Resource Pack: The Great Gatsby



Leonardo DiCaprio will be playing the role of the iconic Gatsby
 in an up-coming Baz Luhrman movie adaptation. (Trailer)



1. The entire text of the novel by ebooks@adelaide.
2. Analysis of the novel through a series of ShowMes by SCC English.
3. Resources on The Great Gatsby from TES English.
4. Sparknotes video summary of the novel.
5. Collection of lesson plans for The Great Gatsby.
6. Compilation of resources from Classic Literature.
7. Cornell University New Student Reading Project.

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2B Screenr presentaion on Of Mice and Men

This is a Screenr presentation on Of Mice and Men by a second year English class from Newbridge College. The class studied Steinbeck’s classic tale of human friendship and fragility for their J.C. course. The class summarise the novel to a series of different images that represent various important themes and moments from the novel.

Sylvia Plath Revision Booklet

Please find below a revision booklet on Sylvia Plath. The booklet was compiled by fifth year pupils of Newbridge College. The pupils studied the poetry of Plath as part of their L.C. course for 2013.

Culture Factory

Culture Factory are a local community activity group based in Newbridge. They are hoping to make a poetry publication to sell in the Newbridge area. It will contain poems from all the schools in the Newbridge area. As such, any pupil here from the College is able to send an entry to culture.factory@yahoo.ie. Posted below are two entries from pupils here in the college.

The Christening Robe

Once the box is opened,

The smell presents,

That misty smell of old.

This simple white dress, blanket and shoes,

Makes me realise Why it can never be sold.

As clean as the newest snowflake,

Its beauty undeniable,

The essence of time stands still in its presence,

Only worn for one day,

Every once in a while.

My Grandmother sits smiling beside me,

Lost in her own precious memories.

 Not much is left,

Only her mother’s creation,

Passed on from generation to generation.

by Niamh Jordan

13^th Apostle (Caught in a web)

On the verge of the supper below the last step,

Stands one of equal significance,

As sacred as any whom attend the session above,

Perceived, although, in a drastic light.

Few acknowledge this interloper might

Without story, or ceremony

To give it light.

The consecrated texts within miracles occur,

Obscure the power of the nameless other,

The 13^th Apostle.

 by Bryan Hayden

Resource Pack: Othello

*Othello makes a return to the Leaving Certificate Single Text and Comparative Sections for 2015*

Othello is regarded as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy plays. Othello is a respected and honorable Moor. But Othello's dignity is sharply contrasted against the play's antagonist Iago. The play explores many themes including love, jealously, isolation, racism and the role of the military. Below is a selection of resources intended to help in the study of the play. The resources begin with a comedic cartoon overview of the play from CliffsNotes.
 



1. eNotes Video: Top Ten questions to ask in Othello.
2. Detailed overview and analysis of the play from Shakespeare-Online.
3. Collection of lesson plans on Othello from WebEnglishTeacher.
4. TES English Resources on Othello (Teacher login required)
5. Citizens Theatre:Teacher notes with class activities on Othello.
6. The entire text of Othello Online.

J.C. Unseen Poetry

Please find below the poem ‘The boy who nearly won the Texaco Art Competition’ by Joe Kane. The poem appeared on the J.C. Higher level paper of 2007. The poem comes with three sample answers completed by two Third Pupils here in the College. Click here for the full piece.

The boy who nearly won the Texaco Art Competition

he took a large sheet
of white paper and on this
he made the world an African world
of flat topped trees and dried grasses
and he painted an elephant in the middle
and a lion with a big mane and several giraffes
stood over the elephant and some small animals to fill
in the gaps he worked all day had a bath this was Saturday
on Sunday he put six jackals
in the world and a great big snake
and buzzards in the sky and tickbirds
on the elephants back he drew down blue
from the sky to make a river and got the elephants
legs all wet and smudged and one of the jackals got drowned
he put red flowers in the front of the picture and daffodils in the bottom corners
and his dog major chewing a bone and Mrs. Murphy’s two cats tom and jerry
and Milo the milkman with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth
and his Melville dairy float pulled by his wonder horse trigger
that would walk when he said click click and the holy family
in the top right corner with the donkey and cow
and sheep and baby Jesus and got the 40A bus
on Monday morning in to abbey street to hand
it in and the man on the door said
thats a sure winner