Monthly Archives: November 2017
Week Seven – Essay Writing
Notes from our seminar after school. Read carefully. PowerPoint – Essay Writing for 12 ATAR Dos and Don’ts – What Were Loo [...]
Week Seven – Catcher in the Rye Secondary Readings
The Catcher in the Rye is the first novel to explore the psychological and emotional world of the teenager. In this sense, Holden Caulfield [...]
Week Six – Catcher in the Rye, Close Reading of Ch1
By now, you should have completed a (very) close reading of the opening chapter of the novel. The chapter does a lot of ‘heavy lifting [...]
Week Five – What was on the board this week
It’s great when we can cater for the students in the class who think with a “maths brain”, if there is such a thing. Here [...]
Week Five – Stimulus Writing
One of the hardest things to do in English is to write imaginatively. I often wondered, of late,whether this is a direct result of smart pho [...]
Week Five – Summary
So, this week we began our study of The Catcher in the Rye. When I first read this book, I have to admit that I hated it or, as Holden might [...]
Week Four – Its all in the question.
Hi everyone, I want to ask you two questions: what is it that, over the past four weeks, you think we have been doing? Why do you think we [...]
Week Four – Targeting and Constructing Teen Culture in Advertising
Below, your name is listed next to a decade. For class discussion in Week 7, find an advert from that decade that targets teens or construct [...]
Week Four – Readings
Below are SIX readings for you to review and use. They crystallise many of the ideas we have been discussing and come from Jon Savage’ [...]
Week Four – One Opening and One Ending
Have a look at the opening transcript of the documentary American Teen, below: American Teen (2008) Directed by Nanette Burstein Narrator: H [...]
Week Four – Documentary Readings
These readings may be useful in preparing you for your essay. [...]
Week Three – What was on the board this week?
Hi everyone, a few photos below of some of the work we did on the boards this week. Check these with your notes, fill in any gaps. If there [...]
