Fancy making such an improvement in your behaviour and commitment in drama, that you (out of three classes across the school!) get a mention by the Head?! So sorry I wasn't there to hear it, but it has meant that loads of teachers have been able to tell me how wonderful you all are!!! P.s. I knew you had it in you - I hate to gloat and say I told you so - BUT...
P.p.s. I told ya so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs J x
Monday 31 January 2011
Sunday 30 January 2011
11cDr - You seem to have forgotten something...
Brechtian homework!!! Remind parents and/or carers to post what they know about Brecht please! Don't want to be phoning home to tell them that you didn't let them know about their homework! I will not stop going on until you have done it!!! And I know you don't want that! Mrs J x
Thursday 27 January 2011
Important notices to ALL my year 11's!
Just need you to know how immensely proud of you you I feel, soooo many of you are really working your hardest towards all of the GcSeS that I teach you! I swear to you that if you keep working like this you will achieve all that you hope for. I know I nag a lot but can I just say, I didn't teach any of you today and I really missed you! Don't know what I'll be like when you leave!!! Mrs J x
Monday 24 January 2011
11xEn1 - new blog page!!!
Have a look at joint yr11's page to see what we're upto for the next few weeks! Positive attitudes and focus for tomorrow please!!!! You will thank me in the end!!! Trust me - I'm a teacher! Mrs J x
Sara's media reference - good luck for your interview tomorrow chick!!! Mrs J x
Reference re: Sara Goncalvas - apologies for lack of headed paper; this needed to be blogged to Sara, due to Hamond's High changing their headed paper and me not being able to get a hold of any in time for this interview today. If any clarification is needed, please contact me, Alannah Johnson, on the following email: ajohnson5tr7@nsix.org.uk and or on the telephone number below.
I have known Sara Goncalvas for approximately 18 months. Sara joined Swaffham Hamond's High School during key stage 4 and has endeavoured to become a successful and pleasant member of the school and the year group. Sara is an extremely hard working student; it has been a pleasure to see her bloom in confidence over the 18 months that I have known her.
I was very pleased to hear that Sara has chosen to study media studies further and hopes to enter a career in the media industry. She is an excellent team player and has developed the ability and confidence to seek peer and teacher support, where necessary. Sara's character ensures that she acts on any guidance provided and is able to work independently to obtain self and academic improvement. This has been particularly evident during her AQA media studies GCSE; her previous school had begun work on the BTEC in Creative media production. This meant that Sara had the opportunity to demonstrate her determination; she has currently caught up with outstanding work and proven her ability to creative imaginative and creative media products of her own. It is now wonderful to see her analysis of media products developing and maturing, in preparation for her media studies GCSE and the completion of her BTEC work.
Your college would be extremely lucky to receive such a pleasant young women; she will always fight to achieve her personal and academic goals.
Yours faithfully,
Alannah Johnson
TLR2 Responsibility within English and media studies.
Brandon Rd
Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7DZ
01760 721 480
I have known Sara Goncalvas for approximately 18 months. Sara joined Swaffham Hamond's High School during key stage 4 and has endeavoured to become a successful and pleasant member of the school and the year group. Sara is an extremely hard working student; it has been a pleasure to see her bloom in confidence over the 18 months that I have known her.
I was very pleased to hear that Sara has chosen to study media studies further and hopes to enter a career in the media industry. She is an excellent team player and has developed the ability and confidence to seek peer and teacher support, where necessary. Sara's character ensures that she acts on any guidance provided and is able to work independently to obtain self and academic improvement. This has been particularly evident during her AQA media studies GCSE; her previous school had begun work on the BTEC in Creative media production. This meant that Sara had the opportunity to demonstrate her determination; she has currently caught up with outstanding work and proven her ability to creative imaginative and creative media products of her own. It is now wonderful to see her analysis of media products developing and maturing, in preparation for her media studies GCSE and the completion of her BTEC work.
Your college would be extremely lucky to receive such a pleasant young women; she will always fight to achieve her personal and academic goals.
Yours faithfully,
Alannah Johnson
TLR2 Responsibility within English and media studies.
