Attention AS/A2 Students

If you would like to attend the Media conference on February 5, 2010, you must bring in the money and permission slip on the first day back from break.

Our school has been given an extension, due to the snow day.

Mr. Dunford

AS Media Studies Lesson (Dunford/Polston), December 16, 2009

Objective: Blog Dates

Lesson

1. Change of Dates Blog Entries during Production of Coursework
2. Missing Work
3. Coursework Blogging of Tasks

Year 11 Lesson, December 16, 2009

Objective: How Hardy presents Oak as a sympathetic character. How Hardy presents Bathsheba as mysterious and stunning. Chapter One, FFMC

Lesson

1. Draft Collection, ‘Old Man and the Sea’
2. Review Quiz
3. Long Shot–
4. Close-up–
5. Reading, completing t-chart regarding the presentation of a each character
6. Begin homework–How does Hardy present Gabriel and Bathsheba and why does he do this?

Homework: See above..Due Friday

Year Nine Lesson, December 16, 2009

Objective: Looking at the Theme of Friendship and Leadership in Julius Caesar, Creating ‘Frineship Committe’

Lesson

1. Groups-Friendship Grid in Groups–You are responsible for listing 10 qualities or traits that qualify a person as a friend  AND  should also list 5 friendship infractions that could cause the possible absolving of a friendship.
2. Discussion/Notes-Friendship Summit/Development of ‘Frineship Constitution’
3. Discussion Questions

• As far as the final friendship constitution, what do they feel they would alter or change?
• Did you find the task meaningful?
• How did they like working on something so subjective with a group?
• Could you draw any conclusions about coming to a consensus in a large group?
• How easy is it to maintain friendships in a political context? 

4. Make/Decorate Friendship Committee Poster

Homework: Due the Tuesday we can back.

Year 11 Lesson (Wales), December 10, 2009

Objective: Language Patterns

Lesson

1. Patterns Notes/Examples
2. Homework Check/Groups Annotate Extracts
3. Feedback Responses

Homework

Due Tuesday

The Old Man and the Sea Draft

Patterns in Language

 Target—I wish you would assess patterns in the language, and how these patterns contribute to the development of sympathy towards Santiago.

 What is a pattern? 

• An arrangement of
• A sequence of
• The order of
• Consistent routines
• The frequency of a technique

Year 10 Lesson, December 10, 2009

Objective: To Understand the Power of Language Patterns

Lesson

1. HW
2. CW Question/Handout
3. Patterns
4. Writing…discuss patterns as well

Homework

Due Monday, Page 3 of Booklet

Patterns in Language

Target—I wish you would assess patterns in the language, and how these patterns contribute to the development of sympathy towards Santiago.

What is a pattern?

• An arrangement of
• A sequence of
• The order of
• Consistent routines
• The frequency of a technique

AS Media Lesson (Dunford/Polston), December 10, 2009

Objective: Overview of Coursework Dates/Blogs

Lesson

1. Read over Blog Items and Due Dates
2. Begin Blogs/Coursework

Homework

See Dates on Handount

Blog Entries during Production of Coursework

AS Media Studies Lesson (Dunford/Polston), December 8, 2009

Objective: Title Storyboarding

Lesson

1. Look at title sequence
2. Review Areas to Consider when looking at titles
3. Develop storyboard of titles Developing a title sequence
4. Begin Homework

 

Homework

Blog Entry #17

Title: Researching Titles

Task:

1. Scan your title sequence into your blog
2. Discuss the decisions you made regarding the titles, focusing on the ‘areas to consider notes that were done in class’.
3. Embed and discuss the title sequences of the three title sequences we watched, identifying the areas to consider that are apparent and their effects (use the notes you took in class to do this)

Due Thursday

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ON THURSDAY YOU WILL BEGIN developing the thriller for your coursework. Come to class with your ideas.

AS Media Lesson (Dunford/Polston), December 3, 2009

Objective: Looking at Titles

Lesson:

1. What areas need to be considered when developing titles?
2. Starter–View Titles, thinking about the above question

1. Mind Map Ideas–What must be considered
2. Develop and present ideas for The Silience of the Lambs

Clarice Starling, a young intelligent FBI trainee, has been sent to the Batlimore state hospital for the Criminally insane to interview an inmate Dr. Hannibal-the cannibal- Lecter. A Brilliant renowned psychiatrist turned infamous Psychopathic Serial killer. She must match wits with Lecter -who has the darkest of all minds- and trust him to give her clues in the search for “Buffalo Bill”. a nick name for a loose,unknown, unstoppable Pyschopathic Serial killer… Written by Sam Krainak

 

Year 11 Lesson (Lane), December 2, 2009

Objective: Old Man and the Sea Due Dates, ‘Death of a Salesman’ Coursework Typing, ‘Death of a Salesman’ Conferencing

Lesson

1. Copy Due Dates
2. Conferencing, Death of a Salesman…time permitting

You Must:

1. Type ‘Death of a Salesman’  Draft, adding details, improving the coursework piece.
2. Complete the work in silence.

Homework:

Due Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Draft of The Old Man in the Sea Coursework Essay. Each of the below items will be checked each lesson it is due. Feel free to work ahead.

Steps to completion

1. Complete Activity Booklet–Due December 4
2. Make notes regarding in textbook/exercise book relating to the coursework question–Due December 9
3. Personal Annotation of Extracts–Due December 11 
4. Selection of Extracts–Due December 11
5. Developing Essay Plan–Due December 16
6. Written Draft–Due December 16

You must work through the above steps while conferencing is taking place in class and for homework. They will be checked

If you choose not complete the essay and bring it in to school, you will be sent out of the class and be writing it in the library. This will count as your draft. No excuses.