Macbeth

Hi Y10

This week, we have moved on to Macbeth. Use this link if you want to read ahead.

We've watched Polanski's version of the play. Best English week so far according to KH - watching a film and no homework. A brief respite in the homework from me (after GH said that he had never had as much homework in one subject); this is temporary though so make the most of it!

Your formative work will not be marked until after next week - I have Y11 and Y13 and they must take priority as you will this time next year...

Let me know if you need anything,
Ms

Romantic views on Nature and Frankenstein

Hello all
This week we have looked at Romantic views on Nature and Frankenstein. You watched this film on this and, as much as you thought it was pretentious (it's Peter Ackroyd; he can't be pretentious: he is awesome! Maybe one of the words you need to look up is pretentious?), it's very informative and gives you a good understanding of Romantic ideas about nature. I would also recommend you watch the other two films in the series, Eternity and Liberty, as they will deepen your understanding of the movement. Try to hate a little less.
Some hilarity at the 'birth' of the monster in lessons, but a valuable critical interpretation... A range of interpretations were brought up by the class and some thought on whether or not this might be a feminist text.
Homework is three words - you should know what you're doing.
Let me know if you need any help.
Ms

Homework: Frankenstein mind maps

Hi Y10

Homework is on the penultimate slide - happy holiday! 

Chapter 5 Emotion

Hello Y10
Some excellent work this week. The wall is becoming an excellent resource!
You have two homeworks (if you're on the French Exchange, just do the one in the powerpoint and I'll give you the resource for the other one next week).

1. Fully annotate Chapter 5 for emotion. I expect this to take and hour + of really focussed reading and interpretation. 
2. The pink sheet is some research you can do on philosophical ideas that would have influenced Mary Shelley. 

Let me know if you have any problems.

Emotion in Frankenstein

Hi Y10

Some great presentations this week! Well done. Now that we know about context, it's good for us to start to do some close analysis. 

Some key points for this assessment then. 

Formative Assessment: Explore the ways emotional voices are presented in the texts you have studied. Controlled Assessment: Explore the ways disturbed characters are presented in the texts you have studied About 2000 word essay Clean copy of scenes/chapters/text used in the C.A. 4 hours given. 20 lessons + 4 for Controlled Assessment

What are you expected to produce throughout this unit of work?
Throughout, you are collating your own quotation banks, character profiles and contextual information. You'll then write an essay.

Don't forget the homework in the final slide. Example paragraphs are also here. 

Chapter 5 lesson

4 frankenstein initial emotion from MsCaldwell

Context Presentations

Hi Y10
I am very excited about your presentations next week; they certainly have the makings of excellent teaching and it'll be interesting to see what you've researched, how you've linked it to the text and, of course, how you have chosen to present it. 
You'll be giving your presentations on Monday and Wednesday next week.
This is what you need to include:
Skilled presentations - 
1.Comment on the effect and importance of the context in which the text was written 

2.Have clear links to the text

3.Present the information clearly so that the aspect is understood

Excellent presentations - 

1.Explain with increasing sophistication the significance of the historical context on the text

2.Have precise and detailed links to the text

3.Present the information in a dynamic and informative way

As a reminder, in this CA you are expected to:
-Respond to texts critically and imaginatively; selecting and evaluating  relevant quotations to illustrate and support your interpretations
·Explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings
·Explain links between texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects
·Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to you and other readers in different contexts and at different times

This final point is the focus for these presentations and it's the relate bit that's key! We've worked really well on the first two points with OMAM and you targets from the formative assessment here will of course apply to these texts too. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ms

Frankenstein

Hello all
Right, by Monday you MUST have read the text. It's a slow starter, but becomes a gripping read.
HOMEWORK: Finish the storyboard/comic strip to summarise key moments and points in the novel (however you have chosen to tell the story).
  Skilled Storyboards will have...

1.A title that reflects your understanding of the extract

2.A summary of the extract with some quotes

3.Pictures that accurately reflect the content of the extract

Excellent Story boards will have...

1. A title that shows a sophisticated understanding of the significance of the extract/ section

2. A summary of the key point with well selected and embedded quotations

3. Pictures that reflect a sohisticated appreciation of Shelly's use of imagery

 

You can also use this video, which I think is very good to guide you/ support your learning.

 

Next week we'll have a focus on context and you'll give presentation on an aspect of the context that I will give you.

 

Let me know if you have any problems/ questions.

Ms