The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Home > English > Standard > Module A: Experience Through Language > Elective 1: Distinctive Voices > The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender By Marele Day This material was written by Lynne Marsh Background Knowledge The Detective genre Linking the text to the Elective Setting Characters Techniques Themes Other texts Assessment practice Resources “In responding and composing students consider various types and functions of voices in texts. English Stage 6 Prescriptions 2009-2012 page 12 Syllabus Outcomes: Background Knowledge Consider what the term “detective” means to you. Make a list of all the detectives you can think of from literature, television, and motion pictures. What characteristics can be aligned with different detectives? There are five basic elements in a detective story: the milieu, the victim, the criminal, the suspects, and the detective(s). Witnesses are crucial to the investigation and crime solving process. The Detective genre:
Using Drama to Liven Up Your Lessons Why use Drama in Lessons? Drama isn’t just a subject, it’s a very powerful technique for adding interest and engagement to your lessons. But it’s often also one that some teachers steer slear of with the challenges of organising it and the potential for disruption. So I delved into our course archives and adapted this guidance written by our Lead Consultant for English and Drama Kevin Piper. Drama has a number of advantages as a tool in the classroom. Explores human experienceInvestigates specific examples through chosen framesExploits the human ability to respond to storiesHas its own language of space and gesture etc which can be more relevant for exploring personal issuesCreates a distancing effectIncludes both real and symbolic interactionThe search for the most appropriate form of expression is also a search for meaning Basic techniques Wondering what dramatic techniques will work best in your lesson? A Possible Working Method Are they clear? Recording Progress Give a short talk.
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The Australian Teachers of Media (Victoria) Band of heroes What’s happening to the hero in 21st century Western fiction? The outsider hero of the Hero’s journey archetype remains the dominant paradigm in Western storytelling. However, I believe that a there is a new thread to the story of the hero which needs to be described and discussed in classrooms. Band of heroes In contrast to the outsider hero and his/her helpers, some stories now feature a group of heroes of equal status. characteristics stories 6 characteristics - Band of heroes stories Comments / Teaching notes Complex The problems faced by the heroes are complex. Collaborative Contextual Champions Conjectural Co-creative music, clothing, Episode or chapter analysis : Band of heroes [Codes = visual symbols, music, clothing, stereotypes etc] story: Episode/chapter: Student: Name of the story _________________________ Episode/chapter ___________________ Student ___________________________ Context: Context Story so far Champion: Champion Name + personality episode/chapter: Challenges?
NCTE High School Matters: Annotating text using Google Docs by Tara Seale Recently, I wrote an article for the Google Docs Blog titled Google Docs: the tool for the 21st century classroom. The focus was how to use Google Docs and folders in an English classroom. Besides the ideas in the Google post, my students are also using Google Docs to annotate articles, short passages, or poems. To create this annotation doc go to Create New>Document. Under Alignment, use the drop down to select Horizontal: Left and Vertical: Top. Repeat the steps for the other cell. Share this document with students as a View Only document. Click on To View. and then insert email addresses in the Invite box. Some example annotations: Ozymandias The Sniper If you are new to Google Docs, and you need to learn more about how to use Google Docs in an English classroom, Google and the Writing Magazine teamed up to create a great Revision Lesson for Teens. For additional resources, view the videos and other links in the presentation below:
Nabolister - Watch Movies for Free 2011Year9English - home AS Level Media: Use of The Camera, Camerawork should be analysed in three ways: Framing - distance, angle, viewpoint of camera from subjectMovement - of the camera in relation to the subjectComposition - where the subject(s) appear within the frame of the pictureComposition Rule of Thirds - divide the shot screen into 9, the main points of interest are in the centre. Golden Mean - points of interest are balanced along the diagonal line Framing camera's distance from the subject camera's angle in relation to the subjectpoint of view Long Shot Extreme Long Shot Mid Shot Close Up Extreme Close Up High Angle Shot Low Angle Shot Point of View Shot Angle in Relation to the Subject ... High Angle - Taken from above, looking down on subjectLow Angle - Taken from below, looking up at subject Wide Angle - A lens which allows the audience to see more peripheral details Point of View Shot Key Terms - Framing Key Terms - Movement Pan(Whip Pan)TiltDoly/Tracking ShotZoom CraneSteadiCam/Handheld(Aerial Shot) Flying Cam
Phil Beadle How to Teach - Teaching tips for new teachers Multimedia Essays « Transmedial Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s works have been around since the 16th century. It continues to flourish even up to now. Among other great writers, his works are most well-known and most adored by people. Star Trek writers have accomplished spreading Shakespeare to the world through the use of their works. Spock’s comment refers to some parts of Macbeth, especially the lines of the witches as being badly written and not very Shakespearean. Khamlet (Hamlet) III.i.55ff. Khamlet: taH pagh taHbe’. Here are some Star Trek episodes that refer to Shakespeare’s works: STAR TREK (The Original Series 1966-1969) “Dagger of the Mind” The title is a reference to Macbeth. “The Conscience of the King” The title is a reference to Hamlet. “All Our Yesterdays” The title refers to Macbeth. “By Any Other Name” The title is a loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. “Whom Gods Destroy” The character of Marta quotes Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18. “Remember Me” The title is taken from Hamlet (I.v.112).
62 Ideas, Lessons and Humor for English Teachers #engchat I start back to school today for my eleventh year of teaching next door to my own high school English teacher. Mrs. Caldwell taught me to write and love literature. She's a fantastic teacher who is always innovating. Just yesterday, she showed me something new she'd created for her class. There is no wonder I admire and want to be more like her. An indexed list of Common Core English Language Arts standards and lessons aligned with those standards. Extended Response - Ms. McGraw's English Wiki I've heard this question many, many times! So, when I came across this excellent explanation in the newly released 2010 Senior English Syllabus in Queensland , I thought it was worth reproducing here: Purpose These techniques are used to assess the sustained application of higher order cognition of students to known and provided texts in the creation and evaluation of their own extended written and spoken/signed texts. Brief description In English, extended responses cover a number of text types and may be presented in a variety of modes.