Web Pages

Good Morning!

Following your assessment last week, I would like you to do a little bit more work on the audience and purpose of webpages. It is really important that you consider the context of a text in terms of what and who it is for. This should be at the heart of any piece of analysis. You also need to consider a much wider range of features when you are considering a text.

So, today you are going to explore the BBC homepages and complete the attached table in as much detail as possible. As you will see, you are asked to consider the impact on audience and purpose for each feature (and please feel free to add more features to the table!) The aim is for you to make the link between audience and purpose more consistently.

Download the following: Features Table Features Table

Link to: BBC Homepage

When you have done this, I would like you to post to your blog some advice about creating a successful webpage. This should be aimed at people who are fairly new to the internet! You have to make them understand the importance of audience and purpose. This can be completed this week and you can refer to advice already available online.

Have fun!

Nina

AS Language

Good Morning!

We need to sort out some admin for the handing in of first drafts. Most of you have handed in work through Turnitin - can you ensure that you have sent both pieces. I will open up the submission window again.

I also need a paper copy of your work to be handed in on Wednesday - again both pieces. This will mean I can give you very thorough feedback on your drafts. No hand in = no feedback and a note on Correro.

You need to start working on your commentaries in this lesson. These can be handed in on Monday 15th December - this means you have some time in the Assessment week to complete those.

Here is the powerpoint from a previous lesson to remind you how to approach the commentary:

Commentary

Speaking of the Assessment week, there will be an assessment on Monday 9th December in the lesson. It will be an analysis of a text linked to technology in some way. We will do some prep for this in Wednesday's lesson. Reviewing the frameworks would be a good start.

Phew! Any questions, just ask!

Nina

A2 Developing Writing and Categorising Genre

Hi!

Here is the presentation on identifying genre in children's writing for you to enjoy!

PPT Writing and Genre in CLA

Nina

AS Language and Technology

Hello!

We are beginning to consider the relationship between language and technology. To whet your appetite for this subject, I would like you to read and comment on a couple of articles.

• The following three articles are all about the relationship between language and texting. Read each of them and make notes on the viewpoints of the writers. Either post a review of the articles on your Blog or create a word document that you can save. What is your opinion on text speak? Has it had a negative effect on language? How do you text?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-483511/I-h8-txt-msgs-How-texting-wrecking-language.html

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/nov/11/mobilephones2

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/05/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview

• This article is about how technology has influenced new ways of using language. Can you think of any other new words that have come from use of the internet?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/net-contributions-language

• When you have done all this.....I would like you to find a Blog you are interested and remind yourself of the language and stylistic conventions of the genre. We have looked at this briefly already. Follow this link to find some good blogs! Post your thoughts on your own Blog!

http://dailytekk.com/2013/01/14/the-100-best-most-interesting-blogs-and-websites-of-2013/#_0qXcvN


Happy Thinking!

Nina

A2 Learning to Read

Hello

Here is the Powerpoint from the lesson on how children learn to read.

Learning to Read PPT

Use it to jog your memory and support your notes.

Nina

A2 Work: Developing Reading Skills

Morning!

We have been considering how children learn to read. Jeanne Chall identified six stages of reading through her research into this area. Read the following article and make notes on each stage. Use the framework attached to help you.

Jeanne Chall

Chall Framework

Extension Work:

To what extent is Skinner's reinforcement theory important when a child is learning to read? What sort of reinforcement is used when teaching children to read?

How might an adult 'scaffold' a child's reading development when working with a child on a text? Which theorists describe the ways in which adults and children work together to develop independence in speech (we are now applying it to literacy development!)

A short film on teaching synthetic phonics - just for your interest! Will help consolidate what graphemes and phonemes are.

http://youtu.be/5wGfNiweEkI

Post your responses on your blogs.

Have fun!

Nina

AS Coursework Lesson 11 /11/ 13

Morning!

A few things for you to do today - so here goes!

• You need to make sure that you are enrolled onto Moodle for English Language as you will be required to submit your coursework through Turnitin (all drafts etc). The enrolment key is shakespeare (all lower case). Let me know if you have any problems doing this! There are instructions under the 'Moodle Help for Students' section.

• You need to start writing your coursework pieces. Remember this is just a starting point and I am not expecting perfection (yet!). You need to work on your coursework in today's lesson and throughout the week. I would like to see the first 300-500 words of BOTH pieces by next Monday. You need to submit these through Turnitin on Moodle. There is a deadline of 11pm on Sunday evening - after that Turnitin won't accept it.

• It is Equality, Diversity and Inclusion week and to celebrate the fact that we all have different opinions and ideas, I would like you to fill out a thought / speech bubble with a comment on why you think that English is a valuable course; what you have enjoyed so far and why...etc These will be displayed so be thoughtful and neat (as you can!)

Good Luck and as an academic once said to me 'you don't have to get a draft right, you just need to write!'

Nina