Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Merchant of Venice Famous Speeches

In anticipation of our trip to see The Merchant of Venice in The Helix, D.C.U on Monday, here are two famous speeches from the play. We have studied Shylock's Revenge or Equality Speech and Portia's Quality of Mercy Speech in class. In the Wordles below the most common words in each speech are largest. Have a look at the speeches below (Click on each picture to enlarge) and remind yourself of
Shakespeare's great writing! 

Saturday, January 14, 2012

War Poetry: Dulce et Decorum Est

Third year students have been studying Wilfred Owen's war poem Dulce et Decorum Est. Follow this link here on Skoool.ie. You will find an interesting lesson, which examines the themes, tone and language in the poem.