Brandon Rd
Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7DZ
01760 721 480
Yr 11 English and drama homework! - Post on the relevant page please...
The comments are a bit thin on the ground people!!!! Thank you to those who have done it and done it well! There will be trouble tomorrow if you think this blog thing was just a fad year 11! This blog will be there FOR YOU before the exams! Those of you who have done it, don't deserve to hear me go on and on and on about it tomorrow! Can you facebook, xbox and or text a few reminders out to the culprits please! Thanks muchly! Mrs J x
Thursday 20 January 2011
11xen1 - Charlotte...
Thank you for getting your homework done! Tons of detail and well done for getting the ball rolling for the others! Remember the rest of you, it can just be an image as a point of reference for you all! Check out Charlotte's gruesome but ACCURATE information! Mrs J x
10Xen1 and year 11 language resit...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12215248
Check out this for a persuasive speech! Mrs J x
Check out this for a persuasive speech! Mrs J x
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Josh
I have! Not my fault you don't know what checking your emails means!!!! I'll do it on here then so you can see it! A reply! Thanks for offering to do the lights! But you best be good! It's a first rate production you know! Come to rehearsals next Tuesday so we can talk ideas! Ollie and Ash rocked it tonight! They left me speechless! I know! Couldn't believe it myself!!! Mrs J x
Saturday 15 January 2011
10yen1- huge congratulations!!!!
Well done to all of you who had the guts to do your speaking and listening assessments yesterday! And those who listened! You were very respectful and supportive of each other! You have been a dream class the last couple of lessons! Not one grade is less than a B! Wow! And Phil! An A grade! Stars!!!! Well done to you all! Mrs J x
Tuesday 11 January 2011
11XEn1 - Who can rule to world better? Men or women?
Patriarchy Vs matriarchy! You decide! Have a look on your page for a follow up link - get yourself ahead of tomorrow's debate! Who will win? Boys or girlies?! Hhhhhhmmmmmm....... Mrs J x
10yEn1 - tomorrow's lesson - I have a dream!...
I am looking forward to a VERY good lesson tomorrow! A sneak preview is on your page - see the youtube clip! Mrs J x
Hi all! A new website I've found!...
http://prezentit.com/user/register
It's free, reasonably easy - though need to have a few more goes on it to be sure about that! And it means that you can create presentations online which makes things easier to embed! PLUS! I won't be able to lose it! Bonus! Mrs J x
It's free, reasonably easy - though need to have a few more goes on it to be sure about that! And it means that you can create presentations online which makes things easier to embed! PLUS! I won't be able to lose it! Bonus! Mrs J x
11xEn1 - tomorrow's lesson - you are lucky enough to have me twice (and even more for some of you!)...
Period 2 - we will be looking at Paula Brown bloom's questions and finishing your group essay. THEN... how do you fancy making our own class revision booklets, focusing on all of the short stories?! You will work in pairs (or threes!) and complete one of the following activities.... Get in quick with your choices - some are much harder than others, but between us all we will have covered every corner of the short stories! Though it wouldn't hurt some of you to have a challenge! Pick an area of interest (I will post them on your page tonight) and any posted requests will get first dibs!
Period 4 - we will look at Paula Brown (when I have updated your revision prezi! Lots to do tonight! Hope you are working as hard!). THEN we will look at the wonderful author that is Margaret Atwood! We are going to talk in depth about matriarchy , I'll get around to modelling that PEEL for you AND we will mark your group essay using the wordle version of the mark scheme! Bring all your short story stuff in - you are going to need it ALL!
Mrs J x
Period 4 - we will look at Paula Brown (when I have updated your revision prezi! Lots to do tonight! Hope you are working as hard!). THEN we will look at the wonderful author that is Margaret Atwood! We are going to talk in depth about matriarchy , I'll get around to modelling that PEEL for you AND we will mark your group essay using the wordle version of the mark scheme! Bring all your short story stuff in - you are going to need it ALL!
Mrs J x
Monday 10 January 2011
11xEn1 - tomorrow's lesson...
