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On December 3<sup>rd</sup> last, forty-six
fifth year students made a most enjoyable and educational trip to the Irish
Film Institute in Dublin. All are studying F.Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great
Gatsby’ as their single text for Leaving Certificate English 2015. This will be
the first time since 2001, the inaugural year of the current examination format
that higher level students have elected not to study a Shakespearean work as
their single text. It is thus a landmark of sorts for Loreto, Navan. Never fear
though, Shakespeare has not been abandoned completely! Either ‘Othello’ or
‘King Lear’ is being taught as part of the comparative studies instead.</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TK5JeVrtQic/Uv5adDYYVgI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/9OVF2Vs25Aw/s1600/DSCF3683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TK5JeVrtQic/Uv5adDYYVgI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/9OVF2Vs25Aw/s1600/DSCF3683.jpg" height="200" width="181" /></a>The screening of Baz Luhrmann’s
2013 production of ‘The Great Gatsby’ was the focal point of the ‘expedition’
but the vast majority of students also opted to dress in the style of the 1920’s
when invited to do so by The IFI. Some
chose the glamorous, thoroughly modern flapper-girl look, recreating the
youthful optimism of the ‘Jazz Age’ to perfection. Others opted for the more
conservative and understated elegance of colonial-style dressing: more akin to
‘Downtown Abbey’ reserve than to the razzle-dazzle of the New York jazz club. (Pictorial
evidence attached!)</div>
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accuracy of its sartorial efforts and delivering a short lecture on both the
social context of the film and the stylistic features of its director, the
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The directorial presence of Luhrmann
(whose previous works include’ William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and
‘Moulin Rouge’) is unmistakable in almost every scene of the film. Indeed some
may regard this omnipresence of the director as somewhat intrusive: the film
is, at times, more Luhrmann’s ‘Gatsby’
than Fitzgerald’s! It is simultaneously a gorgeous and opulent feast for the
eyes and paradoxically, a gaudy riot of vulgar and exaggerated
technicolour. There are certain shots
which are almost cartoon-like in appearance. There are those, of course, who
would claim that this is exactly as Fitzgerald intended! The deliberate
anachronism of the contemporary soundtrack is similarly admired by some,
criticised by others. Yet it certainly serves as an effective aural link
between the hedonism of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ and the very recent excesses of
the pre-recession Western World.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VUrvY3W0LuY/Uv5aTyeesOI/AAAAAAAAAoI/besdnFvoQ20/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VUrvY3W0LuY/Uv5aTyeesOI/AAAAAAAAAoI/besdnFvoQ20/s1600/image.jpg" height="320" width="191" /></a>There are solid but unexceptional
performers by all the major players. (Leonardo Di Caprio, Carey Mulligan, Toby
Maguire.) Luhrmann’s critics claim that
Luhrmann himself is always the star of his own shows! Some changes have been made to
both the plot and to the characters –Nick’s narrative is delivered to his
psychiatrist who encourages him to write as part of his therapy! Gatsby’s
father does not appear at his funeral and Wilson is so filthy and stupid as to
be almost entirely unworthy of our sympathy! Myrtle is more bawdy than
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All told, the film lacks the
political bite of the novel! The Daisy-Gatsby love story is primary and any
political allegory is secondary if not entirely absent! F.Scott Fitzgerald’s
novel is a marvellous and witty satire of 1920’s America – a bitter indictment
of the concept of the ‘American Dream’. Luhrmann may purposefully have chosen
to play down this element of the novel – commercial necessity usually trumps
artistic endeavour in Hollywood!</div>
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pleasure of the outing? Not a jot! We revelled in the attention on Dame Street:
bystanders literally gaping as they witnessed dozens of ‘flappers’ and
‘aristos’ making their way to the screening on a cold and drizzly winter
morning! The soup and sandwiches which
were served to us in the IFI’s ‘members only section’ were beautifully presented
but alas not entirely relished! Apparently the sandwich-fillings were
authentically 1920’s- style fillings. We didn’t enjoy them! Mrs. Ryan-Widdis
made a noble attempt to disguise our ignorance as feminine daintiness (typical
of the genteel Loreto girl). However, no such ethereal feminity was in evidence
as we dived into the more contemporary and no doubt plebeian offerings of the
nearby ‘Spar’! A girl must eat...even on a bus! <o:p></o:p></div>
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who organised the trip and to both Ms Delaney and Mrs Ryan- Widdis who
accompanied us on the day. Both were in
1920’s attire. Ms Delaney was so unrecognisable in her blonde bob that she was
not identifiable even to her own students! (Amusing anecdote deliberately
omitted here!) Somehow there is no pictorial evidence of our teachers. It would
seem that they are rather more reserved than the rest of us! Thanks also to Ms
Marsh and Mrs Ryan who made the trip possible and who were there to admire us
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Finally a word of congratulations
to both Lisa Murray and Tara Walsh who won prizes for most
independently-sourced and original costumes on the day. ‘The Great Gatsby’: a
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<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Biography of Charles Dickens</span></a>English Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711851352637817352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449260253866819005.post-91946378890748288962014-01-20T16:20:00.000+00:002014-01-20T16:20:27.862+00:001st Year Novel: "The Twelfth Day of July"<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;">The 1st year students are reading 'The Twelfth Day of July' by Joan Lingard for their class novel. Some of the girls have enjoyed the novel so much that they are already reading the second novel, 'Across the Barricades'. Class Alma's finished reading the novel just before Christmas and have created 'Character Boxes' for the main characters of the novel and also designed some new covers for the novel. Have a look at their work...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">If you would like to read some of their thoughts on the novel, please visit their reading blog:</span></div>
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Many of our Leaving Certs are studying John B. Keane's
'Sive' either as part of their comparative study or as their single study text and
lucky for them, the Abbey Theatre is staging a production of this fantastic
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The link below will prove an invaluable study tool for our 6th years studying 'Macbeth'. The link will bring you to a series of podcasts from Alan Stanford (Actor, Director and Writer) along with RTE Radio 1. The podcasts are recorded discussions with previous Leaving Cert Students commenting on the main characters, themes and key moments in the play.</div>
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<b><u>A video of Dickinson's poem, 'I heard a Fly Buzz - when I died'</u></b></div>
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A detailed biography of Emily Dickinson:</div>
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And towards our distant rest began to trudge.<br />
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,<br />
