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January 30, 2012

Ideas about film and literature for Part 4, Language A Literature

Filed under: English — hannah_tyson @ 4:29 pm

Here are some ideas about literary texts and film from an online workshop participant with thanks to Sahiba Al-issa:

One work that would be interesting to teach is ‘The Road to Perdition’; – a film based on a gangster’s life; I have shown the film to students in my Bachelor in Mass Media classes as it is a powerful film. There is very little dialogue, and, surprisingly, interspersed with violence is a most imaginative use of silence. Then recently, I found it was a graphic novel. Can such a work be taught? I thought It would be perfect for this Option of Literature and Film.

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January 21, 2012

Graphic novel resources

Filed under: English — hannah_tyson @ 7:35 pm

Here are some resources contributed by Melissa Hamley from Hoover High School in Alabama; hope you will find them as useful as I have:

Graphic Novel Resources:
The Post-Modern Novel; Comics in Education ; Comics in the Classroom;
Graphic Novel Template; Storyboard Template

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January 17, 2012

Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops

There is still time to take advantage of Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops. Over the last three years we have trained over 4000 IB teachers on our IB authorised workshops, at both category 1 and category 3.

Follow the links below to see the range on offer. Our next session begins on FEBRUARY 20th. Do not miss out on these…book now to update your professional training. Our interactive workshops and resources will help take your career to the next level and support your classroom practice. Our courses cover subject-specific and whole-school topics and make the in-service training budget go further.

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January 12, 2012

Orange picking and weight loss: Why context matters!

Filed under: English — Tags: context, dubai gym auschwitz, georgia school's 'slavery' math problems, IB, Language A: Language and Literature — triplea_lo @ 2:58 pm

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January 9, 2012

wordle for making word clouds

Filed under: English — Tags: writing prompts — hannah_tyson @ 2:26 am

Don’t know if people are using this, but I did have my students do this with Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed” and it revealed a lot about how they read the text and what might be good avenues for choosing topics for essays and oral presentations: http://www.wordle.net/

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January 7, 2012

Not International Mindedness!

Filed under: English — triplea_lo @ 5:15 am

Speaking another language = unpatriotic?

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January 4, 2012

Equality Leads to Excellence in Education

Filed under: English — Tags: Article, Education, English, Films, IB, Language A: Language and Literature — triplea_lo @ 12:20 pm

At times in teaching it’s good to step back and think about how our cultural values have shaped our educational systems,the results, and whether we can step out of our ideological paradigms enough to adopt better practices. We may not be able to change our national systems or the IB as much as we would like (though there is plenty of scope for that too) but we can surely look for ways to make sure all students within our care are treated equitably.

I’ll find a way to use The Atlantic’s article ”What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success” in my English A: language and literature class probably at the beginning of next year. It will provide a good opportunity for students to share their own educational experiences, and that can be very helpful to know as a teacher, whether it’s part of the syllabus or not.

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January 2, 2012

literacy/oral presentations

Filed under: English — hannah_tyson @ 10:22 pm

I have to admit to occasionally raving about trying to teach literature to a post-literate generation. However, if you can believe Clive Thompson and the data of the Stanford Study, at least students are writing more avidly than ever AND they are more conscious of the business of writing for an audience. An older stance is that you learn to write well by reading. And if students are more conscious of audience, does this carry on into presenting orally to an audience? Some interesting implications, perhaps?

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January 1, 2012

To what extent does the meaning of ‘woman’ change?

Filed under: English — Tags: construction, gender, IB, Language A, Language and Literature, portrayal, sexuality — triplea_lo @ 2:10 pm

For those studying the construction/portrayal of gender and/or sexuality in their Language and Literature courses, the following links will provide lots of stimulus material (references to other texts, embedded videos, etc):

The 50 Best Moments For Women In 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/the-50-best-moments-for-w_n_1175695.html

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November 24, 2011

Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause

Here at Triple A Learning, we’ve always supported the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) cause. With a mission to “empower the world’s poorest children through education“, who could fail to be moved by its ideals.

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January 30, 2012

Ideas about film and literature for Part 4, Language A Literature

January 21, 2012

Graphic novel resources

January 17, 2012

Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops

January 12, 2012

Orange picking and weight loss: Why context matters!

January 9, 2012

wordle for making word clouds

January 7, 2012

Not International Mindedness!

January 4, 2012

Equality Leads to Excellence in Education

January 2, 2012

literacy/oral presentations

January 1, 2012

To what extent does the meaning of ‘woman’ change?

November 24, 2011

Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause

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