English Programme of Events
Programme
Day One - Saturday 19th November 2011
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0900-1000 |
Registration |
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1000-1020 |
Welcome - Bernice McCabe |
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1020-1120 |
Pupil Panel Discussion - Inspiration, rigour and enrichment |
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1120-1150 |
Coffee |
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1150-1240 |
Group Workshop 1 - Course aims and sharing good practice |
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1240-1325 |
Lunch |
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1325-1340 |
Schools Programme Overview - Stephen Miles |
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1340-1440 |
Lecture: Dr Gavin Alexander: What is a Classic? |
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1440-1540 |
Seminar - Choice of: Dr Gavin Alexander: Classic Moments Dr Sophie Read: Paradise Lost and Frankenstein Dr Dan Wakelin: Hail, Muse: etcetera: How to sound like a classic poet |
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1540-1600 |
Break |
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1600-1700 |
Keynote address: Wendy Cope, OBE |
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1700-1830 |
Group Workshop 2 - Developing challenge in the classroom; the example of classic texts |
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1830-1930 |
Break |
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1930 |
Dinner |
Programme
Day Two - Sunday 20th November 2011
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0900-1000 |
Lecture: Dr Dan Wakelin: Image and Narrative in the Canterbury Tales |
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1000-1115 |
Seminar - choice of: Dr Gavin Alexander: Poetic Imagery Dr Leo Mellor: Auden Dr Fred Parker: Memory, Repetition and the Enduring Image, in Coleridge (The Ancient Mariner) and Wordsworth (The Thorn, The Two April Mornings) |
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1115-1145 |
Break |
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1145-1245 |
Group Works |
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1245-1330 |
Lunch |
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13.45-15.45 |
RSC Workshop: Macbeth |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Break |
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1600-1645 |
Lecture: Dr Fred Parker: The Devil and the Poet |
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1645-1745 |
Seminar - choice of: Dr Fred Parker: When Fair is Foul: Macbeth Dr Leo Mellor: Heart(s) of Darkness Josepth Conrad and JG Ballard Dr Sophie Read: Murder and Detective Stories |
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1745-1830 |
Group Workshop 4 - Developing English beyond the curriculum; the example of inspiration |
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1830-1930 |
Break |
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1930 |
Dinner |
hop 3 - Developing coherence in the curriculum; the example of poetry
Programme
Day Three - Monday 21st November 2011
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0900-1000 |
Lecture: Professor Helen Cooper: King Lear and As You Like It |
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10.00-11.00 |
Seminar - choice of: Professor Helen Cooper: Thinking Generically About Shakespeare Dr Leo Mellor: Twentieth Centruy War Literature Dr Fred Parker: 'My Father's Business': Allusions to Biblical and Classical Texts |
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11.00-11.30 |
Break |
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11.30-12.30 |
Group Workshop 5 - Developing our own specialist subject knowledge and raising the profile of English |
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12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30-15.30 |
Report back on key themes |
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Plenary discussion with panel of educationalists: |
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Stephen Hillier, Chief Executive TDA |
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Jon Coles, DfE Jean Humphrys, Ofsted |
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15.30-15.45 |
Evaluations |
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15.45 |
Depart |