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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
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&
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.
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:
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:
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
GCSE Re-Take - Find out more about your course
Click HERE to learn more about the IGCSE course from the CIE exam board
Monday 8 September 2014
A2 Literature - TS Eliot
For this week's independent work, watch this Arena documentary on T.S. Eliot ...
A2 Literature - T.S. Eliot Documentary
For this week's independent work, watch this Arena documentary on T.S. Eliot ...
Friday 5 September 2014
AS Literature - Find out more about your new course
Click HERE to learn more about the AS Literature course from the OCR website
AS Comms - Learn more about your new course
Click HERE to find out more about your new AS Comms course from the AQA website
AS Language and Literature - Find out more about your new course
Click HERE to learn more about the AS Language and Literature course from AQA
AS Language - Find out more about your course
Click HERE to find out more about your new course from the AQA website
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