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Great Expectations

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 23 Nov 2004 16:02

Don't we have a well read lot on here! I'll know who to shout for now if she comes up with some more English Lit homework Jeanette x

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Nov 2004 15:30

Great Expectations is a good read. I did it at school for 'O' levels (1956), and later at evening class for 'A' level (1974) Ann Glos

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 23 Nov 2004 14:47

I bunked off most of year 11 myself (5th year in those days!) and managed to pass English with flying colours, scrape through with Maths and French and failed the rest! lol Hubby hardly ever went to school. He keeps saying it's not what you know but who you know. I keep telling him never to utter those words infront of Rosie! lol Well it's French homework tonight. I get let off this subject cos our neighbour has a French degree and has offered to help with her coursework. Phew! Jeanette x

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 23 Nov 2004 14:40

lol! i let my work slip alot! Bunked most of yr 10, so had to work really hard in yr 11, only got a B and 2 C. All the rest i failed! xxxxxxxxxx

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 23 Nov 2004 14:36

Steph I was good at English but not Lit unfortunately. I wish you had been here at the weekend! lol. The work has been handed in now so fingers crossed. It's just this sheet that told them what they were looking for. It seemed to me to be worded for much older students. It's hardly surprising she's got behind. I would have been put off myself. Having said that, The 2 chapters I had to read from Great Expectations were really gripping. I was never much of a reader when I was younger but I might be prepared to give it a go now! lol. And surprisingly the knowledge that I have picked up doing my family history came in very useful. Jeanette x

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 23 Nov 2004 14:28

i was lucky, english and drama were the only things i was good at, although they have slipped now! got a B for English Lit....anything i can help with? xx

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 23 Nov 2004 14:26

Found out at parents evening that my daughter is way behind in every subject and she's supposed to be doing her GCSE's next year. So on Sunday I voluteered to help with her English coursework thinking it would be straightforward English but it was Literature. Yuck! They were given a sheet telling them what they had to discuss in order to get grades C, B, A or A plus. Now I'm not the brainiest person nor the daftest but even I had difficulty understanding what they wanted. So how on earth do they expect 15 year olds to understand? Jeanette x