Y11 Half Term Research

Make sure you have read chapter 14.

Have a look at these websites and makes notes (1/2 page?) on things you find interesting or applicable to TKAM.

www.afroam.org/history

www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk

See you next half-term!

Y13: Faustus performance

Link to the Faustus performance next week.

click here

Y11: Background research

Ok folks, now is the time we get into some serious background research for TKAM.

The Scottsboro Trial Link 1
Link 2
Alabama Link 1
Link 2
The Great Depression Link 1

Racial Discrimination Link 1
Link 2
Jim Crow Laws Link 1
Link 2

Harper Lee

Use the information on these links to create a fact-page to show others in the class what you have found.

y11. Quotations

Find quotations from this bank to do with your theme.


Quotations bank

Y11: Mockingbird research

Y11s


For Research on the Mockingbird, start with:

The Northern Mockingbird

Texas Wildlife Facts

Nature Works Facts

You need to find out what the bird looks like, feeding habits, habitat, and any other interesting information. At the end of the lesson you will be asked to create a song or poem about the bird ready to present to the rest of the group.

Just for fun...

A little analysis for you. One day you will all be able to do this...

http://jedsmommy.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html

Y12: lesson journal

Thank you all for your hard work in today's lessons. I realise that some of the things we were doing were quite difficult, but I felt you all coped really well with it. If some things are still not clear, try explaining them in your lesson journal (i.e. your blog) and see if anything becomes clearer. If not, please say and I'll try to help you out. Overall, things will probably become clearer when we start looking at the text properly (If you haven't already read The Kite Runner, I advise you get started pretty quick as we will not be reading all of it in class together).

As this is going to be your first entry in your Lesson Journal, I'll give you a quick run down of some of the activities we did today (If you are not yet doing so, I advise you start taking your own notes in lessons to help you remember).

Sequence
1. Pictures in different orders
2. Looking at Memento and Time Traveler's Wife extracts
3. Looking at The Secret History extract
4. 4 places from which to start a Crime narrative.
5. Reading of Digging to America extract
6. Summaries of The Interpretation of Murder, On Chesil Beach and Brave New World

Remember: You don't have to write about each part of the lessons! What I want from this activity is for you to be able to process some of the thoughts you might have had in today's lessons and for me to be able to see what those thoughts are in order to help and stretch you in future lessons.

How you write down your thoughts is up to you. It could be in chronological order, or it could just be an exploration of one individual idea that you found of particular interest. And please: don't be dull in your responses; say something interesting. Be creative. (It can be informal; just don't write it in text-speak - that's not going to help you with your written expression! (AO1))

Looking forward to seeing your responses!

Ssssssssssuper.