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This is my teaching blog for classes of A Level Literature, Language & Literature, Communication & Culture and IB English. Please find regular course updates, useful links and extra resources below, or click on the name of your course for more information.

Tuesday 30 September 2014

A2 Comms - The Communist Manifesto

Along with Das Kapital Marx's most famous text was The Communist Manifesto, which you can take a look at by clicking here.

Monday 29 September 2014

AS Comms - Erving Goffman

To support your understanding of the theorist Erving Goffman, take a look at the short presentation below:

A2 Comms - Marxist Analysis of Fairy Tales

Click here to read a Marxist analysis of fairy tales and click here to read a Marxist fairy tale! Both are worth a  read and will help develop your understanding of Marxism further.

A2 Comms - Political Compass



As we discuss political movements such as Feminism and Marxism, you may be interested in finding out which way your political views lie. If so, Click here to take the political compass test.

AS Comms - Pygmalion Effect

Watch this short clip showing Jane Elliott's research into the phenomenon we call the 'Pygmalion Effect':

AS Language - Categorising Texts

Click HERE and HERE for useful resources on Categorising Texts (you'll need your Moodle login for access)

Saturday 27 September 2014

AS Comms - Johari and Rogers

Click here to read how one individual applies the Johari window and Rogers' Concentric Circle Model to her own taste in music.

A2 Comms - Exploited or Empowered Chinese Workers?

Here's a fascinating TED Talk which challenges many Marxist assumptions about the experience of Chinese factory workers:

Friday 26 September 2014

AS Comms - Self Esteem

Read THIS article on some of the possible dangers of high self esteem. This supports some of our classroom discussion from last week.

A2 Comms - Feminism

To support our learning on Feminist readings of everyday culture, watch this short interview with Kat Banyard on the lack of women in British parliamentary politics:

Tuesday 23 September 2014

A2 Comms - Killing Us Softly

This is perfect for both the Feminism and Objects of Desire units of this course:

AS Communication and Culture - Goffman

Please click on this link to a prezi which accompanies your learning this week on the theorist Erving Goffman:

http://prezi.com/6mil9xhxcnbu/?utm_campaign=share&

Sunday 14 September 2014

GCSE Descriptive Writing

Click HERE to get a head start on this week's descriptive writing task, by reading an extract by Roald Dahl.

A2 Lit - King Lear

HERE's a Prezi to refresh your memory on The Wheel of Fortune and the Chain of Being:




Friday 12 September 2014

AS Comms - Johari Window

One of our focuses in class this week will be the Johari Window. Here's a prezi explaining this model of communication:

http://prezi.com/fmw_u3tvl0nk/?utm_campaign=share&utm

... and here's a video lecture:

AS Comms - Johari Window

One of our focuses in class this week will be the Johari Window. Here's a prezi explaining this model of communication:

http://prezi.com/fmw_u3tvl0nk/?utm_campaign=share&utm

... and here's a video lecture:

Thursday 11 September 2014

GCSE Course Booklet

Click HERE to access the course booklet for the GCSE re-take course this year (you may be asked to log in to Moodle

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Monday 8 September 2014