Structure in poetry and prose

Of course, this is just a smattering of what you could analyse and apply.

Doing Good Deeds (in Russia)

Kindness makes us human and part of humanity

First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film "The Great Gatsby"

First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film 'The Great Gatsby'

The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn't try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era, with genre-busting...
npr.org/2013/04/30/180…

Postmodern Gatsby

What makes The Great Gatsby great?

The noted F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar offer her views. This is great reading for AOs 3 and 4.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/03/what-makes-great-gatsby

Down By The Sally Gardens

W.B. Yeats's poem sung with soul.

The Music Quiz for February 13th February 2013

There are two quizes and you will be paired with someone from the same Hall. You can use your own ear phones. We may have spares.

The first is for 20 minutes.
The second lasts for 10 minutes.

Remember that in each quiz the clock will still be counting down.

 

You have 20 minutes to do this music quiz!

 

 http://www.sporcle.com/games/Kiwi_Buckle/100clipchallenge3

You have 10 minutes to do this music quiz

http://www.sporcle.com/games/sbme/top102010

Professor Sarah Churchwell on The Great Gatsby and The American Dream

Professor Sarah Churchwell on "The American Dream" and its "real" application to "The Great Gatsby".