Auchinleck English Stars

3A1 are currently studying Romeo and Juliet.  They used the Shakespearean Sonnet shared by Romeo and Juliet on their first encounter as a stimulus for their own sonnets.

Dust in the Wind

Tonight we’re going to seal our fate

As we gaze into the stars

Today we have a destiny date

As we place on the shelf our dream-filled jars

Now its time for the ultimate game

As I wake from my eternal sleep

The gods are starting to calll my name

In the pool of life the waters so deep

We will start a brand new life

In this place I’ll meet my foe

As I wield a blood covered knife

What have I done? I do not know

The game is over, the deed is done

The battle is over, the war is won.

Cameron Paterson, Robert Shaw, Dane McBeth, Matthew Ramsay

Sonnet – Paris Hilton

Why oh why do I envy you,

Is it your blonde hair extensions? Read the rest of this entry »

This month we have used Roald Dahl’s description of the Grand High Witch removing her mask and transforming into “the most frightful and frightening thing I have ever seen” as a stimulus for our own TRANSFORMATIONS.  Werewolves, vampires, wicked sprites and even statues transform and come to life – read on!

 Dylan Brown  Champion Star Writer

The first thing I noticed about the man was his size. He was a small man, no bigger than about five feet. He looked about thirty five years old. He had a few wrinkles around his sea-blue, very round eyes. Above his eyes were two eyebrows that looked like two black bushes. His skin was as white as fresh snow. His nose was as squint, pointed and as crooked as a disgusting, evil witch but as long as when Pinocchio had told a hundred lies. He had two of the most humungous sausage-like lips I had ever seen. He was wearing a casual white shirt and blue jeans with a pair of dirty brown shoes. On his hands he had lots of gold rings shining like the sun on a hot summer’s day. He suddenly started to shake and his body was getting larger. The buttons of his shirt and his rings started to pop away. He was changing before my very eyes. Read the rest of this entry »

New Blog Created

At long last the English Department at Auchinleck Academy has dragged itself into the technological age.  Our new Blog is called Auchinleck English Stars and is designed as a space for pupils to publish their writing and read work by other pupils in their school. 

We will also post a page for parents with everything they need to know about writing in the English Department.  Forgotten what a simile is?  Don’t worry it will all become clear when you check out the Parent’s Page.

So what are you waiting for?  Get writing and reading NOW!