Raphael's English Journal

“I wasn’t that brave. In fact I was having enough difficulty staving off the dread which through me as I descended”
This talks about how his emotions are just as much of a burden as his physical condition. He states he has too much difficulty preventing his anxious feelings. The dread term is used as almost like a person. Like a person that Joe is trying to hold back with a massive effort that is slowly besting him in his fight. When he says the dread swamped through him it is powerful. You ascociate swamps as dark thick sludgy liquids with scary unknown inhabitants dwelling in the murky bottom. You can relate the dread as a ferocious beast, a predator which flows through the swamp. But this is a disguised swamp. You can relate the mountain to a swamp without relating it to this quote. It’s unknown, has a sense of mystery. You wouldn’t be surprised if you died inside or on it. And many people have made up ‘mystery’ creatures such as big foot/yeti and the Loch Ness monster. when traveling through the ice of the glaciers it feels like a swamp as your mobility is limited.

Hello and welcome to your personal online journal.

This platform has been created to enhance and enrich your learning at the London Nautical School. Its purpose is to provide you with an audience for your work (or work-in-progress) and you have the choice (by altering the ‘visibility’ of your posts) of whether your work on here is visible to the world, or only to your teacher.

Anything you post here in the public domain represents you and thus it’s important that you take care with that decision, but don’t be afraid to publish your work – as the feedback you may get from people at home, your peers and people from around the internet is only likely to enhance it.

Remember you can always access your class blog and all manner of resources through the Edutronic.net main website – and by all means check out the sites of your peers to see what they’re getting up to as well.

If you have any questions for me, an excellent way to get an answer is to create a new private post on this journal. I am notified of any new posts and will reply swiftly to any queries.

Make the most of, and enjoy this new freedom in your English learning.

Righto!

Mr Waugh

Welcome to your new English Journal.

This site has been created for you to allow a more modern and dynamic way for you to approach your work in English. It is set to “Private” so the only people who have the ability to read what you write here are you, me (Mr Waugh, your teacher) and Dr Ovenden (the Head of English).

Whenever you create an entry on this journal, I am notified. I am then able to comment on what you write – and thus provide you with individual feedback for your work. You can freely access this journal from any computer or mobile device that is connected to the internet.

I will also use this journal as a place to keep all the official information that is relevant to your learning this year – including feedback on your assessments and your current and predicted grades.

For detailed information on your class work and an archive of the hand-outs and resource material you get in class, you can access the Nautical 10 website anytime. Unlike this journal, the class website is public and accessible by anyone.

I hope you find this journal useful – but if it is not for you, the more traditional mechanism of using your book for all work is still available to you. The choice is yours.

Righto!

Mr Waugh