Blitzkrieg

The teacher's unit of work posted yesterday had a fairly good cross-section of analytical and imaginative tasks. Doubt however that the 'Paintball' type excursion would be possible in Australia due to be easy to age restriction. As a creative response trigger however, it could be effective as most students could imagine the situation well enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13T0wWLpljw&feature=related

Back to War

With regards to suitable novels for war genre study, thought back to what I had taught to Stages 4 and 5 and remembered 'Goodnight Mr. Tom' and 'On the Beach'. There are also such perennials as those that deal with apocalpytic themes such as 'Children of the Dust', 'Taronga' and 'Tomorrow When the War Began'. Some sites give an excellent overview of the ways in which war themes have changed over time. Some of the best are listed below for you to take a look at and file for future use.
War Resource Goodies

• Read the article on War Films on at the British Film Institute’s Screenonline Link to Screenonline


• Detailed extended unit of work (student teacher?) on 'All Quiet on the Western Front' http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/lessonplans/sec/lled314/2004/grade12/novels/All%20Quiet%20on%20the%20Western%20Front/Gr.%2012-All%20quiet%20on%20the%20western%20front-S.%20Gin.doc


• Excellent film overview - http://www.filmsite.org/warfilms6.html

http://stannersenglishmatters.wikispaces.com/


Ihave put some extra material on the wikispace for teachers to make use of. Would welcome feedback about how it works in the classroom. Could also post material from other teachers as a sort of communal resource pool to make everyone's job a little easier.

My new genre book 'Science Fiction' should be published today or tomorrow and I am very excited about getting my copy. I like the colours and design of the cover.
Barbara

With regards to 'War', I tracked down two of the recruitment clips I have used successfully in the classroom. The Americans have a very different approach to the recruitment strategies used by the British or Australians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWqT8Rljt_8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgUOAVolSlo&feature=related

What a learning curve!!!!!!!

You will have to bear with me while I master some of the basic editing skills.
I did however manage to get an old PPT uploaded so feel free to use it. All for today - I need a technology break.

Destruction Of War

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Destruction Of War

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ENGLISH matters!

from a teaching perspective

What I am working on at present
As usual, ten things at once! Most importantly however, I am beginning to collate suitable material for a Preliminary Course 'WAR GENRE' unit.