Had to share this before I forgot. Tonight's episode of Glee (laugh all you want) would be brilliant for those of you needing a visual text:
1. Fathers/sons - lovely scene with Kurt and his dad
2. Teen sexuality/journey to maturity - Santana struggling with her feelings for Brittany.
Will add any more random text suggestions as they hit me.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Research Links
If you're feeling the need to make progress on your research assignment over the break, these links will get you to the two booklets we've been looking at in class.
REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR TEXT CHOICES - ASK ME VIA THIS IF YOU NEED TO
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/eng3_7Bv4_25jan06.doc will get you to the Achievement Standard
US8834
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching%20&%20Learning%20sequences/Archived-English-Online-units/English-Units-NCEA-Level-3/Theme-study-Unit-Standard-8834/Learning-task-1
For 8834, you need to be able to complete the following grid to ensure all categories are covered:
REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR TEXT CHOICES - ASK ME VIA THIS IF YOU NEED TO
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/eng3_7Bv4_25jan06.doc will get you to the Achievement Standard
US8834
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching%20&%20Learning%20sequences/Archived-English-Online-units/English-Units-NCEA-Level-3/Theme-study-Unit-Standard-8834/Learning-task-1
For 8834, you need to be able to complete the following grid to ensure all categories are covered:
Southland Boys’ High School
English Department
U.S. 8834 Thematic based research – reading logsn:
Name of Text | Author | Date completed | Genre | Gender, culture or literary merit | Three text details | Link to theme | Personal response |
Gender one | Gender two | Culture one | Culture two | Literary merit one | Literary merit two |
Written one | Written two | Written three | Written Four | Oral one | Oral two | Visual one | Visual two |
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Research
Tomorrow in class I'll be checking that you've all got a research topic to work on over the holidays. This would be a great two week window of opportunity to get some of your necessary texts out of the way. Just thought of a new theme idea - the portrayal of the imperfect family in literature. The Poindexters are far from perfect and could be a good springboard to looking at other troubled families.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
A friendly 'heads up'
Tomorrow morning (Sunday) I will be reading your editorials for feedback on Monday. Then I will be compiling a list of all boys who have not yet sumbitted a single essay on The Scarecrow. The next step is to ring the parents of those students, then put them in Wednesday homework club with Mr McDowall. Two essays should have been completed by now.
In a perfect world, we could actually make a collaborative effort to help each other. I've written one excellence essay and published it for you. If you all wrote an essay which would achieve, we could post them to inspire ourselves!
In a perfect world, we could actually make a collaborative effort to help each other. I've written one excellence essay and published it for you. If you all wrote an essay which would achieve, we could post them to inspire ourselves!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wednesday's Work
Greetings boys.
While I am at the athletics, you've got plenty to go on with. I'm expecting PARAGRAPH responses, so that we can build on these to craft our first essay.
Character
1. The Scarecrow is seen as a mysterious entertainer, a sexual threat, an absurd failure and an evil monster. Find quotes to back up each of these descriptions.
Setting
2. How does the author make credible that such events could happen in this kind of town?
3. Some have argued that Klynham can itself be seen as a character. Explain what you think is meant by this. In what ways can Klynham be seen to function as a character within the text?
Plot
4. Where do the trivial and diabolical plot lines come together?
5. How is suspense used effectively?
6. How are events finally resolved? Do you find the ending satisfactory?
7. How does RHM turn the funeral procession into a comic event?
8. The text has been described as a 'gothic melodrama.' Use the internet to find out what this term means then write a paragraph explaining whether or not you agree with this description.
While I am at the athletics, you've got plenty to go on with. I'm expecting PARAGRAPH responses, so that we can build on these to craft our first essay.
Character
1. The Scarecrow is seen as a mysterious entertainer, a sexual threat, an absurd failure and an evil monster. Find quotes to back up each of these descriptions.
Setting
2. How does the author make credible that such events could happen in this kind of town?
3. Some have argued that Klynham can itself be seen as a character. Explain what you think is meant by this. In what ways can Klynham be seen to function as a character within the text?
Plot
4. Where do the trivial and diabolical plot lines come together?
5. How is suspense used effectively?
6. How are events finally resolved? Do you find the ending satisfactory?
7. How does RHM turn the funeral procession into a comic event?
8. The text has been described as a 'gothic melodrama.' Use the internet to find out what this term means then write a paragraph explaining whether or not you agree with this description.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Summaries are Overdue
Gentlemen, your chapter summaries are now overdue. I'll do Zac's chapter now that he has left us. So far, only Jason and Eric are guaranteed not to have to stay through Friday's lunch hour. Happy reading ;-)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
DVD is on its way
Have just received an email from Wellington. The DVD is on its way with an overnight courier (it's Friday night now) but, of course, school isn't open tomorrow morning! Hopefully it will arrive first thing Monday so we can watch some of it period 1. In the meantime, keep reading! The boys who have finished the book and submitted their chapter summary by the end of Monday's lesson will get chocolate.
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