Y13: Wolf Alice

An excellent piece of research for you.

-Mr. F.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqbnDjId7g&feature=player_embedded

Y13: Comedia Dell'Arte

www.delpiano.com/carnival/venezia/commedia-dell-arte


Read that.

Makes notes on each character, making sure you understand their role and the tradition.

Y10: Horse whisperer

Hi Y10,

Research the origin and history of horse whispering, to give yourself a better understanding of the issues in the poem.

You could search for:

 

·         horse whispering, rosemary and cinnamon

·         horse whispering, frog’s wishbone.

 

You could also try ‘horse whispering, secret society’ to see what comes up!

 

 

Alternatively, you could visit the following web addresses:

 

equine-behavior.com/Origins_of_horse_whispering1.htm

 

answers.com/topic/horse-whispering

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseman%27s_Word

 

angelfire.com/pa/NewboldRevel/Horse.htm

 

ultimatehorsesite.com/info/hq13.html

 

templeofbaphomet.com/library/Leaper_Between.pdf

 

 

I would like you to present your findings on one side of A4 in the form of your choice.

 

Enjoy!

Y13: Good Luck!

And so you have all left the fold.

Best of luck in the exams and come find me when you are rich and famous. You've been brilliant.

-Mr. F.

Y13: Final Voice

Hey folks,

Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed learning with you this year. You are all so lovely in so many different ways that you will be sorely missed. Nevertheless, you all have amazing futures waiting for you just around the corner and you are about to be ripped from my influence forever and fly into the wide, wide world. Good luck to you all; you'll be brilliant.

So, before I get all teary eyed, there's one last thing I'd like you to do for me (aside from all that revision and exam prep, of course). Could you take five minutes to fill in this survey for us? It's the same as the one you did before, so it should be easy. We are wanting to see how your experience might have changed over the last six months. Hopefully we haven't been too much of a bad influence on you.

It's all over to you now. Make these last days count.

Best wishes,

-Mr. F.

Y13: A bit of a story for you

The Master Cat

It might be worth thinking about how this compares with Puss in Boots.

Happy reading!

Y13: Research

Howdy,



Take a look at these characters from Comedia Dell Arte
Makes notes on each of the characters. You will need to know these for our study of Puss in Boots.

Y12: Khalid Hosseini on the radio

Have a listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=the%20kite%20runner

Y13: Student Voice

Howdy Y13.

Please could you take the time to fill in this survey so we can find out your views on how to improve the course.

You don't give your name so you can be honest. :)

-Mr. F.

Literature A-level Student Voice Survey

Please complete the following survey to let us know your thoughts on the course.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W3X9NL7

Ta,

-Mr. F.

Y13: a smidgen of tragedy

Have a look at this.

Tragic, isn't it?

Y13: Half Term Reading

 I wouldn't want you to be board over half term, so I have prepared a couple of little tasks for you.

 1) Read this. Blog your thoughts on each section of the article and show, with evidence where possible, where those themes appear in the play.

 2) Choose one aspect from the article (renaissance values, blood in Christianity etc.) and research a little more into it, clearly explaining how whatever you might find can influence our understanding of the play and its story. (you will be sharing this when you return)

 3) Re-read everything up to the end of Act 3 again.


Have fun,

 Mr. F.

Y12: More background reading on Afghanistan

Background Information for The Kite Runner from anniekrespil

From SlideShare

Presentation skills

Howdy folks,

If you need to remind yourself of the basics of presentation, take a look at this:

Y13: Reading Journals

Just a reminder that you'll all need to have your reading journals ready from the sumer for when you return to school.

Get scribbling!

-Mr. F.

Y12 and Y13 Student Voice

Howdy Literature Students!

We'd like your feedback on the course.

Could you take five minutes to fill in a survey to help us improve the course?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W3X9NL7

Thanks!

-Mr. F.

Y9: Hotel Francis

Y12: homework

Presentation of setting in Frankenstein 1931

Y12: Frankenstein 1931

On Tuesday, we will be watching and analysing this. It will form part of your work on Presentations of the Gothic (compulsory work we will use to help decide if you are suited to join us on the A2 course. Details still to come).
If you are a loser and miss the lesson because - I don't know - you've gone on a school trip or something, please catch up on watching the film. Be sure to make notes on HOW (please note capitals for emphasis), HOW (please note repetition for emphasis) concepts of the Gothic are presented - particular focus on setting.

Homework: Blog an analysis of the presentation of setting in the 1931 Frankenstein

Enjoy.

-Mr. F.

Y12: The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic helmet that falls on him from above. This inexplicable event is particularly ominous in light of an ancient prophecy "[T]hat the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it". Manfred, terrified that Conrad's death signals the beginning of the end for his line, resolves to avert destruction by marrying Isabella himself while divorcing his current wife Hippolita, who he feels has failed to bear him a proper heir. However, as Manfred attempts to marry Isabella, she escapes to a church with the aid of a peasant named Theodore. Manfred orders Theodore's death while talking to the friar Jerome, who ensured Isabella's safety in the church. When Theodore removes his shirt to be killed, Jerome recognizes a marking below his shoulder and identifies Theodore as his own son. Jerome begs for his son's life, but Manfred says Jerome must either give up the princess or his son's life. They are interrupted by a trumpet and the entrance of knights from another kingdom who want to deliver Isabella. This leads the knights and Manfred to race to find Isabella. Theodore, having been locked in a tower by Manfred, is freed by Manfred's daughter Matilda. He races to the underground church and finds Isabella. He hides her in a cave and blocks it to protect her from Manfred and ends up fighting one of the mysterious knights. Theodore badly wounds the knight, who turns out to be Isabella's father, Frederic. With that, they all go up to the castle to work things out. Frederic falls in love with Matilda and he and Manfred begin to make a deal about marrying each other's daughters. Manfred, suspecting that Isabella is meeting Theodore in a tryst in the church, takes a knife into the church, where Matilda is meeting Theodore. Thinking his own daughter is Isabella, he stabs her. Theodore is then revealed to be the true prince of Otranto and Matilda dies, leaving Manfred to repent. Theodore becomes king and eventually marries Isabella because she is the only one who can understand his true sorrow. (nicked from wikipedia)

You can read it here.