For use with the essay title: Choose from a play a scene in which an important truth is revealed. Briefly explain what the important truth is and assess the significance of its revelation to your understanding of theme or character. Continue reading The Crucible – A Revelation
Available to download from: Continue reading Doctor Faustus – The Character of Faustus
I’m just putting this here because it made me chuckle. Continue reading David Mitchell Clip
This advert was assembled by my S3 class. After watching several media texts, they wrote a script and began collecting photographs and video. In discussion, they produced a clear idea of the order of the narrative and of the accompanying images. The finished product is a superb piece of work, making full use of their media literacy. Continue reading S3 – School Advert
I’m just posting this cartoon because it’s a good reminder that you can tell a good story without having to resort to anything too grand or, as you might say, epic. Secondly, you might notice that the cartoon is MORE effective because it doesn’t entirely resolve the story. It leaves you to fill in some blanks for yourself. And let’s not forget: it’s *really* sweet. Continue reading Short Story Writing
From today’s class, here’s the link to the documentary. Worth a look. Also, here is a documentary from last year by Andy Hamilton, which is a bit easier to get your head around. Continue reading Doctor Faustus – Mephistopheles – BBC Documentary
Final phase summaries… Continue reading Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Phases Six and Seven
As I have mentioned to a few people today, you can click this link to see two operas from Glyndebourne which were broadcast live by The Guardian newspaper this last weekend. I think they’re taken offline on Friday, so you’ll need to be quick. Free opera, eh? Not to be sniffed at. Continue reading Glyndebourne Opera
Did I mention that you should read loads in the Summer? Continue reading Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Phase Five Summary
Hope this is of some use. Don’t work too much in the holidays. But don’t work too little. And read LOADS. Continue reading Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Phase Four Summary
This is worth a watch by my Int 2s. There’s a second video to follow, just click the link when this one finishes. Continue reading An Inspector Calls – Background/ Context
Summaries of these two phases for my Highers. Continue reading Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Phases 1&2
As mentioned to my Intermediate 2 class, this is a very special film about an extraordinary cultural event. It’s also about a phenomenal boxing match. Absolutely compelling viewing. Continue reading When We Were Kings
Leading on from a short discussion with my Int2s… This is a clip featuring the most famous piece by 19th century German dramatist and composer, Richard Wagner. Wagner redefined the whole art form of opera, and expanded the vocabulary of music with his use of what has become known as the “Tristan chord”. As a piece of trivia, he also wrote the bridal march which … Continue reading Wagner
This. Is. Genius. Click here. Continue reading "Alright Dave"
Okay, the quality isn’t very good but you can see this is the same joke, more or less, as the Abbot and Costello “Who’s on first” clip I put up before the holidays. The confusion here is between Peter’s name and the organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It shows how well-known the joke has become that Stewie considers it to be … Continue reading Family Guy/ Abbot and Costello Joke
A short film about the work carried out by human rights charity, Amnesty International. Continue reading Amnesty International
This is a very old sketch by American comedians, Abbot and Costello. It has been referenced in Family Guy, the Simpsons and hundreds of other comedy shows over the years. The basic idea is that there are a variety of baseball players with unusual names (“Who”, “What”, “I Don’t Know”, and so on) and Lou Costello is trying to find out the names of the … Continue reading Phenomenal Classic Wordplay
Below is the Youtube clip of the original 1931 James Whale version of the story. This film made a lot of errors with regard to the plot of the book, as you will learn… In the meantime, it is at least a bit interesting. Continue reading Frankenstein
Following a recent run on Broadway, a new film production is under way, starring Scarlett Johansson as Katherine. //www.youtube.com/get_player Continue reading A View from the Bridge – Clips
Below I’ll try and upload the two presentations from today’s class. You’ll need to pause the video on the slide you want to view. //www.youtube.com/get_player //www.youtube.com/get_player Continue reading Higher – Close Reading Revision
//www.youtube.com/get_player Continue reading The Greek Chorus – Mighty Aphrodite
This is the link to the BBC Bitesize section. It has a few quizzes and three video clips which might help for revision. It’s very basic, though, so don’t start thinking Higher is easy just because this is so simple. Continue reading A View from the Bridge – BBC Links
//www.youtube.com/get_player When it debuted in an American newspaper in October 1950, the four frame strip Peanuts introduced a cast of unusually mature kids – Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder and an extraordinarily smart dog named Snoopy – who have since become cultural icons the world over. For more than fifty years Charles M. Schulz wrote and drew this funny, poignant, deceptively simple strip, … Continue reading Rats! We can’t be fifty!
This is the link to the BBC Lockerbie montage that we looked at in class. Continue reading Debates
