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Classic Literature Reading Challege

Read a classic over the holidays.

 

1)     Improve your vocabulary

2)     Increase your knowledge

3)     Read something of value

4)     Understand history and cultural context

5)     Enrich your own life

6)     Challenge your brain

7)     Knowledge is power

8)     Share in the human experience

Documents

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Simon Armitage - 'Remains'

Top 10 Notes: Animal Farm

A Level English Literature: A Glossary of Technical Terms poetry

A Level English Literature: Prose Criticism

The Divine Right of Kings

Remains by Simon Armitage - Revision 1 - GCSE English Literature - BBC Bitesize

Year 7 Childhood and Adventure - Week 3: reasons why reading is important

'London' analysis

Animal Farm | Summary & Analysis | George Orwell

Animal Farm

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November 2026 Examinations

Lead Practitioner in English (established or aspiring)

Teacher of English with responsibility of key stage 3

Teacher of English - full or part time

Student Support Manager (maternity cover)

Teacher of film studies and/or English

Second in department of English

Stories We Tell - 5 frames analysis

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English Literature English Challenge Literature Reading Sixth Form GCE Link Film Studies Creative Computer Science Year 8 Frankenstein Key Stage 3 GCSE English YouTube Year 13 Videos A Level Writing Homework

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