AS Comms - Goffman extension work

Click here to listen to a 30 minute programme on BBC Radio 4 about Goffman. This is a brilliant way to challenge yourself further!

AS Comms - applying the course so far to 3 Non Blondes

Watch the 'Search for the hero inside yourself' clip (from 3.16): what can you apply from what we have studied so far on the course to this clip (for the purposes of this, pretend it is real!)

A2 Literature - The Imitation of Life

In The Bluest Eye, Maureen is interested in Pecola's name and asks whether she has been named after the girl in film The Imitation of Life (1934). Actually, the character she is thinking of in the film is called Peola - but the reference is important because there are some key links between the film's narrative and The Bluest Eye. Most significantly, Peola is a mixed race girl who pretends that she is white, rejecting her black mother in the process. Here is a clip from the film:

AS Comms - Goffman

A2 Comms - Marxist analysis

Group 1: http://padlet.com/wall/isnx1n15t9

Group 2: http://padlet.com/wall/lqyh57dx6a

Group 3: http://padlet.com/wall/9x10hpw7ad

Group 4: http://padlet.com/wall/g1ygo0e1ji

Group 5: http://padlet.com/wall/jmde8zj5yi

Group 6: http://padlet.com/wall/gfpkfjaqm6

Group 7: http://padlet.com/wall/en5i1aq2f4

Group 8: http://padlet.com/wall/sr51y2occa

AS Comms - Hoodies as a cultural signifier

If you are interested in reading more about how the meanings of hoodies have changed over time, click here.

AS Comms - Goffman

The Goffman Prezi is here: http://prezi.com/6mil9xhxcnbu/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

AS Lang Lit: Analysis of Speech

Click here to watch an analysis of a very famous speech. This might be a good thing to watch before you start your homework for me.

A2 Comms - Plato's Cave

Watch this adaptation of Plato's Cave.
Then: imagine that Marx is one of the prisoners in the cave.
Tell his story: what does he discover when released from his chains? What produces the shadows on the wall? What is the reality of bourgeois society that lies behind its appearances?

A2 Comms - link to Prezi on Marxism

Here's the link to the Prezi used in class today (Capitalism v Marxism):
http://prezi.com/_w4h-b2f0yhx/?utm_campaign=share

A2 Comms: Mark Steele lecture on Marx

Once you've watched Part 1, go on and watch Parts 2 & 3.

AS Comms : Johari Window

Here is a link to the Prezi used in class:

http://prezi.com/fmw_u3tvl0nk/?utm_campaign=share&utm

A2 Lit: Shirley Temple

AS Comms - Twilight: Semiotics

Click here for a good online tutorial, which explains semiotics in an accessible way.

AS COMMS / Twilight: Defining Culture

AS LL - The art of rhetoric



 

 

This clip complements the work we are doing on rhetoric in class at the moment.

 

 



AS Comms - Blue eyes/Brown eyes experiment

Watch this clip to see the effects of labelling on behaviour and attitude on children - it's a classic experiment that you could refer to when discussing The Pygmalion Effect in your own work:

A2 Literature - Toni Morrison explains her motivation for writing The Bluest Eye

AS Lang & Lit: The Comma

Click here to watch a useful little film about commas...

A2 Comms - Capitalism & Jurassic Park

• Can you think of any other films - or music videos - where 'capital' provides the 'complication' and the 'motivation' for the plot/characters?
• Do you agree that we all 'silently accept that Capitalism is here to stay'?
• To what extent do you agree that in life 'we are not in charge, the market is'?

A2 Comms - introducing Capitalism

AS Comms - Twilight class

What is culture?

Click here to hear some different viewpoints: which do you agree with most?

For next week, ask 10 people how they would define culture - record their answers either in your books or on your phone (ask their permission first). Make sure you bring this to next Thursday's lesson.

AS Comms - How we see ourselves

Click here to watch 'A Girl Like Me'.
To what extent is our own sense of identity shaped by factors external to us?

AS Lang Lit - how often do you use exclamation marks?

A recent article on the BBC News website (click here to read it) comments on the increasing use of exclamation marks with the development of digital communication. Reflect on your own use of - and attitude towards - exclamation marks. Do you use them more when texting, emailing or on Facebook? Have you noticed any patterns - e.g. that women use them more than men?

AS Comms & Culture - Welcome to the course!

Welcome to AS Comms and Culture - I really hope you enjoy studying the AS course with us this year. This blog is the place to come for support and extension work outside of the classroom. Please make sure that you check it regularly and save it as a favourite.

Your timetable:

Tuesday 9am - 1E5
Wednesday 3.05pm - 1E5
Thursday 1.50pm - 1E5
Friday 11.30am - 1E5

Don't hestitate to come and see me if you want to talk about the course and how it is going - I can be found in either 1D11 or D8 when I am not teaching.

A2 Comms - welcome back!

Welcome back to A2 Comms  - this blog is the place to come for extra help as well as for extension work to push you harder.

There is a course book for A2, which you might want to buy:

AQA Comms & Culture (click here for link to Amazon)

If you are looking for other texts to buy to help support your study in the second year, you might consider the following:

Marx: a very short introduction (Amazon link)
Postcolonialism: a very short introduction (Amazon link)

Advice from previous A2 students: click here

A2 Literature - Welcome back!

Hello and welcome back to English Literature!

This is the place to come for extra support, guidance and extension work. First things first:

Timetable:
Monday 10.15 - 1E6
Wednesday 9.00 - 1D7
Thursday 10.15 - 1E6
Friday 3.05 - 1D7

Texts you need to buy for my side of the course (coursework):
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (click here for link to Amazon)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (click here for link to Amazon)

{No need to buy our 3rd text, Collected Poems by Philip Larkin, as I will give you a booklet with them in.}

AS Language and Literature: Welcome to the course

Hello and welcome to AS Language and Literature.

Try to get into the habit of checking both this blog and the materials placed on Moodle regularly in order to gain as much support as possible for this subject. Good luck for the year ahead!

First things first:

Timetable
Monday 9.00 - 1E7
Tuesday 10.15 - 1E1
Thursday 12.35 - 1E6
Friday 1.50 - 1E1

There is one text that you must buy for my side of the course:

All My Sons by Arthur Miller (click here for link on Amazon.)  

I would also recommend the following if you are looking for further texts to support you in AS Language and Literature:
AQA course book
Usborne Grammar
Usborne Punctuation

(These last two look a bit childish but are great for explaining grammar and punctuation)

If you have a smartphone, I'd also like you download the following 3 (free) apps:

• Socrative student
• The Guardian
• iGE lite

Please don't hesitate to come and see me if you are worried about anything on the course - I can be found in either 1D11 or D8 when I'm not teaching.