End of Term 3

To: 10TT 10RW and 11English
Thanks for all your hard work. Next term Year 11s will be in for some serious revision - brushing up on response writing will be a major focus. Year 10 classes will be doing a mixture of film making, performance, some will do poetry and some will be doing latin!

Thanks to all of you who have used this site to express your sensible and constuctive ideas.
Have a great and happy holiday.

Mrs Hucker

I've won! I can't believe it!

You are Dave. Write in the first person your account of winning the Little 500 and what it means to you.

10TT 10RW Breaking Away

Check out this site http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/070503

Play the video, it will give you some interesting insights into the film Breaking Away.

Do a Google search on Little 500 - leave an interesting fact on the comments

9NR Short Stories 2007

We've read lots of short stories this year. Which one can you remember the best? Tell me why you remember it the best? What was MEMORABLE? I was most pleased with the way you all handled The Bet.

"Everyone cheats." 10TT 10RW

"Everyone cheats. I just didn't know."

Who says this in Breaking Away?

Who is he talking about?

Do you think he is right?

Why is this an important moment in the film?

Breaking Away 10TT 10RW

Now that you have viewed the film what is your impression of the whole film. Can you identify any common elements when comparing it to The Outsiders?

Visual and Verbal Techniques/Features

Some great responses to Looking for Alibrandi. One thing I would like you all to keep in mind is to be very specific when referring to visual and verbal features. In the scene where Michael and Josephine come face to face the visual feature is simply a mid shot which is the most frequently used shot to show emotion/reaction. The verbal features are dialogue, voice over and music. It is not sufficient to say verbal and visual features are used to show this. Do make sure you distinguish between voice over and dialogue. Keep writing it's fabulous to read your responses expressing an excellent depth of understanding.