Additional Activities — Langley Park School for Girls

When you have finished your weekly tasks try one of these:

Once you have completed an activity, tick it off and post your response/reflections in the Additional Activities Forum here

1. Let a poem brew over time

2. Read an emagazine article and select 3 interesting points to share

3. Watch a film or TV adaptation of a novel you know. Then write a pitch for a novel you think would make a great film adaptation

4. Watch a play online and write the script for a padcast/online discussion reviewing it

5. Experts in the spotlight - watch a selection of emagClips

6. Take a risk with your reading and read a novel outside your comfort zone and write or record a review

7. Try exploratory writing

8. Read the opening pages of 2 or 3 books about literature and explain which you'd most like to go on to read

9. Write a poem in response to a poem

10. Play with text, messing about and transforming it into 2 or 3 different ways. What do you learn about the original?

11. Read a prize winning novel - just for pleasure

12. Investigate what an essay actually is, read some great examples and write one of your own about any subject you want

13. Listen to a literature podcast and share what you found interesting with a classmate/your teacher (on the forum)

14. Dive into the world of short stories, listen to interview and discussion about it

15. Visit a virtual library - the British Library's Discovering Literature website. Share any interesting discoveries

16. Take a risk by sharing an idea you're not sure about

17. Create a 'five books' list and publish your list

18. Write a graphic novel version of one of your GCSE texts. How well can you get across what is most important and distinctive? What gets lost?

19. Put together a short anthology of poems and write the introduction to the collection

20. Listen to literature (audio books)

21. Take part in a 'Critics Conference' role play

22. Collate a taster anthology of your favourite books to tempt another reader into giving them a try

23. Explore the art of the review - read 3 or 4 online reviews for a novel you enjoyed, then either write your own or write a response to one of them.

24. Immerse yourself in a university lecture

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