'Crime Writing' new book to suit new text list!

'Murder Most Foul' Crime Writing Over Time' is nearing completion. In the process, I have found a great site that has over 100 images from a production of 'The Real Inspector Hound':

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanbrand/3234251327/

Usefu in the absence of having your students actually seeing a production.
You could do a lot with these shots from the play - Hope you enjoy them and find them useful.

New Romanticist resources

Romanticist Poets: John Keats
Below is a Voxopop site that has students giving audio explications for 'Bright Star'. These are of varying quality but could prove very useful for students to listen to. Audio clips be found on my wiki page at:
stannersenglishmatters wikispaces

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Crime Writing - New edition to suit the 2009-2012 text changes

Am busy at the moment completely overhauling the 'Crime Fiction' Genre book written for the previous text list some years back. Enjoying the process but as always, am amazed at how long it takes to do the research, drafting and editing. I had hoped to have this Ebook version ready by Week 8 but it will probably take longer given the changes. The digital format allows greater flexibility as it will be downloadable as a PDF file. Some extension resources are already available on my wikispace page.
Back to Sherlock, the quintessential detective.

A touch of Romanticism today - too sunny for War

Thought I would play around with some Romanticist images today, needs speakers.

Barbara

First World War.com - Propaganda Posters: Germany

First World War.com - Propaganda Posters: Germany

Propaganda

Website listed above has some excellent W.W.I. posters and other material.Possible Student Tasks:Compare the emotive appeals that have been used as well as the persuasive and propaganda techniques. Evaluate by choosing TWO posters from opposing sides and annotate closely and sum up the main differences and similarities in a grid.