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Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling<br />
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,<br />
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Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,<br />
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In all my dreams before my helpless sight<br />
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Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs<br />
Bitter as the cud<br />
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--<br />
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest<br />
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The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est<br />
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Our 5th years are currently studying the poetry of Sylvia Plath as part of their Leaving Certificate course. One of our pupils Courtney Graves has very kindly submitted an essay on her experience of reading Sylvia Plath. Courtney has come all the way from Connecticut to study here in St Michael's for the year. Welcome Courtney, we are delighted to have you studying with us!</div>
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Mrs Ryan, from our History and Business Department, has very kindly shared one of her favourite poems by Thomas Ashe. This is a beautiful little poem and is very appropriate for the beginning of the new school year. Please feel free to email us your favourite poem at englishonline@loretonavan.ie</div>
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Work that is earnest, brave and true,</div>
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The sad news broke today that Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney passed away after a short illness. </div>
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<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/clinton-hails-poet-seamus-heaney-29540030.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Irish Independent</span></a></div>
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In honour of Seamus Heaney, we would like to post our favourite poem written by him.<br />
Here, Heaney is reading his poem 'Scaffolding' at the Faber offices on the occasion of his 70th birthday:<br />
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<br />English Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711851352637817352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449260253866819005.post-76808744608284198472013-08-29T17:36:00.002+01:002013-08-29T17:45:20.940+01:00Welcome Back!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Welcome back everyone to the beginning of a brand new school year. No doubt you are all fully rested after a wonderful summer and you are looking forward to exploring many new and exciting worlds that your novels, plays and poems will offer you over the next nine months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hopefully some of you read some really interesting novels over the summer months and we, in the English Department, would love to hear what novels captivated you! Please send us an email naming the novel(s) you read with a short paragraph telling us your thoughts. We look forward to reading your reviews and sharing them with everyone here!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The relief was palpable on the corridors of St Michael's on Thursday evening with all of </span><span style="color: black;">the Leaving Cert students delighted that the anticipated English exams were over. Before the exams, nervous chatter dominated the corridors...<em>'Have you studied Plath?'...'I hope 'kingship' will appear'...'Please let the theme come up in our comparative'</em>...Thankfully, everyone emerged from their exam centres at 5.20pm clutching their sore writing hand with smiles and tiredness etched on their faces. The English papers, at both levels, offered the students plenty of choice and allowing them enough scope for their ability to shine through, while simultaneously challenging them to think critically </span><span style="color: black;">and assess their knowledge of the English course. Well done, girls...now you can fully enjoy reading novels, plays and poetry safe in the knowledge that you won't have to justify your thoughts and feelings on pages of refill paper!</span></div>
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survey of eight questions was delivered to all Transition Year and Fifth Year
students at Loreto Secondary School, St. Michael’s, Navan. The survey
formulated by eighteen Fifth Year students took place in March of this year. The
reason for the survey was twofold: the students were curious as to what their
peer group thought about the novel and secondly, they wanted to raise awareness
about this great read: <u>‘</u></span><u style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Pride and Prejudice.' </u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> Well done to Ms Thomas and her fifth year English class!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Our 1st year students have been reading lots of novels this year during their Class Library time slot. Please click on the links below to hear the girls sharing their views on their chosen novels! This will be the first of many posts with the girls' podcasts...so stayed tuned for more podcasts in the coming days!</span></div>
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/loretoenglish/harry-potter-and-the/s-cZgKp" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' - Caoimhe O'Brien</span></a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/#loretoenglish/its-a-long-way-from-penny" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">'It's A Long Way From Penny Apples - Claire Reilly</span></a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/#loretoenglish/just-getting-started-lauren" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">'Just Getting Started' - Lauren Kavanagh</span></a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/#loretoenglish/million-dollar-mates-megan-fox" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">'Million Dollar Mates' - Megan Fox</span></a><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/#loretoenglish/out-of-time-rebecca-seery" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">'Out Of Time' -Rebecca Seery Running</span></a><br />
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<br />English Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711851352637817352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449260253866819005.post-31007050030134415432013-05-17T21:31:00.001+01:002013-05-18T11:15:22.278+01:00Our Day Out!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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children, called the "Progress Class". The whole class - along with
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Progress Class - are taken on a coach trip. At the last minute, the Headmaster
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a petrol station with a snack shop, where the students take advantage of the
storekeepers' confusion to shoplift sweets and snacks, unbeknownst to the
teachers supervising. It makes a second stop at a zoo, where the students enjoy
the animals so much that they try to steal most of them. The zoo attendant
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the students race around exploring the grounds, cliffs and beach. Soon it's
time to leave, but one of the best-behaved students, Carol, is missing. A
search ensues and Mr. Briggs finally finds Carol, who is depressed because she
doesn't want to return to the bad conditions at her home. She wants a better
life and wishes she lived in a nicer area, like that which surrounds the
Castle. She becomes so upset that she threatens to jump off the cliff. Mr.
