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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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poetryarchive.org | Poetry archive

HARTISMERE PLAY READING GROUP- Y7, 8 & 9

A Level English Literature: moving towards a critical vocabulary

Call You & Yours: What Inspired You to Read?, You and Yours - BBC Radio 4

Victorian Christmas - Make Your Own Victorian Christmas Cards

BBC Bitesize - GCSE English Literature - Macbeth

Macbeth quotations

Animal Farm | Characters | George Orwell

English

'Remains' - Armitage's reading of the poem

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Teacher of English - (Maternity cover)

Book a tour... appointments for 2025 - 2026 academic year will be available soon

E-Safety

Hartismere Technical Theatre

Bronze Qualifying Expedition September 2025

GCSE Past papers and mark schemes

Useful Careers Websites

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

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English Literature English Challenge Literature Reading Mrs Davy Anthology Year 10 BBC Revision Examinations Health Sound GCE School Nurse Teacher Poetry Anthology Private Study Power and Conflict Mr Trudgill Attainment

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