Harry Grubb's English Journal

Harry grubb and meshach

Harry: this is Harry grubb reporting from lns sport.
We are here today as the lns basketball team just got off the bus from a big win
Against dulich.
We are going to have a live interview with there man of the match and top scorer
Meshach James cambell.

And here he comes now, meshach, meshach, how was the game today.

Meshach: it was a very easy game and we ended off being the better side by far.

Harry: let’s talk about you. How did you do?

Meshach: I played alright I got 18 points in the game but I wouldn’t of got them
Without blert ademi and Gabriel.

Harry: and finally, how did you get so good?

Meshach: ah you know , just shoot some hoops at the park , you know.

Harry: thanks meshach.

Meshach: thanks

Harry: this has been meshach James cambell and Harry grubb on lns sport, thanks for listening, see you later.

I was on holiday when I was six and I had a big accident. I was in Spain with my mum and dad and 2 brothers. I was in the swimming pool when I needed to go to the toilet.
So I asked my mum to go back to the house and she said yes.

So I got in the toilet and started doing the wee. Then suddenly, I slipped and banged my head on the toilet seat. My mum shouted if I was alright but I said yes. So I carried on but I slipped again and my mum shouted again but I walked out with blood already down to my toes and lots of tears in my eyes. I had to have two stitches right next to my eye and used a sticker book to calm me down.

Last night at wembley, Arsenal bagged a win against Bayern Munich 2-1.
“It was a very close match as it was 0-0 at half time” the Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes said after the game.
As the game progressed closer to the final whistle, Arsenal scored a goal by Santi Carzola in the 90 min which changed the whole stadiums atmosphere.

Arsenal had the upper hand as Philip Lahm was sent off for a clumsy tackle on Lucas Podolski in the 63 min of the game.

The Arsenal fans and club were happy as they finally won a cup but for Bayern Munich, it was a devastating day for them.

Reporter: Harry Grub

My mum likes to iron our clothes but why? That is what I’m going to find out now.

My mum said:

” I don’t like to see screwed up clothes being worn. When I’m in a good mood, I like to do it with the tv or music on but when I’m in a bad mood, I get it done quickly. When I have finished the job, I feel ….. Happy….and ….like…I have achieved something and have done a good job. I do it at least once a day because there there five us living in the house.”

Then I asked “do you think that if you had a girl, would she get involved and help you iron?”

Then she said:

“I can’t comment because I don’t know what it is like but she might want to help and it won’t be me asking her to do it.”

So I found out about ironing but why don’t she ask one us boys to maybe help her?

With thanks to my mum.

Over-All grade: (provisional) 6C

1. Timeline: 6C – Detailed and Accurate
2. Film: – incomplete
3. Presentation to class: 6A – Confident and well-prepared presentation and good understanding of subject material
4. Essay:
   • Reading Grade: 6C – Confident and original appreciation of the lingustic, stylistic, generic and historical context of the play
   • Writing Grade: 5A – Well structured, with lapses in style and accuracy as noted in extended comment.

I’m thrilled that you enjoyed the play so much, Harry – It has obviously done you good that you enjoyed it because this is the best grade you’ve ever received in English. You deserve to feel proud of what you’ve achieved.

Mr Waugh

This is my essay where I will be exploring the ideas of fate and interpretation used in the play and film by William Shakespeare and Baz Luhrmann. I will also write a bit about the film and the play and explain what they showed differently.

I really liked the play as it was a gripping play and every time I heard the bell go off in school, I felt sad that I could not read more. But the film was also really gripping so I knew straight away that I would enjoy this topic.
As we were reading the book and watching the film, I saw that there was a connection from them both and that is called interpretation. The first example I saw was right at the start of the film were Romeo and his mates( like benvolio, tybalt and mercutio) were fighting. In the book, the battle was shown by fighting with swords ,however, in the film it was shown by fighting with guns called swords.

Also, William Shakespeare developed the play to be shown in the globe theater where the top plays would perform. so baz lurhman wanted to put a bit of that in the film so he decided to call the pool club at the beach ‘the globe’.

Now on to fate which was a big thing in the film as they showed it more than the play. The only one i picked out from the book was when romeo did not get the note from friar Lawrence and so he killed himself before Juliet woke up.

As on the other hand, the film had quite a few examples of fate. The first one i found was the first time they saw each other. it started when romeo was invited to this masked party but he was thinking about not going because of his one true love Rosaline. But said to his mind that he should go for some fun and so, he came across a girl who he thought was attractive and that was Juliet.
So fate decided to take Romeo down the path to get over rosaline and meet Juliet.

If we go back to the play, I noticed something what was a bit unusual to see.
If you look really closely, you could see that William Shakespeare is playing the role of god by steering people down paths which are good but some were bad.
For example, when friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo didn’t quite get to him, he decided to play around with that letter so they will end up killing themselves.

However, in the film, Baz Lurhman showed it by Romeo not being in his caravan when the post man came to give the leter to him and so he left a note saying that he came but no one was in. But Romeo didn’t see that letter so he saw Juliet laying there dead when she weren’t and so he killed himself before Juliet killed herself.
But, he made the audience feel sad as when Romeo stepped on the note when he was going to Juliet.

The other sad cliffhanger Baz left us on was when Romeo drunk the potion just before Juliet touched him. That was sad because in the play, Romeo killed himself way before Juliet woke up so it was unexpected but really, really good piece of filming.

After I read the play and watched the film, I really thought that it was best story I heard of because of the ideas of fate and interpretation William Shakespeare and Baz Lurhman used. They used it so much, that was what the film and play was all about.

I hope you enjoyed reading my essay on Romeo and Juliet. But I will leave you on my favourite quote from the play:

Juliet: “When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Harry Grubb.

Thank you sir and merry Christmas to you

In my activity for the class, I will make some cards with the main points from the book and film. Then I will put the set of cards on each table but muddled up. All they have to do is is to rearrange them into chronological order and also they will have to explain more about what happened after the point they have got.

I will plan more on it at home and get all the cards ready for the allocated day.

Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in.

ROMEO

I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But He, that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.