*To make life easier and ease the pressure on the internet hamster. We have migrated to our own site: Click the image below*
We use Google classroom for our learning. Creating a space to communicate, upload, discuss and share our learning every day.
All slides associated can be found below.
This term we are focusing on 'Narrative'. Looking at forming ideas and structure. All while focusing on our vocabulary and improving our writing.
We will be creating our own stories through: E-Books, Animation and Storyboards
Student IPARC Creations
The start of Term 2 - 2020 we will be looking as a group at the novelisation of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Through this we will be discussing key themes and analysing the text in great detail.
Hold on to your hats, 'cause you're not in Kansas anymore.
PLEASE HEAD TO OUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM TO GRAB YOUR PDF COPY OF 'THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ'
Following reading the Novel we will be watching the classic 1939 film, starring the marvellous Judy Garland
Activities can be accessed via links provided
Use this PDF as a guide for your weekly learning. Click on the RED links to be taken to your tasks and slides!
Using the new google sites we are working on creating and presenting our work through this medium.
Discussing themes, characters and symbols throughout.
WEBSITE QUESTION: Discuss the importance of - 3 key themes, characters and symbols throughout either the novel or movie of WOZ.
Get creative: Make sure to have it easy to access. We want to be able to navigate it easily. Minimal tabs, work visible!
To the new Shaw Literacy site
SYMBOLS:
Ruby slippers - Work shop / whiteboard session
Golden Cap - Work shop / whiteboard session
Emerald City - Work shop / whiteboard session
Yellow Brick road - Work shop / whiteboard session
Students are challenged to create a short genre film based on their choice. They must present a short film no shorter than 3 mins using classic conventions from genre and following guidelines set that can be enjoyed by all age audiences.
Alibi
Clue
Crime
Deduction
Detective
Flashback
Forensics
Foreshadowing
Hunch
Investigation
Motive
Mystery
Plot
Red herring
Setting
Sleuth
Suspect
Suspense
Victim
Witness
Berserk
Pessimist
Confiscate
Lethargic
Turmoil
Wholesome
Succumb
Imperative
Advocate
Audacious
Pungent
Abound
Beacon
Celestial
Clarification
Precaution
Encounter
Preposterous
Gaunt
Decipher
Spontaneous
Pseudonym
Shackle
Haggard
Terrified
Horror
Mise-en-scene
Diegetic
Scourge
Venerate
Dread
Monstrosity
Sinister
Fatal
Abhorrent
Bewitching
Eerie
Grotesque
Macabre
Premonition
Wailing
Repugnant
Isolation
Bleak