society] of the __time__, showing how it differs from our own.
 * Further __books__ discuss the [|history and politics] of Elizabethan England,
 * And look at the way __people__ of the time thought and argued about [|religion] and the physical makeup of [|the universe].
 * You can learn about the kinds of [|plays] and [|literature] Shakespeare read,
 * See samples of [|paintings] of the time, and __listen__ to [|Renaissance music].
 * There is a book that shows how different parts of this __rich__ library of resources help you [|understand the plays] ,
 * And there is an extensive reference volume that gives [|chronologies], [|maps] , and [|bibliographies] for further reading.


 * Stratford-Upon-Avon:

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[|Shakespeare for Kids] - Fun stuff, including __online__ crossword puzzles [|Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet] [|Absolute Shakespeare] [|WebEnglish - Shakespeare] [|Shakespeare's Globe]Theatre [|Shakespeare.com] [|Bard Web - Shakesepeare Resource Center] [|Bardcast blog and podcasts] [|Folger Shakespeare Library] [|Open Source Shakespeare] - This site was built with four attributes in mind: **Power, Flexibility, Friendliness, and Openness ****<span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. **<span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> It won't replace the expensive, subscription-only sites at libraries or research institutions, but you can use the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**advanced search function**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">, read the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**plays**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">, and look up words in the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**concordance**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. [|Shakespeare's Sonnets] View Shakespeare's first 4 folios [|here] or [|here.]

Watch "In Search of Shakespeare" to learn about his life and times in Elizabethan England:


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[|Shakespeare's Words] [|Shakespeare Quizzes] - search the glossary for definitions of any of Shakespeare's words. [|Shakespeare Insult Generator] [|Shakespeare Insult Kit] media type="youtube" key="vdCjKH5IKJ8" height="219" width="392"

More great videos related to Shakespeare on Mr. Millen's YouTube Playlist: media type="youtube" key="videoseries?list=PL36E23D7F7A0C35B8" height="315" width="560"

__**Romeo & Juliet**__


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Mr. Millen's YouTube playlist for //Romeo & Juliet://

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[|"Analysis of Romeo & Juliet" - Mawrgorshin]