Briggs, who up till this point has acted like a harsh disciplinarian, policing
the students' bad behaviour and expressing doubts that they should even be
allowed to have an outing, shows a more understanding side as he convinces
Carol not to jump and to rejoin the rest of the group. The coach makes one more
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observed, as he joins the students on some of the rides. He even goes as far as
wearing a "Kiss Me Quick" hat, and joins in with the sing-song on the
journey home, all of which is photographed by Mrs. Kay. She comments on how she
never knew he had a softer side, and that he certainly wouldn't be able to get
away from the fact now she had evidence. Being a keen </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">photographer, he
offers to develop the photos, and even convert them into slides so he can do a
talk for the students. This is the perfect escape for Mr. Briggs. Not wanting
to let anyone see his other side, once he returns to his car, he unravels the
undeveloped films, exposing them to daylight and so ruining them, with a clear
explanation of them "not coming out".<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Colin, who are helping Mrs. Kay supervise, must also deal with the fact that
Digga and Reilly have a crush on Susan while two older girl students have a
crush on Colin. Susan and Colin solve their problem by subtly suggesting that Digga
and Reilly should turn their attentions to the two girls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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English Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711851352637817352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449260253866819005.post-79138950162062805782013-05-12T20:40:00.005+01:002013-05-18T11:15:13.840+01:00Lights, Camera, Action...!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black;">Transition Year classes Tara and Boyne spent Wednesday and Thursday at Kairos TV Studios where they shot their own twenty minute television programme. Both classes prepared for the trip by writing their own scripts and creating their props. Class Tara's chose to write a script entitled, <strong><span style="color: red;">'Tara's Takeover'</span></strong> where they reminisced on their top moments from their Transition Year experience, while Class Boyne decided to re-create their own <span style="color: red;"><strong>'JeremyKyle'</strong> </span>show by putting their own unique spin on the show's storylines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 14th sees <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman come to the big screen in the Solstice Arts Centre! T</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">his captivating wartime adventure of romance and intrigue tells the story of Rick Blaine, a world-weary ex-freedom fighter who runs a nightclub in Casablanca during the early part of WWII. His world is turned upside down with the arrival of Ilsa and her husband Victor Laszlo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">A lot of our 5th and 6th year students are studying this film for the Leaving Certificate, so for 6.50euro you can view this fantastic film on the big screen with popcorn in hand! Please click on the link for further details on booking your ticket! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Mrs Harney’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1st </span>year
English class invited Kevin to visit their class to discuss creative writing
and his latest novel, “Valentina” . He very kindly accepted our invitation and
spoke to the girls about becoming a writer and gave them tips to help their own
writing. He spoke of a creative writing project he has been involved in with
another school and we look forward to reading the fruits of this venture. We
have been very fortunate in the past to have been involved in one of Kevin’s
previous short story projects and know how exciting and enjoyable they are!
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Many thanks to Kevin, for his visit, advice and the beautiful posters he
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<span style="color: black;">Click for more information: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1C2VNeiWdQssJqkPaOJz_9BRMb8a1B1Uzq96Rayv8FDktsLFkZdQDEu0QlTi4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Kevin McDermott</span></a>English Depthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711851352637817352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449260253866819005.post-45824647614331748162013-04-24T20:41:00.005+01:002013-05-03T12:21:16.131+01:00"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck<div style="text-align: justify;">
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As part of their Junior Cert English course, Ms Keena's 3rd year class prepared alternative covers for their novel, 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. Two students who produced fantastic front covers were Emily Verhulst and Martina O'Neill. Above is a front cover that was published but to see the girls' work please click on the link below! Well done girls on a great job! </div>
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