Link to e-learning films

Link to e-learning films. Sit back and learn!

Not a substitute for the book.

Listen to the text

A link to the book read by Golding!

Lord of the Flies

Hello Y11

Right, I hope we're getting back into the swing of things now. We are half way through out Lord of the Flies course so you should have a fairly solid understanding of the text and its messages.

A couple of things that really stand out from the examiner's report (after every exam there is a comment on how it went)

1. Write a lot about a little. This is key advice and something we have been working on throughout the GCSE  course. 
2. Focus on theme/message and not on content. Again -- do NOT tell the story. 

You should have read the book at least once by now. If you haven't, this is urgent and you need to sort it out. I'll upload the PowerPoints we've worked on in class. 

Let me know if you have problems.

Ms Caldwell

Characters

Sorry - this post is up a little late. I'm a bit out of the habit of blogging.
Your homework was to create detailed character profiles of two boys from the text: Ralph, Jack, Piggy or Simon.
I expect you've done this already...
They should include quotes from the text. Excellent ones will also explore the symbolic aspects of the character.
Here are some links:
Sparknotes, Bitesize and Pinkmonkey.
Should be enough to keep you going.
Any problems, let me know. If you find any good links, please add them as a comment.
Happy New Year btw.
Ms

Holiday Reading

Merry Christmas Y11

I realise that lots of you are a bit annoyed with me for making you work until the very end of term, but you are in school and, significantly, in Y11. What would be the point in you coming to school if you didn't have work to do? You can watch loads of films over the holidays.

When you're not watching films, you'll be reading Lord of the Flies. You should have a copy of this. If you haven't, a well known internet website will deliver them to your door - here's the link. This won't leave you a massive amount of time so you could also go to a bookshop or ask Santa for one. If this is a problem, let me know as soon as possible. You can email me at school and I will do my utmost to ensure that you get a copy. 

Have a look at sparknotes too.  It's been a Literature text since long I did my GCSEs so there's lots of stuff available to you. If you find a good site, please leave the link in the comments box. Share and care. 

You will love this book by the end of term - I'll make sure of it!

Merry Christmas!

Ms 

next to of course god america i

Hello Y11

In the final few lessons of term we looked at cummings' poem from the Anthology.

We explored patriotism and irony.
Here are the lessons.

Next to god america i 2

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Next to god america i 3

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I think it's fantastic poem and I think we had fun with it.
Here are some of the links that won't work via Slide Share.
Cummings reading the poem.
The world's biggest flag?
The song with Ironic in the title but no actual irony!

Ms :)