Resources from the Danse Macabre unit:
Features of author man from the south
You must write on any TWO of the short stories we have studied this term including
Know Me Before You Judge Me
And Did Those Feet first impressions
Essay Writing Skills – PEDAL Paragraphs And Did Those Feet
Melting Pot
Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenesCLOZE
Important Quotes in Freedom Writers
PEDAL character essay scaffold
what do we know about Miss Gruwell
General essay writing
Hi Year 10,
Welcome to my blog! Here is the essay breakdown we worked on in class – as promised!
Here it is… for success you need to explain, explore and use specific examples.
You need to put the film and characters in context. If the marker has never seen Aliens before they should have an idea of the genre, general plot and the who the main characters are and how they fit into the story. They should also be able to picture specific examples that back up the points you are making.
Hello Year 12,
If you have lost your paperwork, got yourself in a pickle, been irresponsible or need a blank sheet to work from – this is the last stop!
If you’ve made a mistake and feel like you could do better next time in terms of keeping your paperwork in order, use this as a learning opportunity. Half the battle in life is just making sure you’re on top of things. This is by no means everything we’ve done this year, but at least it’s a starting point. Click on the links below to open the documents.
Good luck.
Miss Mac
Aliens – Film study
Getting to know the characters
Macbeth – extended text study
No fear Macbeth – witches 1 (2)
Short text study
Eugenesis by William McIlvanney
Eugenesis full text by William McIlvanney
No Ordinary Sun – Probing the poem (3)
No Ordinary Sun by Hone Tuwhare
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Hi guys,
I have put some links on here that might help if you’re having difficulty with the basic essay structure and communicating your ideas. See if any are helpful for you. If you have any questions, just ask 🙂
Essay Writing Skills – PEDAL Paragraphs
Here is the class brainstorm we came up with. Use it wisely – you need to personally decide which examples/ key techniques to use in your essay. It needs to be detailed and logical. You should make sure you put context in your essay.
Miss Mac
Click below to download.
Hello Year 11,
Please find the brainstorm below. Use with care! No cookie cutter essays – the ideas are just that, IDEAS and you need to take them further in your discussion.
Miss Mac
Hello!
I’ve put the list of possible films and novels below, please make sure that you double check your parents are happy for you to view the films as some have age restrictions. It’s up to you to not get yourself or me in trouble! If you have any suggestions of other films, novels or short stories you think others in the class could read or view, please send them through and I will add them to this post. Also, if you want to check if a text is appropriate flick me an email or comment on here and I will let you know. My school email address is mnd@pakuranga.school.nz.
Brilliant!
Films:
At The River I Stand
Strictly Ballroom
Dead Poet’s Society
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Erin Brockovich
Schindler’s List
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Shawshank Redemption
Cry Freedom
The Truman Show
Courage Under Fire
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Novels:
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
To Kill a Mockingbird
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
A Million Little Pieces
A Child Called It
Hi guys,
I have added the information regarding website readings for wide reading logs below. Make sure you read several posts (3 if long, 5 if shorter posts) on your website and take any notes that you will need in order to respond to them appropriately, including at least 2 quotes. You will also need to make a note of the URL, name of the blog, title of the individual postings and the name of the author.
Blogs
Blog posts are short, so you should read a
range of posts as you would a poetry collection
AJ Jacobs
Writer for Esquire magazine.
Links to some of his other writing worth looking at include:
My Outsourced Life http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0905OUTSOURCING_214
Radical Honesty http://www.esquire.com/features/honesty0707
Cogitz
Blog about unexplained and unsolved mysteries
Listverse
Top ten lists of just about everything
Webzines:
Psychology Today
Serious articles about psychology and health.
Empire Magazine
Entertainment magazine focused on movies
Huffington Post
American political website
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
The Onion
Satirical news website – heavy on irony
Time Magazine
An offshoot of the paper version, particularly interesting
to look at the archives section.
Others:
Wikipedia
Wikipedia.org often has feature articles of the day worth
reading
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