'My favourite lesson in English would probably be the one where we studied Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poems Christabel and Kubla Khan. They are both amazing poems and I especially like Kubla Khan because it has fantastic vivid descriptions and the story behind the poem is really interesting too. It also inspired me to do my own poem called Arctica about a frozen land under the sea.'
Isabelle, 12
Girls follow a balanced programme of reading, writing and speaking and listening activities. The texts used and the approach taken are chosen by the individual class teacher.
Each year, girls will read a minimum of:
- One pre-1914 poetry text
- One pre-1914 prose text
- One pre-1914 drama text (usually Shakespeare, studied in extracts)
- One post-1914 poetry text
- One post-1914 prose text
- One post-1914 drama text
- One non-fiction text
- One media text
Click here for a list of texts used in UIII
Click here for a list of texts used in LIV
Click here for a list of texts used in UIV
The English department also regularly produces reading lists for girls in the Lower School:
Click here for a recommended reading list for UIII
Click here for a recommended reading list for LIV
