Uncle Isidore by Dannie Abse

Thanks to Sophie for this one 

Letter from Ogmore by Dannie Abse

Thanks to Keira for this useful start to our revision:

Larkin poems about beliefs.

Here are my group's useful revision presentations about the short philosophical poems in "The Whitsun Weddings"  with some interesting links to an Abse poem in the volume "Welsh Retrospectives":

"Water" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

"Nothing To Be Said" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

"First Sight" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

"Ignorance" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

"Days" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

"As Bad As A Mile" by Philip Larkin from ENSFCEnglish

Larkin and The Movement

This short BBC documentary, helps to put Larkin in the context of The Movement and explains his poetry was a new voice and diction for the 20th Century.

It's part of a series and if you are interested, watch all 4:

Welcome New Bloggers!

Welcome to the new generation of bloggers recording their thoughts and reactions to Larkin's poems. I hope you will read each others' posts and comment on them if you find them useful or have anything you want to add.  You might even want to offer alternative opinions and interpretations on theirs.  After all this is exaclty what AO3(ii) is all about - being aware of other readers' interpretations!
First - here is the link to the 1960s programme about Larkin "Down Cemetery Road" which you have doodled about...

Next is a documentary made more recently about Larkin which offers a contemporary perspective on Larkin after his death...

and finally, here are some videos of Larkin reading his own poems.  You might want to add these to your own posts:

An Arundel Tomb:

Afternoons

For Sydney Bechet

The Whitsun Weddings

Gatsby Settings Prezi Competition Winners

Here are the winners of the Gatsby Prezi competition.  All these students had never made a Prezi before and were asked to explore the significance of the settings in The Great Gatsby and their symbolism.  I was blown away by all the work, but these were voted the best by the class.  Well done everyone!
Winner: Olivia

Runners Up: Sarah
Moncef
Lauren

The Significance of Music in Dancing at Lughnasa

My students today explored the music of the thirties that is featured in the play and analysed the significance of particular pieces of music for each of the characters. Here are the results: 
Kate  
Chris  
Gerry
Agnes