Prepare for learning: Prezi quiz - growing up blooms questions
Learning outcomes:
All of you will recall the themes and narrative of 'Growing up'
Most of you will compare how new people discover new things about people in 'Paula Brown' and 'Growing up'
Some of you will analyse the themes and personas of the short stories, to the best of your ability
Review: Have another look at the markscheme and literature exam question.
Present new information: Watch me model a PEEL point
Construct meaning: Have a look at the mark scheme - have I met the criteria? What else would I need to do to meet it to an A/A* standard?
Apply to demonstrate: We are going to write a group essay! Save you all writing the whole thing!!! We will divide up the responsibility of the introduction, the PEEL points and the conclusion... We must focus on all the things that we focus on for poetry! (NSTCLEP)
Review 2: We will put the whole essay together and mark it as an exam piece at the start of next lesson!
See you tomorrow!!! Mrs J x
Learning outcomes:
All of you will recall the themes and narrative of 'Growing up'
Most of you will compare how new people discover new things about people in 'Paula Brown' and 'Growing up'
Some of you will analyse the themes and personas of the short stories, to the best of your ability
Review: Have another look at the markscheme and literature exam question.
Present new information: Watch me model a PEEL point
Construct meaning: Have a look at the mark scheme - have I met the criteria? What else would I need to do to meet it to an A/A* standard?
Apply to demonstrate: We are going to write a group essay! Save you all writing the whole thing!!! We will divide up the responsibility of the introduction, the PEEL points and the conclusion... We must focus on all the things that we focus on for poetry! (NSTCLEP)
Review 2: We will put the whole essay together and mark it as an exam piece at the start of next lesson!
See you tomorrow!!! Mrs J x
Sunday 9 January 2011
10yEn1 - tomorrow's lesson...
Sneak preview available on your page! You are going to help me finish my prezi - so I can persuade you that I am NOT mad, I am afraid of them and I can't help it! Mrs J x
11Dr - tomorrow's lesson...
Good evening! You will get your unit 2 grade back tomorrow....
Have a look at your page, to get a preview of tomorrow's lesson!
Mrs J x
Have a look at your page, to get a preview of tomorrow's lesson!
Mrs J x
11cDr - Monday 10th period 1
You will be in my room tomorrow - we need to make sure that we all have a good grasp of unit 3 and that you have some content to you performances before we are back in the drama room on Wednesday. Sit in your groups and then you will have some time to take stock and achieve your potential in this unit. It's worth 40% and is externally assessed, so we can't take any chances! Also, we need to get this done quickly, so that we have enough time to go back to unit 1.
I will leave a note on the door but if you can get in touch with anyone from the class, who might not have checked the blog, before tomorrow, that would help! Mrs J x
I will leave a note on the door but if you can get in touch with anyone from the class, who might not have checked the blog, before tomorrow, that would help! Mrs J x
10yEn1 - Jess...
I've managed to get your homework on your class page, it's great! The only thing is, you can't zoom into it from the blog as I needed the link in your top white URL bar to be able to embed it properl, but at least we have it this way for now! Well done for doing your homework! Other year 10s!!!! I need more followers from your class, as well as your wordle homework! More effort from the rest of you please?! Well done to those who have not let me down on this front! Mrs J x
Saturday 8 January 2011
11xen1 - what does this remind you of? Ps. It's a real 999 recording!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-YHwiQe784
Friday 7 January 2011
11xEn1 - Short story prezi from today's lesson!
I will update it with more short story revision - keep your eye's peeled and your fingers blogging! Mrs J x
11xen1 - you are seriously showing up my yr tens, barring my three stars who have done it!
Thanks yr 11s for all your efforts to make this a success, you are seriously in my good books! On way up to my hone planet at the minute, so only have my iPhone at my finger tips! Which means I can't view your wordles until I get to a laptop! Will embed your work as soon as I can, so don't feel rejected please my lovelies! Can't wait to see them!!! Might mean I need to get a life, but I do mean it! Give me a shout over the weekend if you need any help with anything! You could always make a start on that qu I gave you for next lesson???!!! Go on!!! You know you want to! Or?! Post me a prezi on your own analysis of the short stories?! Omg this is amazing! I can talk forever on this and you can't interupt me! Wish I'd have thought of this YEARS ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs J x
11xen1 - evening all!
