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 research, 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
To understand the plot (if you don't already) use this video, which I think is very good to guide you/ support your learning.
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

 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

Here's the Candy''s dog lesson...

Foreshadowing Candy's dog tepee (3) from MsCaldwell

Something that happened....

Here's the lesson on the change in title and the pessimistic outllook of the novel. There are some key words here you may want to use. Leave a comment if you need any help...

Friendship and George and Lennie

Hi Y10
This is our lesson on Friendship and the contrast between George and Lennie's realtionship and everybody else's... There are two people that aren't lonely and one of them shoots the other in the back of the head. How is Steinbeck presenting loneliness here? What is he trying to say about loneliness? What's he saying about understanding each other?

Curley's Wife

Hi Y10

This week we have looked at Curley's Wife. We have considered her presentation in the novel. and how she contributes to the theme of loneliness.

You should have top 5 quotes to show her as a lonely character and be able to explain her purpose in the novel.

Your homework was to read the Miss Luce letter. I expect you to be able to show with page numbers where she does or doesn't achieve what Steinbeck says in the novel.

Let me know if you have any problems.

Best wishes,
Ms 

Crooks in OMAM

Dear Y10
Firstly, we all need to get into the habit of looking at the blog and using it as a resource for homework and if you miss a lesson.
This week we have studied Crooks and considered how Steinbeck presents him as a lonely character. The lesson and the homework are in the PowerPoint below.



Do let me know if you have any questions.
Ms