A blog to share/brainstorm about project in English class. Created by Cyril Brot. Community blog where you can find many projects and documents to do with your class
Problematics Extract 1: Pb: How does the extract introduce the story? A: -Context: 1960’s = sixties -Characters: David and Harriet, self exclusion -They go very fast (Hubris): sleep both Extract 2: Pb: -To what extent does the mansion play an important...
C's analysis of Extract 2 Introduction: - extract taken from the fifth Child – by Doris Lessing. by C. M. (Marx Dormoy) - won Nobel Prize of literature thanks to this novel - story: Harriet and David= young couple : want to start a family, be happy forever...
DELIVERY FOR HARRIET : ‘thank god , thank god , it’s over at last’ l.16-17 ‘she raised herself with difficulty ‘ related to painting of Henri Fuseli named nightmare , it’s a nightmare for Harriet to give birth to Ben BIRTH OF BEN , BIGINING OF THE DESTRUCTION...
Kim's review: Victor's review: Auriane's review: ... Cathy's review: ... Zombie Another head hangs lowly, Child is slowly taken. And the violence caused such silence, Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me, it's not my family. In your head, in...
Here is the link to English at Einstein, the blog created by Mr Ferrari from Einstein High (Bagnol sur Cèze). Here is his description: "This blog is an experience designed to help you study literature more actively and - I hope - enjoy it. The idea is...
I've just found the video I was looking for a while. No comment. I think it would be really interesting to study it in class and compare it to the lyrics+music of the song: Here is Sinatra's song: Here are the lyrics: Start spreading the news, I'm leaving...
Well, I've just received Loïs work and it's just awesome! She decided to tell The Fifth Child story with a different point of view. The scene describes a dialogue between Dr Brett and the nurses. They are talking about David & Harriet. You'll find below...
I was quite interested in the following Greenpeace campaign: I was wondering whether it was possible to integrate it in a lesson. The idea would be to make the pupils imagine their own stencils and catchphrases. We could keep Greenpeace's message or use...
An efficient campaign about education. They compare pupils in a class to football players on the pitch. The referee is compared to the teacher. They want to criticize the fact that children are influenced by adults' attitudes. Possible Xblogtation: Can...
You know the Blairwitch Project? The following webseries is based on the same idea... Tapes are given to the audience, and we try to understand what happened while we watch the vids. Possible Xblogtation: Use the videos to make pupils write an essay telling...
Wow, I was impressed by the following video about TV. Imagine your TV could talk.... Imagine the power it has over you. The video was made by Beth Fulton and inspired by Todd Alcott's Television . Possible Xblogtation: You may use it in a lesson about...
I love the idea!!!! The concept is to scan the newspaper with your smartphone and to put it on the picture. A mouth is speaking instead of the portrait. It's a journalist who is speaking instead of dictators in order to denounce what is happening in their...
Well, I've just received Loïs work and it's just awesome! She decided to tell The Fifth Child story with a different point of view. The scene describes a dialogue between Dr Brett and the nurses. They are talking about David & Harriet. You'll find below...
A wonderful document. It reminds me of the movie American Beauty . Really good idea to narrate the story of an "ordinary" object of everyday life. Here the purpose is ecological with an ironical tone. IDEA : Teachers could ask the pupils to tell the story...
Here is Camille & Clément's vision of the song by Radiohead. They made an interesting comment about it. This is our video clip on Radiohead song, No surprises . In this video, we will show different viewpoints of the same thing . We will make the description...
N's analysis of Extract 2 Introduction : Extract 2 , spring 1966 , Harriet and David have just bough the house I / Global presentation of the extract : A / Fairy tale : - meeting, weeding => The house - story start as a fairy tale : L.1- 4 "on the afternoon...
A's Analysis of Extract 2 Introduction: This text is an excerpt from the novel written by Doris Lessing who’s entitled: the fifth child . The scene takes place in the afternoon, David and Harriet will discover their new mansion and this is in this extract...
You probably know the famous adverts for Old spice! It's incredible how it has influenced many other people. Here are some examples, the latest being the trailer of a motion picture. Possible Xbloggtation: Just use it in class to analyse the process....
A really beautiful and disturbing animated short movie made by some artists from Pixar. Possible Xblogtation: Any ideas about how to use it in class? It could be an illustration for lessons about horror, suspense and fantasy. It could be the basis for...
I've created two sheets for my students working on the novel The Fifth Child . The idea was to make them understand the pattern of the initiation rite / rite of passage. They had then to identify those elements in the text. Possible Exbloggation: The...
I was quite interested in the following Greenpeace campaign: I was wondering whether it was possible to integrate it in a lesson. The idea would be to make the pupils imagine their own stencils and catchphrases. We could keep Greenpeace's message or use...
I was quite interested in the following Greenpeace campaign: I was wondering whether it was possible to integrate it in a lesson. The idea would be to make the pupils imagine their own stencils and catchphrases. We could keep Greenpeace's message or use...
Harriet's blog by Christina , maheen , naomi , joyce & amelie
Ben's blog by Gabin, Cathy, Marco & Thomas
Excellent site with which you can create your own video (free version possible). You can even record yourself the dialogues! Excellent! Here is an example of what you can do (really easy!):
