St George park

The chirping of the birds surround me, natures way of creating music

How peaceful each birds song is.

The children with their red cheeks and dirty knees cover the lushes green grass with their imagination and joy.

How the sun makes the water shimmer.

The beautiful white feathered swans glide through the naturally green water, oh what a sweet sight nature is.

How I wish I could join the peacefulness of the swans.

The grass shimmers and sparkles as rays of sunlight hit the droplets of water

How the rain seems to wash away the fumes caused by us humans.

The wet grass entwines between my toes

How peaceful it feels to be part of nature. Part of this park.

The History Boys

The History Boys was written by Alan Bennett and is set in a grammar school in the North of England in the 1980's where its centers around eight sixth form boys who are all applying for oxford so have three teacher and head teacher to help them in a term to prepare for the exam for oxford.

Characters

Posner-  A quiet, Jewish boy who's madly in love with Dakin. This character enjoys singing and often confines in Scripps.

Dakin- He's attractive and knows it, a character who loves himself and is aware and leads on Posner and Irwin who are both in love with him. Dakin is interested in the Headmasters secretary.

Scripps- He's exploring Christianity. A budding writer who enjoys recording events in his notebook. He also has Posner confined in him a lot where he gives advice to help.

Rudge- Star rugby player who's abilities manage to surprise everyone. He finds Irwins teaching teaching hard as he's very forward. Rudge is very a take me as I am person and shows this throughout.

Akthar- Muslim and is happy to get involved with the boys however is very much in the background, not saying as much as some of the boys.

Timms- The joker of the group who enjoys to make the boys laugh, often teases Irwin and ends up being whacked by Hector with his crude jokes.

Lockwood- He's a shrewd film buff who's interested in politics.

Headmaster- Typical headmaster who's concerned with league tables and oxford students however only cares for his ego and wanting to be as good as a private school, not actually the students. He's very much a pantomime figure as a normal headteacher isn't so loud and crude(swears)

Mrs Lintott- A traditional history teacher, teaches stated facts and in return receives good results. She never lets her true emotions effect her teaching.

Irwin- Young history teacher who's to find the boys an original and interesting argument for oxford. He finds himself falling in love with Dakin.

Hector- English teacher who has a very liberal attitude and chooses to not teach to the exam but to learn knowledge just because. He often speaks about how society is corrupted. He isn't shown as a bad guy even though touches the students.

Me and the way I speak

Hello my name is Taylor Clift-Chard and I am going to be discussing my language, the way I speak and how it differs around the people I am with.

Accent

Firstly I want to speak about my accent. My accent is bristolian  however it will become stronger depending on the people I am with for example if I am with friends from secondary school I find that I will use more bristolian terms and my accent comes out more. But if I was with my grandparents from my dads side then I will lose my bristolian accent without realising. I think the reason for this is because my grandparents aren't from Bristol and tend to speak very polite and pronounce words properly, another reason my accent may change around them may be because they are older and I would not speak to them as I would with my Friends.

The bristolian accent I find is when your bring out the r's in words or add r's for example instead of slide I would say slider which isn't correct. I do not however say words like 'babbers' or any of the bristolian words many would say. I do put on my accent and use those words as a joke with my friends sometimes which I would say is when my accent would come out. I find I can put it on instantly.

Slang

I have also noticed that me and my friends use a few slang words or just words we have found ourselves to use. I often say the word 'mazza' which is another word for mad so I would say "That's so mazza" instead of "That's so mad" I would only speak using slang words with my friends as it wouldn't be appropriate to speak using these words around adults such as teachers however I may use them if with younger people who are around the same age group as me.

Tone of voice 

I find that when speaking I will change my tone of voice quite a lot. However it depends on how interested I am in what I'm talking about for example if I am saying Hi to someone I will tend to say it in a happier, higher tone as I find its a nicer way to greet someone. My natural tone of voice isn't high pitched  but just normal and I tend to speak with this tone in simple conversations. I also think the tone of my voice differs with the people I am around, I doubt I will be screaming or shouting around a colleague or a teacher but if I'm with my friends my tone of voice will change a lot as I will be more intrigued in the conversation and they will then reply in the same way, hopefully.