Have great weekend you lot, have a look at this and let me know if it's helpful, comment away!!! Mrs J x
http://www.podcastrevision.co.uk/page22/page6/page10/page10.html
http://www.podcastrevision.co.uk/page22/page6/page10/page10.html
Thursday 6 January 2011
New followers! AGAIN...
I know you hate me for it - but my nagging is clearly working and it WILL pay off! Thanks Mrs J x
11xEn1 - lit mark scheme for exam...
Literature exam question to be explored in tomorrow's lesson (which WILL be a GREAT one!!!) -
Qu: Compare the ways in which a character in Growing Up and a character in Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit learn about themselves and other people. Compare:
• what the characters learn about themselves and other people
• how the writers show this learning.
This is the mark scheme - the first is specific to the question and the second wordle is a general scheme for quality of written communication (not as many marks but still important!)
Thanks again to those who will be prepared for tomorrow's lesson - I am PROUD of you, Mrs J x
Qu: Compare the ways in which a character in Growing Up and a character in Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit learn about themselves and other people. Compare:
• what the characters learn about themselves and other people
• how the writers show this learning.
This is the mark scheme - the first is specific to the question and the second wordle is a general scheme for quality of written communication (not as many marks but still important!)
Thanks again to those who will be prepared for tomorrow's lesson - I am PROUD of you, Mrs J x
Wednesday 5 January 2011
To the three homework kings! Well done you three!
Homework completed the first day it was set! Impressed! Thank you to my yr 11s: George and Liam W! And year 10:Kyle! Who said boys were lazy Eh?! You keep proving the world wrong! Mrs J x
To my followers!
Thank you for making me look less sad! I now have followers! Always wanted some!!! Mrs J x
10yEn1 - wordle homework
Create a wordle doc about persausive techniques (AFOREST)! Due in Fri 7th Jan please!
11xEn1 homework - short story revision due in for Fri 7th Jan
Comment on this post and post me your wordle revision please!
Monday 3 January 2011
To all English students!
You all now have your own class page! Just worked out how to do it!
So from now on, I will post general information that applies to your course on your page (assessment dates etc.) - you can comment on these and ask any questions that you may have.
Mrs J x
So from now on, I will post general information that applies to your course on your page (assessment dates etc.) - you can comment on these and ask any questions that you may have.
Mrs J x
11XEn1 - comparing literature short stories...
Putting the stories together
Possible themes:
You will want to be able to write about any two stories - and must be ready to answer any question that the examiners set. Broadly speaking, the questions will be of two kinds. These are:
Things not being what they seem | Surface and hidden narratives | Mysteries | Nature and human nature | Escapes and farewells | Generation gaps | Rites of passage | Sad or happy stories?
Follow this link to investigate this further!!!
http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/aqaanthologyprose.htm#together
Possible themes:
You will want to be able to write about any two stories - and must be ready to answer any question that the examiners set. Broadly speaking, the questions will be of two kinds. These are:
- questions that group stories by subject or theme,
- questions that ask you to look at the writer's method, the form or structure of the stories.
Things not being what they seem | Surface and hidden narratives | Mysteries | Nature and human nature | Escapes and farewells | Generation gaps | Rites of passage | Sad or happy stories?
Follow this link to investigate this further!!!
http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/aqaanthologyprose.htm#together
Saturday 1 January 2011
Homework for all English students: Follow me...
Follow my blog to keep up to date with all English help. All you need is your school gmail account (see your p.drive when in school) and click the button! You can comment on any of the posts I make, this means you can aak any question about anything covered in your lessons. I can then post the answers to you outside of school time! Mega Eh?! Happy blogging!
Ps. If you don't have access to the Internet at home, I can print the blog and you can access the blog at school don't forget!
Ps. If you don't have access to the Internet at home, I can print the blog and you can access the blog at school don't forget!
Calling all English students!
This is where you will find help and resources for all your English needs! I will title all blog posts with your class name, so you know which posts to look at. There will be general help available for you as well, so explore any post. You will achieve your grade and beyond, but it's down to you in the end!
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